Thursday, June 24th – Like Extended, Legacy helps reassure people that their cards will retain value over time. The problem is, you don’t want to point at your evergreen format and show someone a totally different game of Magic than what they’re used to. You want beatdown strategies to be good.
Tuesday, June 22nd – Legacy and Extended saw a big shakeup with the lastest Banned List announcement, and already players are alternately decrying the death of two formats and innovating up new lists to succeed. In this week’s article, Doug lends a grounded perspective on what all this realistically means for Legacy players and analyzes each banning and unbanning in depth. See why the Extended change is good for Legacy players and understand what decks are winners and losers in the wake of Mystical Tutor’s banning. Find out what to substitute for your Mystical Tutors and how to get the most out of your Grim Monoliths in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Monday, June 21st – At the last StarCityGames.com Legacy Open, Kyle Boddy picked up a deck a few minutes before the tournament, and cleaved the field like a hot knife through butter. Today, he shares his thoughts on the tournament, the deck, and the format, in perfect time for the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in St. Louis this weekend!
Monday, June 21st – As much fun as it is to play with Reanimator, you don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket when it comes to Legacy, especially if the DCI is going to annihilate archetypes willy-nilly. If you watched the GGS Live coverage from Philly through to the end, you heard me say that my back-up deck for Philly was an Enlightened Tutor / Counterbalance deck similar to the one AJ Sacher used to make Top 8 earlier this year…
Monday, June 21st – Legacy has undergone a subtle change this past weekend, with the bannings and unrestrictions from the Powers That Be. Just how will the removal of Mystical Tutor affect the metagame? Even though it doesn’t kick in until July, will the news impact on this weekend’s StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in St. Louis? Stephen shares his initial thoughts…
Friday, June 18th – I mentioned a UGW Daze aggro deck that I’d been working on during finals, and was roundly condemned by everyone. Cedric asked me why I wasn’t just playing Dredge; I told him that while game 1 against Reanimator was pretty good, it was really hard to win after boarding when they set up Blazing Archon with a Coffin Purge for your Angel of Despair, and I figured I’d have to win two matches against Reanimator to win the tournament.
Thursday, June 17th – This week, Doug combs through his recent testing logs to bring you five games with six of the hottest decks in the format, distilling each game into one tactical play. Get a walkthrough on the decision-making process to decide when to use removal against Zoo, how to accurately name Pithing Needle targets with Reanimator and the skill in baiting an opponent to prematurely use their Tormod’s Crypts against Blue Lands. Get a sense of how to make tactical sacrifices and what to anticipate from the opponent in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Wednesday, June 16th – Last week I spoke briefly about Lewis Laskin’s new take on the Landstill archetype from the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Philadelphia, but now that I’ve had time to run some games with it I feel it’s only fair that I do the deck justice and talk about some match-ups and strategy.
Monday, June 14th – At the SCG Standard Open on Saturday, I engaged all of my opponents in honest, pleasant, human interaction, to the extent they allowed me to do so. I’m happy to report that they all seemed willing to banter back and forth, and that made my rounds enjoyable, even though the actual games were grueling and my results were poor. In fact, I considered skipping Sunday…
Friday, June 11th – The arrival of the StarCityGames.com Philadelphia Legacy Open was another chance to play high level Legacy for hefty prizes. It is the type of event where better decks and better player prosper because the competition is intense, and a player needs every advantage to pull out close games. Unlike other events, I had already decided awhile back to play Entomb Ichorid.
Friday, June 11th – The StarCityGames.com Legacy Opens are routinely breaking 200 players and going 9 rounds, so the largest Legacy Series ever is only getting bigger. With one of the StarCityGames.com Open Series€™ only West Coast stops this weekend in Seattle, Jared breaks down the Legacy Open in Philadelphia and gives you the stats to make the best metagame choice!
Tuesday, June 8th – What’s beefier and more filling than a Philly cheesesteak sandwich? Sixteen hot, steamy new Legacy decklists from this weekend’s StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Philadelphia! You don’t need to fight over Pat’s or Geno’s to figure out what decks topped out this weekend. From sleek Zoo to hearty Lands, a variety of decks made the cutoff with lots of new tech and interesting innovations. Check out this week’s Legacy’s Allure for a full run-down on what to expect for your Legacy summer!
Thursday, June 3rd – The StarCityGames.com Philadelphia Legacy Open occurs this Sunday, June 6th. The preparation will be frantic this week, but knowing what to be ready for is very important. While no one can accurately predict the metagame this Sunday, there is a great deal of information about previous Legacy Opens that should provide a useful starting point.
Monday, May 31st – Doomsday has always been at the fringes of Legacy, setting up precise Storm combo stacks and killing opponents with Tendrils of Agony. It retains standard storm kills with Ill-Gotten Gains and Infernal Tutors, giving it more flexibility. Now, thanks to Doomsday’s library thinning effect, players can trigger Shelldock Isle easily to cast a giant spell. What giant spell would be worthwhile to cast in Legacy? What about Emrakul, the Aeons Torn! Check out this week’s article to see how to get giant monsters and lethal storm counts in Magic’s best format!
Friday, May 28th – If the case to include Entomb is overwhelming, then the only decision left is what it should replace in any given list. As mentioned earlier, this is not a simple decision, but the number of cards that can be considered is incredibly small, as much of the deck needs to remain intact for it to work as designed.
