#mtg legacy

[peoplegettingreallymadatcards]

[afro-dave]

Playing in Buffalo Chicken Dip Legacy tomorrow and even though I should just register Scam I… don’t want to. So I’m not. I’m an adult, I can make bad decisions.

Decided that if I’m going to play Jeskai I need to lean into some part of the strategy harder in order to actually make it worth doing. I chose going harder on the “you can’t draw” effects and adding the second Day’s Undoing plus Dack in the sideboard to potentially Hymn my opponent while I get 2 Lotus Petals, and also steal artifacts. We’ll see if that works, if I should’ve gone on the non-basic land hate plan, or if the deck really just shouldn’t be played in bigger events right now

[whatsthatmagiccardbutbad]

New Bans!

The unbans are interesting. Everyone is talking about splinter twin but I think mox opal and faithless looting will be much more impactful (I could be wrong though, it is a two card instant win, even if it is a little slow at 4 mana). Green Sun has me excited for midrange jund nonsense but realistically it's just a combo piece in titan or something.

The legacy bans are good. I worry Nadu and Eldrazi will be too good, but maybe they're easier to deal with with vexing bauble gone.

Jegantha is weird but I get it, it's free in so many decks

[kippermydog]

I feel like Magic would benefit from having a bigger unofficial competitive scene in the way that fighting games do with games like Smash Bros. Melee and Street Fighter Third Strike, and Pokemon has with Pokemon Showdown.

Formats like Canadian Highlander and Premodern are a good start, especially the latter as one that, unlike commander, can remain completely unofficial and Wizards can't intentionally design cards for as it increases in popularity. It simply remains exactly as it is, again similar to older fighting games like Smash Bros. Melee.

However, I do think that what a lot of enfranchised players would actually enjoy is something like Premodern (or perhaps PrePioneer or something similar). Those who hate seeing new cards, especially Universes Beyond cards, out-power older staples. However, the existing scene (especially local game store scenes) simply aren't large enough for these formats. So, people who would otherwise be more happy playing Premodern instead of Legacy or PrePioneer instead of Modern aren't as motivated to get involved. It's much easier to play something if everyone else is already playing it.

I feel like complaints about unset cards without silver borders, modern horizons, and universes beyond would be a fair bit quieter if there was a bigger, more welcoming space for people to go to that was entirely free of those elements of the game. And maybe Magic content creators who feel negatively about these things could be better served if they focused on spreading positive buzz about these formats.

[vaguely-art]

Been cooking up something heinous in legacy recently that hasn't put up numbers yet but it feels just a hairs breadth away.

Theoretically can turn 1 with absolutely perfect hand, otherwise it feels perfectly fine on 2 or 3, and has some reasonable creature beats for backup

[jarfieid]

I've got the brain worms that say "You need to build a Gimbal deck in Legacy" and I cannot make them stop

[dullwitandravens]

Unfortunateley for digital Legacy players, this is untrue.

Scince there are digital exclusive cards why can’t there also be physical exclusive cards

There are. We call them silver border/acorn. : )

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Yavimaya Scion

Each time the saw blade bit, the tree spat it out.

Artist: DiTerlizzi TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[planeswalker-umbral]

POV: You told the Goblin Player your life total was 5.

[jerdie-music-blog]

I put together a fantasy music radio for mtg/dnd sessions. Check it out! 🎶

[peoplegettingreallymadatcards]

[afro-dave]

Played a 3v3 tournament yesterday with this build of Jeskai Control. I went 5-1 in played matches (we intentionally drew round 5 to lock top 8 and eat), team finished 2nd so it was a great day of getting to play legacy while sitting next to (and once across from) my friends

Matchups were diverse too, always nice.

Swiss

Mono-Red Prison: 2-1

Mississippi River (“old” build with all 6-mana cascaders): 2-1

Cloudpost: 1-2

Infect: 2-0

Mono-Black Helm: ID (didn’t know at the time but we played them in top 8)

Top 8

Mono-Black Helm: 2-0

Jeskai Control: 2-1 (mirror match in top 4 really made me feel good about sticking with it)

GW Lands: Undetermined (I lost game 1, game 2 I was going to dig for Ruination with an active Narset when my teammates lost)

[mtg-art-daily]

Viashino Cutthroat

"You guys go on ahead. I'll catch up with ya." —Vark, goblin scout, last words

Artist: Edward P. Beard, Jr.

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[alphamecha-mkii]

Legacy Weapon (Borderless Ver) by Jeff Miracola