Legacy Weapon Vol. 1

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fluffybunnypants

31 July 2014

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Legacy Weapon Vol: 1

In this series I’ll be trying to bring about some discussion regarding interesting Legacy decks that don’t see a whole lot of play or random brews that I found interesting (there are plenty of them). I was initially going to start off with Greg Hatch’s Mono Blue Martyr, but then I saw something interesting on SCG Legacy coverage that I finally got around to watching yesterday (I was at the GP all weekend). That something interesting is a deck called Leylines.

Right now you’re probably all “what the hell are you talking about, Fluffy?” Well, let’s get down to it shall we?

Leylines is a quasi combo deck that abuses three cards, well, one type of card and two actual separate cards. Let’s take a look at the decklist that Chris Wolfmeyer ran last weekend.

1 Tree of Tales
4 Chancellor of the Annex
2 City of Brass
2 Banishing Light
4 Mana Confluence
1 Curse of Exhaustion
4 Serra's Sanctum
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Oblivion Ring
4 Serum Powder
1 Rest in Peace
4 Leyline of Anticipation
1 Runed Halo
4 Leyline of Lifeforce
1 Stony Silence
4 Leyline of Punishment
1 Suppression Field
4 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Replenish
4 Leyline of the Meek
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Leyline of Vitality
4 Opalescence
3 Suppression Field
4 Crop Rotation
4 Enlightened Tutor
2 Idyllic Tutor

When researching the deck, I actually had to look up what the less well-known leylines actually did, but, for the most part, they’re just potential 4/4 bodies that don’t hurt you. The three leylines that actively do something useful for you in most of your matchups are Leyline of Sanctity to protect your hand, Leyline of Anticipation to cast things like Enlightened Tutor and Replenish at instant speed and Leyline of the Void to combo with Helm of Obedience, auto win against Dredge and turn Tarmogoyf into a 0/1.

The Kills:

The deck wins in hilarious fashion and potentially on turn one since leylines come into play on turn zero. You either mill your opponent out with Helm of Obedience and Leyline of the Void or you turn your turn zero leylines into 4/4 beaters with Opalescence, which you can cast with Serra's Sanctum on turn one if you have four or more enchantments in play.

The Engine:

Behind the kill is a set of three engines. The first is Serum Powder. Free mulligan so you can be aggressive with your hand? Sounds like a winner in this deck. The second is Enlightened Tutor and Idyllic Tutor basically fetch 90% of the deck, but, more importantly Enlightened Tutor fetches Helm of Obedience for the mill kill if you have Leyline of the Void up, hell, with Leyline of Anticipation in play, it does it on your opponent’s turn. The third is Crop Rotation for Serra's Sanctum to cast Opalescence with one land as long as you have four enchantments up, allowing you to swing with your now animated 4/4 leylines.

The Sideboard:

Chancellor of the Annex is really handy against your RUG and BUG Delver matchups and anything with Force of Will

O Ring effects help against Blood Moon, Gaddock Teag and Sneak and Show. This is really hilarious with Leyline of Anticipation.

Replenish is good as a fail safe against Wear / Tear and Golgari Charm.

A fourth Suppression Field to bump up your defense against Wasteland, shut down fetches and tax the hell out of any deck that relies on activated abilities.

Rest in Peace as insurance against Dredge and protection from Echoing Truth when going for the mill kill.

Curse of Exhaustion to help your matchup against ANT and Elves (from testing, I can tell you that Elves is a rough matchup).

Stony Silence to help against Aether Vial decks.

Runed Halo for the lolz.

Why this deck Fluffy?

Because I think it’s hilarious and potentially actually playable now that we have access to Mana Confluence and City of Brass in Legacy. This deck finds a unique way to abuse the ability of leylines to be free cast on turn zero and then finds interesting ways to protect you using more enchantments. It has a strong possibility of locking players out of the game and has adaptations for a lot of decks, even Elves (hello, Suppression Field). Most importantly, thanks to Serum Powder, you can aggressively mulligan (to seven no less) to get those four leylines, crop rotaion and a land in your opening hand.