LEGACY ON A BUDGET
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Posted on July 21, 2015, 4:45 p.m. by Yuri200X
I'm trying to budget Legacy decks, or either built budget archetypes for Legacy in order to inspire new players to join the format with fairly competitive decks that might stand a chance and are cost-frienly... Any ideas on dekcs and card suggestions?
that would be cool... i'm actually considering a $200-ish budget because Legacy is an expensive format anyways...
July 21, 2015 5:23 p.m.
Coinman1863 says... #4
Well, here is a version of the above deck with very few changes and it comes out to $206.53. Is that close enough? I can make it cheeper if you would like.
Here is the deck list. Budget Mono-Black Ramp
July 21, 2015 5:35 p.m.
OtakulordAndrew says... #5
There are already quite a few budget and cheap decks in the format that can be either tier 1 or put up a decent fight depending on the meta game present. For starters you can build cheaper versions of quite a few legacy decks by running a sub par land base of shock lands rather that revised duals. If you run shocks in storm the most expensive card in the deck becomes 4x Lion's Eye Diamond, with 1-2 of Sensei's Divining Top being the next most expensive card in the deck. Burn, Goblins, and merfolk are all relatively cheap aggro decks. Elves (minus the cost of Gaea's Cradle), Belcher (if you run shocks rather than revised duals) and Dredge are all cheap efficient combo decks. Nic Fit if you don't mind purchasing the Grove of the Burnwillows and replacing revised duals with shocks is quite cheap if you want a midrange deck. The only thing you can't really budget are Force of Will from control and tempo builds.
July 21, 2015 5:42 p.m.
There was a False Cure combo deck that used to be decent in legacy...for $65....
July 21, 2015 5:53 p.m.
omnipotato says... #8
Dredge is probably the cheapest competitive-ish deck in Legacy. The maindeck here you could probably get for under $200, if you can substitute the sideboard Force of Wills for something else.
July 21, 2015 6:36 p.m.
jandrobard says... #9
On 200$ your options are really limited to either subpar versions of more expensive decks (OtakulordAndrew gave some decent examples) or fragile janky decks.
July 21, 2015 6:41 p.m.
IIRC correctly, the engine to False Cure was Invigorate, Skyshroud Cutter, Kavu Predator, Reverent Silence and then maybe some Deathrite Shamans. Used to be hyper-cheap, especially if you didn't run the green splash and just ignored using fetches. It was good back in 2007...not so much now.
July 21, 2015 6:55 p.m.
thank you, Coinman1863.
The thing is: Legacy is destined to die unless budget decks become competitive in the format... so brewing competitive budget decks is crucial for the survival of the format... The reserved list is slowly killing the format.
I will check the False cure combo, JA14732 thank you for the tip...
and jandrobard, i'm well aware of that... but it's the central challenge for budgeting a Legacy, since the expensive stuff are usually what makes the dekcs good in the first place...
thank you guys :)
July 21, 2015 7:04 p.m.
jandrobard says... #12
Yuri200X Competitive budget would help the format stabilize.
July 21, 2015 7:10 p.m.
Justin_Bop says... #13
If you are looking for an ultra-hardcore budget deck, then this is your deck. It can also be upgraded if you really like it. I wrote a "primer" (I kinda just typed up a quick overview, still working on it) for the archetype. I believe this deck actually used to see play in Legacy and maybe even extended (?), but it has proven that it is a decent deck.
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July 21, 2015 9:12 p.m.
On top of Belcher, Dredge, and Oops! All Spells that have been mentioned, the other decent budget decks in Legacy are Burn (where your most expensive cards are Chain Lightning, Price of Progress, and Goblin Guide) and Mono-Black Reanimator (Griselbrand/fat dudes, Entomb, and Reanimate being the expensive stuff).
Depending on what you play in Modern or EDH can also open up a lot of options. Delver, Fish, Dragon Stompy, Punishing Jund, Nic Fit, Infect, and Slivers all come to mind. They're easily modified for under $200 if you have all the pieces from playing the decks in other formats. Or if you have a lot of EDH and Modern staples to choose from.
July 22, 2015 4:45 a.m.
Necrotesque says... #16
Manaless Dredge is one of the most budget deck in the format and if your opponent doesnt draw the hate, they are dead turn 2 or 3
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Coinman1863 says... #2
Well, one deck which I built which started out budget was Hardcast Emrakul, or Exsanguinate for 35? You pick. There is a whole bunch of expensive stuff you can substatute for cheeper stuff. Luckly, most of the sideboard is budget except for the Toxic Deluges.
If you want I can put together a list of cheeper stuff you can substitute in for what is in there now. Though happily with a budget build you could have it cost less than $100.
July 21, 2015 5:08 p.m.