Who is your deck and what does he do?
Legacy forum
Posted on Feb. 6, 2015, 1:56 a.m. by tyforthevenom
What's your favourite legacy deck, why do you like it? What's it's strengths and weaknesses? And finally how have you put your own touch on the list?
I like enchantress, I like it because it's a bit of an oddball like me coming out of nowhere and decking you or killing with tokens or emrakul or both. It excels at not caring about black creature decks and isn't bothered in general by creatures I've yet to come across a list that can best of 3 me, my touch on the list is I run White Sun's Zenith
CommanderOfBolas says... #3
I play Jund. it revolves around an attrition based playstyle, utilizing discard in the form of Thoughtseize, Hymn to Tourach, and Liliana of the Veil while playing efficient cards like Tarmogoyf, Deathrite Shaman, Bloodbraid Elf, and Dark Confidant. the main reason to play the deck, however, is the combination of Grove of the Burnwillows and Punishing Fire, which allows you to repeatedly mow down your opponents creatures. As far as how I have added my own personal touch....Young Pyromancer. the Punishing Fire combo lets me produce a ton of tokens. It takes a bit of mana to get started, but it is fantastic. I also run 1 Life from the Loam in mmy maindeck, which is another card that I can cast more than once, and it actually finds the punishing grove combo! the last thing I do differently than most is I play 1 Umezawa's Jitte in the main. it is really good against elves, death and taxes, burn, and delver.
My deck is particularly strong against "fair" decks. Basically, it is weak to things like storm (assuming they go off before I resolve a hymn) and really any other super fast decks. if it wins on turn 1 or 2, I don't really have much of a chance unless I am on the play with a Thoughtseize. because of this, I added 2 Mindbreak Trap to the sideboard.
February 6, 2015 2:25 a.m.
I love elves eventhough I cant build it it is my one and only deck in legacy that I would actually build at some point. I just love killing people with craterhoof behemoth.
February 6, 2015 7:26 a.m.
Servo_Token says... #5
I play legacy burn because I hate playing legacy and want to be done with it as quickly as possible.
Also, it's a control deck while being an aggro deck, and honestly it's something that a lot of players just don't know how to beat. The free wins are real.
February 6, 2015 7:54 a.m.
CommanderOfBolas says... #6
lol @ThatJunkMage: its true. I mean, a 12 year old kid took it to the top 8 of an scg open
February 6, 2015 12:14 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #7
Wow, that's a feel bad. I went freaking 8-7 this last weekend... Not my best.
February 6, 2015 12:16 p.m.
CommanderOfBolas says... #8
lol, the kid was really good. I cant remember where/when it was, just that it was sometime last year
February 6, 2015 12:20 p.m.
selesvyaloverer8 says... #9
to be fair kyle morlock did win a ptq with jund at like 10 so young kids can be insane bosses.
February 6, 2015 10:27 p.m.
I have 2 legacy decks one is gangrene 
infect (can do a T2 kill but have only ever gotten T3) and my other deck is Swift-Delver Miracle-Burn I changed it up by adding in miracle cards and Portent to trigger a draw on your turn to get miracle on your turn and mine
February 7, 2015 2:59 p.m.
NotSoLuckyLydia says... #11
I still play high tide when I can borrow the deck. (My deck, complete with Guru Islands, was stolen) I like it because it's possible to win through absurd amounts of opposition, when an opponent may consider you dead in the water. (Get it? Because it's high tide?) I like access to the wishboard, and the fact that there are very few negative matchups; your wins are determined almost entirely by your skill. With the recent ban, it will be improving its matchups, and I expect that a few dedicated players (most likely Feline) will head it to some money finishes.
February 7, 2015 5:50 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #12
NotSoLuckyLydia I'm pretty sure feline got plenty of money finishes, but yeah I'd not mind seeing her play on scg and hoping to play against her one of these days
February 7, 2015 6:18 p.m.
JexInfinite says... #13
Death and Taxes is my go-to deck. You get to play a fair White Weenies deck while also forcing other players to play fair Magic. It has good matchups against everything except Elves, and that's incredibly winnable post-sideboard.
February 7, 2015 6:22 p.m.
NotSoLuckyLydia says... #14
I didn't mean ever (It was once the premier combo deck of the format) The increased presence of delver also increased the number of Miracles decks, so we saw less High Tide. (Miracles is the only real BAD matchup for the deck)
February 7, 2015 6:29 p.m.
He is death and taxes, it's been mentioned a few times about it's qualities. It's consistent and is malleable to what you think you'll see in the tournament without ruining the synergies in the deck, you just change them to your advantage. It's fun to play and rewards you for learning it. I wanted a deck that I could take to any tournament and have a good shot and not have to change decks. Just change the composition of the deck slightly.
February 8, 2015 11:30 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #16
While I don't own it, my Legacy deck of choice is Shardless BUG. I love me a good Recall.
February 9, 2015 1:02 p.m.
CommanderOfBolas says... #17
you mean to tell me that the guy whose name is GlistenerAgent doesn't play infect in legacy?! you, sir, disappoint me
February 9, 2015 1:11 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #18
The Commander of Bolas, that one Grixis colored guy, plays jund?
That guy that plays Junk decks runs burn?
Guy who drops turn one Glistener Elfs on the daily plays shardless bug? What is the world coming to?
February 9, 2015 1:18 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #19
Legacy Infect isn't my style. It plays too many free counterspells and other weird shit to make me feel comfortable playing it.
February 9, 2015 1:23 p.m.
CommanderOfBolas says... #20
I actually have a Grixis deck in the works. the only reason I haven't built it is because blue duels are expensive...and, you know...Force of Will...
February 9, 2015 2:02 p.m.
I'm playing burn, mostly because I have an agressive nature and enjoy that type of deck. My own touch? I guess making it Jund Burn and getting more consistency out of the deck while adding a lot of resilience. Deathrite Shaman is a creazy card.
February 11, 2015 5:57 a.m.
My favorite legacy deck is my B/W Token one Full Spectrum Dominance . It's not the fastest(Legacy wise), but in my casual playgroup, a T2 or possibly T1 Phyrexian Obliterator via Dark Ritual is down right nasty. The deck itself doesn't really have any serious holes and it's just a lot of fun to play.
Boza says... #2
I am a Death and Taxes player. On the one side it is relatively cheap to make for a competitive legacy deck. But after playing with the deck for a while, I realized that it has a quality I never suspected for a deck with so many distinct moving parts - consistency.
Yes, the deck plays a metric ton of creatures and is very meta dependent, but in playtesting I was surprised to find it consistently managed to arrive from different angles to the same gameplan, a quality I personally as a deckbuilder strive for always.
What I have done uniquely claim my proverbial stake in the deck is to always run 4 Flickerwisp, despite any other changes, since the shenanigans with this card are endless, and play 21 lands instead of the usual 23, since i trust in the heart of the cards :P
February 6, 2015 2:22 a.m.