Assemble the Legion still worth it?
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Posted on May 10, 2014, 6:29 p.m. by Sagi007
Assemble the Legion general opnion on this card.
With all the decks using Deicide mb is it still worth it?
Agaisnt aggro this was always slow. if you could pull it off good for you but more often the not it was just to slow.
Agaisnt control and midrange it was a great card, but as i said with all the Deicide i keep seeing. Im not sure if its still worth playing.
notamardybum says... #3
Assemble the Legion is a card thats either really good or really bad, depending on what you're up against.
May 10, 2014 6:34 p.m.
It basically wins you any mono-black games, so if you side it for them and can cast it, you've almost definitely won. Sac a token a turn to their d-demons, chump their pack-rats, and all you have to worry about is their specters and 11-point gary's. They can't kill it or stop it, so keep it around for 1 or 2 turns and you're set.
May 10, 2014 7:12 p.m.
I'd go as far to say any R/W/x Control or Midrange deck should have at least one Assemble the Legion in the sideboard to be brought in for any match they expect to be a grind. Control players cannot realistically Supreme Verdict every turn, but are forced to once you get above 3 muster counters. It works in combination with Elspeth, Sun's Champion to create a very scary situation.
May 10, 2014 11:30 p.m.
My friend built a deck around it that functioned very well, he got pretty high up on the leaderboards at FNM, he just threw in burn spells, a couple Elspeth, Sun's Champion , some Purphoros, God of the Forge , and he was all set. I think the deck is very functionable.
June 23, 2014 3:53 a.m.
Rasta_Viking29 says... #7
Assemble the Legion has too little of an impact when played for a 5 drop. Chances are you could just run another copy of Elspeth, Sun's Champion as neither makes an impact until turn 6 anyways and Elspeth has applications in many more match ups. Almost every black deck is running Golgari Charm or Deicide making it an unreliable win con and those that are mono-colored usually run plenty of Bile Blight to counter swarm attacks.
No Assemble the Legion is not worth it and there are better options for R/W at 5 cmc.
spyroswiz says... #2
Its still good in UWR Control if it wants another win con, but sometimes it can be slow as you said.
May 10, 2014 6:34 p.m.