MTG List: Legacy/Vintage Cube

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Aggro (36)

Deadguy Ale (36)

Lands (36)

Reanimator (36)

Sneak and Show (36)

Entry Ticket (8)

Control (36)

Dredge (36)

Maverick (36)

Simic Ramp (36)

Storm (36)

Description

Legacy/Vintage Cube! Built to support an 8-person draft environment, where each 2-color pair is representing a staple deck from MtG's beefiest formats. Plenty of overlap between archetypes and colors, and very diverse mana-fixing available should allow for all sorts of viable decks in lots of color combinations. Additionally, every person who drafts gets a free Mental Misstep to include in their decklist.

Each color-pair has Alpha-Duals, Fetches, Shocks, Buddy-Lands, Man-Lands, and Surveil Lands available to draft, as well as some utility lands too (especially for Gruul Lands!)

Archetypes and Primers:

: Azorius Control A classic archetype, Azorius Control aims to draw cards, counter spells, and remove threats with targeted removal like Swords to Plowshares or boardwipes like Supreme Verdict. The main win-con this looks for is Helm of Obedience and Rest in Peace to mill the opponent.

: Deadguy Ale Deadguy Ale's main goals are to disrupt the opponent's hand with Inquisition of Kozilek and Hymn to Tourach, make it hard for your opponents to resolve and keep threats with Thorn of Amethyst and Liliana of the Veil, and close games out with Umezawa's Jitte, Kaldra Compleat, and Batterskull. Very much a midrange gameplan

: Boros Aggro The Aggro gameplan is pretty self-explanatory: Burn the opponent with Lightning Bolt effects, keep pressure with Monastery Swiftspear and Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, and punish non-basic builds with Magus of the Moon and Price of Progress. Mana Tithe and Wear / Tear give a little bit of counterplay.

: Maverick Maverick is very much a HateBears list, trying to tax your opponent out of being able to resolve many spells and out-valuing them. Karakas is a powerhouse here, and Gaddock Teeg, Deafening Silence, and Aven Mindcensor reduce the options that your opponent has. Thrun, the Last Troll, Tarmogoyf, and Questing Beast are how you close out games.

: Reanimator Reanimator has a pretty straightforward gameplan: put high-power creatures like Griselbrand, Atraxa, Grand Unifier, or Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite into your graveyard with Entomb effects, and then use Footsteps of the Goryo, Exhumefoil, or Reanimate to cheat them out onto the battlefield for huge value. Be wary of Rest in Peace, as that can hose your whole strategy. Vampiric Tutor and Demonic Tutor help with consistency.