I think the Jitte is there as a hedge against Elves and Death & Taxes. Those match ups are already likely good, but an extra card doesn't hurt.

What are your thoughts on Innocent Blood in this deck? You Veteran Explorer more consistently! while having a removal spell.

I'm a fan of Innocent Blood in general. I think that it could probably see some sideboard play in this sort of deck, but the mainboard is pretty packed and I think the value that you get out of something like Abrupt Decay in the main combined with the fact that you have removal in the form of creatures makes it no go in primary 60. In the sideboard, against something like Delver maybe, turn one explorer, turn two blood, grab another land and take out your one or two drop seems pretty good, but then again, so does blowing Pernicious Deed on 0 or 1.

Yeah, I figured that the maindeck had plenty of removal, and Innocent Blood was something I saw in the BUG Walkers deck that I felt would be a solid fit here as well.

It's certainly the right kind of deck for it (one that plays no creatures or wants them to die).

Now this is a legacy deck I love, I play a very similar list (I play more basics, and some tweaked numbers but almost identical save two or three cards). For those who aren't familiar with Nic Fit, I must bring attention to the combo that makes this deck amazing for those who aren't famiiar (it's not quite obvious until you take a close look).

Ideal example:

Turn One: Land, Veteran Explorer

Turn Two: Land, Cabal Therapy (if you are unsure of what you are going against, Force of Will is always a safe guess, and you have one land remaining untapped), flashback Cabal Therapy , sacrificing the Veteran Explorer . Fetch 2 basic lands, then rip whatever other goodies you saw out of their hand (3 lands untapped). Cast Deathrite Shaman and a Baleful Strix .

Turn Three: Land (now at 5), activate Deathrite Shaman for a mana, cast Grave Titan and live the dream.

So if nothing gets countered, worst case scenario you got to Rampant Growth twice for untapped lands, drop a deathtouch flyer (who replaces himself) and a pseudo-planeswalker, while ripping the best cards from your opponent's hand - unless you guess correctly on the first Cabal Therapy , then you nailed 2 all on turn 2.

The insane power of this combination is rather deceptive at first - after all, your opponents may get lands from Veteran Explorer as well. Certainly, this must be a bad card right? Well, factor the following:

-Most decks in legacy are greedy as hell with mana. Most decks run about 2-4 basics, often less in decks like Delver and Shardless BUG, so often your opponent will gain very little from it, and if they do and the game goes long, they likely won't gain from it a second time like you will.

-The lands come in untapped, so you get to use them first. This breaks the symmetry in your favor.

-When playing blue decks, this combo presents a conundrum with Force of Will and Daze . Typically, unless I'm playing a combo deck or I know they have a Batterskull they pulled off a Stoneforge Mystic , I will always name Force of Will with the first cast. If they counter it, I can still recast it with Flashback, and no matter how you cut it, they are losing at least 2 cards from their hand/a card and a land drop, and the cards they're losing are the ones I was probably going to name anyway.

-Most legacy decks curve out at 3. If an opponent can find basic lands, they will quickly burn out their hand if they choose to dump everything, potentially setting up a game-ending Pernicious Deed . Also, your deck runs a much higher curve than is typical of legacy, and being able to ramp this way allows higher costed cards like Grave Titan and Thragtusk to be playable. Because of this, you can establish a threatening board presence playing fewer cards from your hand at a time, allowing you to keep up card advantage.

Another combo worth pointing out is Eternal Witness + Recurring Nightmare . Best game ever with this deck, was living the dream and landing the Eternal Witness + Recurring Nightmare + Thragtusk loop against Death and Taxes (he just couldn't find that Swords to Plowshares , and was much less amused by this than I was).

It's a fun deck and very unique, and lots of room to alter to your own preference. If you're interested, try it out, you won't be disappointed.

WOO HOO! I requested this article as i play a lot of nic fit. this person is a genius. I like innocent blood with veteran explorer and it does really well in the shells that play blue. The deck has a maverick kind of feel to it because of the 4 green sun zenith and there are a wonderful array of cards to get. dryad arbor, and gaddock teeg are good creatures that arent in this list and so is thrun the last troll. the deck has also gotten some new cards in recent sets like kessig wolf run, abrupt decay, liliana of the veil and deathrite shaman. Ancient grudge is also a good sideboard card that was released.

Finally, if you play primeval titan or just in general, there are some extra lands not reflected in this deck that are great such as volraths stronghold, and wasteland which is a great one of.

also all the decks in the format that play basics are decks that you tend to have a pretty good matchup against besides UR delver.

When using Cabal Therapy , specifically in this deck, it's important to know which cards you can't afford your opponent to have. Amazingly, the answer isn't always FoW or Daze .

Anyway, I like to keep it short. This isn't a primer.

Good read. If I was gonna play legacy, I'd play nic fit.

WOO HOO! I requested this article as i play a lot of nic fit. this person is a genius. I like innocent blood with veteran explorer and it does really well in the shells that play blue. The deck has a maverick kind of feel to it because of the 4 green sun zenith and there are a wonderful array of cards to get. dryad arbor, and gaddock teeg are good creatures that arent in this list and so is thrun the last troll. the deck has also gotten some new cards in recent sets like kessig wolf run, abrupt decay, liliana of the veil and deathrite shaman. Ancient grudge is also a good sideboard card that was released.

Finally, if you play primeval titan or just in general, there are some extra lands not reflected in this deck that are great such as volraths stronghold, and wasteland which is a great one of.