A Tale of Ale
Legacy
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Refining. —Sept. 24, 2017
I've manage to expand my play testing to a large group, so I am able to pitch this deck against other decks and archetypes. As a long time modern player, I have always considered hand disruption to be marginally good. Within the confines of the legacy format, I am finding that hand disruption can push the game to go longer, which is how this deck wins ultimately, through the art of attrition.
I have been tinkering with the idea of adding Chains of Mephistopheles to the sideboard in lieu of the fourth copy of Surgical Extraction. I feel like that would be a fantastic addition for hosing blue decks. Currently, the cost of that addition is slowing my progress, but I have been testing with a proxy to see if it is an addition I want to add. I think at least a single sideboard copy is worth having as it hoses many blue decks.
I can say with certainty that the land base is correct as is. The mix of basics and non-basics affords me plenty of flexibility. I rarely have any issues casting a Liliana of the Veil or a Gideon of the Trials by turn three. As for the hand disruption suite, I may tinkering with it more, and explore running three Inquisition of Kozilek and three Thoughtseize to see if that gives me slightly better results with regard to the life loss. I want to maintain at least six to eight hand disruption spells though.
Well, that is all for this update. Thanks again to all who are following along with this Legacy journey of mine.
Hunson_Abadeer says... #2
TheGodofNight yeah the budget of this deck is out of my reach but it might be a deck I get over time card by card; I'm glad someone appreciates this deck as much as me!
August 10, 2017 3:27 p.m.
TheGodofNight says... #3
I was fortunate enough to have a decent trade pool of modern cards to expedite the building process. It's tough to know what is going to be good and what isn't, thankfully, I bought into a couple of really good decks that I was able to trade stuff from to complete this and still maintain a decent selection of playable modern decks. Even if it you do it one card at a time, it's still awesome to build towards it. And always keep an eye for new cards that might make the cut, they will drive some of the costs down. Best of luck.
TheGodofNight says... #1
@Hunson_Abadeer
Tolarian Community College and Jeff Hoogland's videos really cemented my decision to start crafting (and recently complete) this deck. A lot of folks will argue that the blue decks in the format can outpace decks like this, and in some respects, they can, but many things need to fall into place for that to happen. That is where skill and tempo breaking come in handy, disrupting the alignment of their plans. While the deck isn't an answer to the legacy format, it is a fantastically fun deck to play, and provides a wealth of enjoyable games. If you can invest in such a build, I strongly recommend it, but be sure to read everything you can before building, as some of these investments are costly, and you really don't want to buy a bunch of stuff you won't use in the deck. I wish you the best of luck if you choose to build a deck like this. Thanks for the +1.
August 10, 2017 2:11 p.m.