Best Legacy Budget Deck (Besides Burn)
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Posted on Dec. 13, 2015, 4:50 p.m. by supermill
Hey guys, I was wondering what suggestions you had for a budget Legacy deck. I want to get into Legacy on MTGO, and so far I've been thinking of buying a Death and Taxes build with Ghost Quarter and Tectonic Edge instead of Rishadan Port and Wasteland. Would this be viable? Would anything else be better? The Death and Taxes deck would be around $225, and if possible, I'm trying not to go any higher than that. Thanks for the help!
KillDatBUG says... #3
Storm's less than 300 tix, and it's definitely a top tier deck ATM.
December 13, 2015 6:51 p.m.
@KillDatBUG, sounds great, but I'm not sure I'm skilled enough to play storm
December 13, 2015 7:37 p.m.
mathimus55 says... #5
I wouldn't say skill is the thing, because with legacy it's all about skill with an individual deck. Storm very much requires more repetitions than most other decks before you get very good with it, but general skill isn't really that big of a thing. Enjoyment is though. If combo decks aren't your type then I would stick away from storm then
December 13, 2015 7:48 p.m.
Harashiohorn says... #6
There's affinity, and cascabalance are also towards the budget end. Casca should be under your budget, affinity should be fairly buildable on it too.
December 15, 2015 11:56 a.m.
mathimus55 says... #7
The Restore Balance deck is more a modern deck than legacy. All that blue/FoW rolling around makes those cascade triggers kinda useless when it's never really safe. Affinity isn't really cheap online either, Chrome Mox and Mox Diamond/Mox Opal are still $10+ Online. Not much from either deck translates to other decks either for the most part.
You should be able to get most of your non blue duals for <$10 online. Punishing Jund, aggro loam and Deaguy Ale are some other cheaper options that can be done online for a decent price and have pieces that can go into other decks down the road too
December 15, 2015 4:19 p.m.
there's nothing budget in legacy. your just approaching the format wrong. if your not willing to put the money, play modern instead.
in modern, a budget deck can steal some games vs real decks, and even when you lose, at least you will feel you did something to your opponent.
in legacy if you play budget vs real decks, your gonna get trampled over and utterly smashed, it will feel like you never had the chance to play magic at all.
December 18, 2015 4:59 a.m.
Yellowcandy says... #9
Manaless dredge is pretty cheap. I mean it's all about what your opponent has in the side but it is still very effective.
mathimus55 says... #2
As a D&T player: it's not really D&T without the cheap/efficient mana denial of Port/wasteland. Not to rain on your parade, but the deck really depends on being top notch denial. The quarters or tec-edges are ok if you're needing wasteland 5+ but that cheap interaction is what the deck lives by.
I would just start saving all your tix for those upgrades if you're trying to be competitive. Otherwise you're just running really subpar lands in a deck that relies on everything working in conjunction to be better than the sum of its parts. If you like the D&T core but don't have money for those lands I'd run Maverick instead. The land base is cheaper and plays on a similar axis with the value creatures but you get to play other awesome value creatures like Knight of the Reliquary and Deathrite Shaman in addition to Abrupt Decay which great in the MTGO realm with all the FoW running around.
December 13, 2015 5:44 p.m.