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Liliana's Legacy

Legacy Discard Mono-Black Suicide Black

loricatuslupus

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Land (20)

Enchantment (5)

Artifact (1)

Sorcery (10)

Instant (9)

Creature (10)

Planeswalker (5)

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Planeswalker (1)

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Sorcery (4)

Creature (2)

Enchantment (4)

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Land (5)

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Instant (6)

Enchantment (5)

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Sorcery (5)

Now I'm not really a fan of netdecking, but there does come a point where you have to check out what's coming top if you want a deck to evolve. Some cards are just better than others, and so the core of this deck is similar to many other suicide black/discard shells out there: Liliana of the Veil, Hymn to Tourach, Bitterblossom and Thoughtseize. While Dark Ritual can make for some explosive first turns on the play, it's always important to respect the prevalence of Force of Will in Legacy. Expect your opponent to do the sensible thing and save the counter for whatever spell you are going to play with the mana, so it's usually correct to play multiple discard spells rather than something like Liliana of the Veil unless you know they don't have Force. Which is almost never.

One of the things I love best about Legacy is that you can play one-ofs and pet cards - hence the toolbox of creatures which back up the discarding shenanigans like Tourach, a couple of Bobs and the excellent Dauthi Voidwalker which are maindeck Leylines with additional upside AND come on a body! Sinkhole never fails to bring the salt in Legacy considering how greedy most mana bases are. Speaking of, ours is why this deck is both reasonably affordable and reliable. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth makes Wasteland tap for black while also getting maximum value out of Funeral Charm and Leechridden Swamp can be an actual finisher once you've locked the opponent out of playing any spells. The fact that this deck can happily do its thing without ever seeing a non-basic land makes it very hard to disrupt too.

The sideboard has four copies of Leyline of the Void to bring in against Dredge/Reanimator for that "I just win in set-up" feeling (kinda makes up for what Leyline of Sanctity does to us, right?) plus a Helm of Obedience as an additional win condition. Swarming creature-based decks like Elves have proven to be a tricky match up because discard is wasted if your opponent has dumped their entire hand onto the field, so Engineered Explosives and Toxic Deluge are a must. Plus the former is the only thing that can blast away a Chalice of the Void, which is a serious threat when you're on the draw in a format with Sol lands. Cabal Therapy, Extirpate and Pithing Needle are the combo police while Chainer's Edict provides late game insurance. Plus that printing just looks so good...

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But Muh Pet Cards! — June 14, 2021
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Well, MH2 seems good. All as expected, and we'll have to see if there's anything apart from Urza's Saga that's going to be horrific in Legacy. But more to the point there are some really nice cards for this deck, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. To explain, Legacy has always been a format where you can play anything. It's a bit slower than Modern, and the better card selection means many decks have a lot more one-ofs or pet cards that actually stand a chance. But it's becoming harder and harder to justify these with what's currently being released: why would I play Hypnotic Specter when the same Dark Ritualfoil mana could pay for a Duathi Voidwalker and a discard spell that takes the best card in my opponent's hand, ready to play for free if I need it. In the meantime it functions as a walking Leyline of the Void that's basically unblockable, which is incredible for two. I like Unmask and was thinking of adding that or some other discard spells for variety, but with Grief now a thing there's literally no reason not to run a discard spell which can also punch people. I'll almost certainly be moving Sinkhole to the sideboard to make space for a pair. Yara yara....

The SHADE of it all! — July 28, 2018
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Alas, Poor Yorik (has taken the ban hammer) — July 4, 2018
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