I'm curious about something
Legacy forum
Posted on May 27, 2014, 1:15 a.m. by VampireArmy
So after watching lots of legacy matches on youtube (namely Channel Fireballs videos to be exact) and I wondered something. Some legacy decks play things with high Cmc (for example Batterskull yet in a deck with no Brainstorm or something like that, what do you do if you topdeck a high cmc card? I don't see players with more than 2 mana at any given point so does it just sit there?
VampireArmy says... #3
I mean not just that specific card, others with huge costs too. Is it just game then?
May 27, 2014 1:39 a.m.
CrazyLittleGuy says... #4
Could you give another example then? Most Legacy decks don't run cards that make them lose when they draw it. That kind of defeats the purpose. There's almost always a way to cheat in that stuff.
May 27, 2014 2:11 a.m.
CalciferDK says... #6
Enter the Infinite is probably cast by having Omniscience in play and that would usually be cheated into play by Show and Tell
May 27, 2014 3:11 a.m.
VampireArmy says... #7
So the general thing is if you put high cmc's in your deck, have a way to cheat them out or don't put them in?
May 27, 2014 3:40 a.m.
CalciferDK says... #8
Yes.
3 cmc is usually top of the curve and 4 cmc is pushing it..
May 27, 2014 5:49 a.m.
julianjmoss says... #9
Yes, in the case of batterskull it is cheated in play from stoneforge mystic, with enter the infinite it is part of omniscience. In legacy, each card has a purpose and the deck is set up efficiently as possibly. most decks curve out at 3 or 4 but the decks that play 4/5 cmc are control decks that play jace or force of will. Also, in sneak and show or reanimator, grisslebro is never hard cast
May 27, 2014 8:50 a.m.
miracles (Terminus , Entreat the Angels ) are set up with Brainstorm , Ponder , Sensei's Divining Top .
large creatures (Emrakul, the Aeons Torn , Griselbrand , Progenitus , Craterhoof Behemoth , Iona, Shield of Emeria ) are cheated in with Sneak Attack , Natural Order Show and Tell , are Reanimate d or cast off of a million elves.
others are right about Batterskull and Omniscience . 4-drops need to be able to do multiple things (Jace, the Mind Sculptor , Bloodbraid Elf )
i think that covers most of the large spells cast in legacy?
miracleHat says... #2
Stoneforge Mystic is your friend in that situation.
May 27, 2014 1:38 a.m.