legacy by steve guillerm
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Legacy format primerTRANSCRIPT
Judging Legacy
September, 2014
Play all the cards!
Legacy is a very diverse format.
Ban list is relatively small.
Philosophy is to find
solutions before banning
problems.
Pillars of the format
Slow format
Watch players for slow play!
There are no slow decks,
only slow players.
(Don’t!) RTFC
Older cards are often
templated incorrectly,
or not at all. Make sure
to consult the Oracle text
of a card.
This includes creature
types.
Life total management
The Decks!
Audience participation is welcome
Fair Decks
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“Fair” Decks
RUG/BUG/UWR Delver
Esper Stoneblade
Jund
Shardless BUG
Delver
● Temur, Sultai, and Jeskai variants
● Delver trigger is just one trigger
● Stifle and its many uses
Stoneblade
● Can play as aggro or control:
watch for slow play
● Lots of equipment means combat
errors
Jund
● Deathrite Shaman is not a mana
ability
● Tarmogoyf’s CDA applies in all zones
● Dark Confidant trigger is not
considered
detrimental
Shardless BUG
● Strix/Agent are artifacts
(Tarmogoyf cares about this)
● Cascade mechanic
● Ancestral Vision questions
Combo Decks
ANT / TES
Show and Tell
High Tide
Painted Stone
Elves
ANT / TES
● Lion’s Eye Diamond and priority
● Burning Wish and
“outside the game”
● Storm mechanic and its interaction
with Stifle, Counterbalance, etc.
Show and Tell
● Each card enters at the same time
● Certain countermeasures work, like
Humility, Detention Sphere
● Others, like clone effects, do not
● Emrakul has protection from spells
● Additional costs still required
under Omniscience
High Tide
● Must declare floating mana
● Time Spiral exiles itself
● Turnabout targets a player on
declaration, choice is made on
resolution
● High Tide affects both players
● Watch for slow play
Painted Stone
● Players can pitch any card to FoW
● Goblin Welder exchange requires
both objects to exist; doesn’t do as
much as possible
● Emrakul triggers vs. Progenitus
replacement effects.
● 2 Progenitus = drawn game
Elves
● Glimpse draw is mandatory
● Nettle Sentinel triggers often
missed
● Tracking Wirewood Symbiote and
Quirion Ranger uses
Control Decks
Miracles
Lands
Death and Taxes
Miracles
● Counterbalance and CMCs
● Revealed miracles are in-hand
● Miracle trigger can be Stifled and
responded to
● Misdirection as a counter-
counterspell
● Major slow-play risk
Lands
● Tabernacle trigger is owned by
the creature’s controller
● Dredge is a replacement effect
● Dark Depths + Thespian Stage
Death and Taxes
● Players often forget about Thalia
● Æther Vial tricks
● Batterskull/germ confusion
● Clear communication especially
necessary
Is this even Magic?
Dredge
Dredge
● Two versions: Mana/Manaless
● Many opportunities for missed triggers
● Dredge is a replacement effect
● Breakthrough/Dredge interaction
● LED, Faithless Looting, priority
50+ other decks
Questions?