Legacy meta discussion

BlackJester · August 22, 2012, 02:51:50 PM

Sorry, to clarify, I meant that the reason they are ban-happy in Modern is the newness factor. Players and WotC are still learning what's OP and what's acceptable. As the dynamics shift, bans may get lifted.

Legacy is more stable. (Stable =/= stagnant IMO).

Dudecore · August 22, 2012, 04:18:48 PM

Legacy I don't see as stagnant. Maverick is a newer deck, it's burst onto the scene is bringing back older combo decks. If anything, Legacy might have the "original" balance of Aggro, Combo, Control.

Aladormax · August 22, 2012, 05:42:26 PM

Is there a place to go to see deck lists for these decks you are talking about? I enjoy magic, but standard is too expensive to keep up with and would like to slim it down a bit. I know it's more to get into legacy, but a good legacy card is a good card overall, but some standard cards are overpriced for what they do simply because they are standard legal.

ChrisRodriguez · August 22, 2012, 05:53:54 PM

Quote from: Dudecore on August 22, 2012, 04:18:48 PM
Legacy I don't see as stagnant. Maverick is a newer deck, it's burst onto the scene is bringing back older combo decks. If anything, Legacy might have the "original" balance of Aggro, Combo, Control.

I agree with you, but maverick is not a newer deck. It is being played more though. The lates new deck is show/hide. I love legacy. I can play so many different decks. Dredge, reamimator, Esper Stoneblade, RUG Delver, Maverick, and Death and Taxes to name just a very few.

#noided · August 22, 2012, 06:00:09 PM

I personally like to play combo decks like High Tide and Ad Nauseam.

BlackJester · August 22, 2012, 06:14:44 PM

Quote from: Aladormax on August 22, 2012, 05:42:26 PM
Is there a place to go to see deck lists for these decks you are talking about? I enjoy magic, but standard is too expensive to keep up with and would like to slim it down a bit. I know it's more to get into legacy, but a good legacy card is a good card overall, but some standard cards are overpriced for what they do simply because they are standard legal.

what about Modern?

Aladormax · August 22, 2012, 06:16:16 PM

There is not a huge following for it at my LGS but I may ask around.

ChrisRodriguez · August 22, 2012, 06:22:33 PM

http://www.mtgpulse.com/events-standard
This link is for standard but there are tabs for legacy and modern.

Bcstang · August 26, 2012, 09:04:53 PM

Legacy from my experience has the most diverse meta from one place to the next. I have a natural order/ progenitus deck I've been tweaking ever since it was a secret order deck. Where I live I have won many legacy tournaments with it because combo isn't huge here. But I went one province over to Calgary and all I saw was combo decks and no aggro because noone had control decks. It's my favorite format because of that

darthyug · August 27, 2012, 07:13:48 PM

I agree. I only play Legacy but at multiple locations in multiple states and the meta is always different. I usually run Burn, or a version of countertop based on how much aggro/control/combo i see at a meta. Legacy has such a wide variety of decks that can do well; Maverick, Merfolk, Elves, Burn, CounterTop variants, Threshold variants, Reanimator, Bant, ANT, Affinity, DeathNTaxes, Goblins, MUC, Painter, SneakShow, Dredge, etc, etc...