New legacy deck

[Mr_Fahrenheit]

Legacy is cheaper to play than standard if you plan on playing for more than a couple of years. Id much rather invest a solid $2000 straight up once, then occasionally tweak every 3 or 4 years when something gets printed that might change things, rather than spending  $400-500 every time a block rotates and new decks have to be made. And legacy decks dont have to cost that much either. I just have expensive tastes.

[MacheteMable]

On top of this. As I've found out. Once you get the staples, the lands are your only real barrier to other decks.

[MuggyWuggy]

That  {The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale}

[Falcon182]

That  {The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale}

Only one deck plays this land!

[Mr_Fahrenheit]

And if im being completely honest, as much as I love standard, modern is infinitely more fun to play. And legacy is even more fun to play than modern. You have to be wary of your spell being countered turn one when you are on the play. When you are on the draw you have to be wary of your fetchland being stifled on turn 1. There are so many decision trees and that makes it infinitely more fun to play (in my opinion). That in itself is worth the intial extra cost of getting into it. Your bonus is your cards dont rotate out.

[MuggyWuggy]

Yeah unfortunately standard is dominated by new cards that work for the format and nothing else.

[MacheteMable]

Yeah unfortunately standard is dominated by new cards that work for the format and nothing else.

This is probably the biggest realization when going from standard to modern/legacy

[Falcon182]

Yeah unfortunately standard is dominated by new cards that work for the format and nothing else.

This is probably the biggest realization when going from standard to modern/legacy

Yeah there's a lot of feelbads when you buy $50 worth of cards that end up worth $3 in a few months.

[Ieatfood7]

I wish everyone understood this. We had an entire podcast episode on why legacy was great and not as expensive as people think, but I still get stuff all the time about it being too slow or stagnant. Sigh.

[Mattao19]

I agree with you guys.

But the thing is is that the original investment is so high. In the long run lgcy is cheaper but not everyone has the kind of money to buy a set of fows

[Ieatfood7]

I agree with you guys.

But the thing is is that the original investment is so high. In the long run lgcy is cheaper but not everyone has the kind of money to buy a set of fows

That's why you start with burn. Or elves. Or death and taxes. Or belcher. Or dwarven belcher. Or cascade-balance. Or manaless dredge.....

[Mattao19]

Why would somebody play a deck they don't want to play just to play a format they've never played before? Sure those decks are cheap but if I want to play lands or miracles then I'm certainly not going to start with shitty combo or burn.

Also elves and DnT are awesome decks but are in no way budget friendly

[Indianslayer]

Also, to play devils advocate, some could say that it's fun to play standard because it is always changing. Yeah it may be more expensive, but you get to see and play a lot of different play styles. You can also start playing standard and do relatively well with a cheapish deck. (I know from experience)

I'd just like to point out, I started playing standard but I enjoy playing modern a lot more (and legacy on untap)

[Ieatfood7]

Why would somebody play a deck they don't want to play just to play a format they've never played before? Sure those decks are cheap but if I want to play lands or miracles then I'm certainly not going to start with shitty combo or burn.

Also elves and DnT are awesome decks but are in no way budget friendly

If you don't like a deck, of course don't play it in any format. I was giving a few examples of less expensive decks (yeah, elves and DandT are sort of middle cost for legacy, I was giving a range from that to the $10 decks).

Moral of the story. Many people think legacy is awesome. Money should not keep people out of the format, even if it is needed for tier 1 decks. You can find a legacy playable* deck that is your play style and that is in your budget. 


*(not tier 1 or 1.5, I don't mean win a GP competitive, but you would win many games at a GP and will do well at Your LGS competitive)

[MuggyWuggy]

Janky decks can always beat a tier 1 deck if the tier deck is not prepared for jank


Ashiok F'd up people and one time a janky Kiora in legacy testing proved daunting.

That's the beauty of legacy. All it takes is some creativity of searching for synergies.


Plus who doesn't like making a dream play in a non EDh/non casual format.

I'm telling you folks: NOTION THIEF the griseldraw!