In the world of Legacy Storm combo there are a handful of shells and options available to the Real Men Who Play Combo. There are speed versions of Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT), versions with the powerful Burning Wish as a tutor (which also give you the power of Empty the Warrens), and other unique creations [...]
Dan Frazier is visiting Spain!
On the weekend of Grand Prix Madrid (epic report) I was told that Dan Frazier was coming to Spain. Where? – I asked!
I found the answer to that question in a matter of minutes! A guy around there was handling these fliers:
The card reads:
Freak Games I – 10th & 11th of April
Saturday: 600+€ Standard tournament. [...]
Solutions to the High Price of Cardboard
Following our discourse on the potential Breaking of the Reserved List, the community and Wizards of the Coast seemingly need to contemplate a solution to the spiraling cost of older cards if Wizards’ feels that these prices are too high and would prevent a legitimate barrier of entry for newer players. If Wizards’ is going [...]
Thoughts on Breaking the Reserved List
Over the past couple of months there has been much consternation and discussion in online forums and articles discussing the rise of prices in older Magic cards. There has also been much discussion lately of the Reserved List on the Official Reprint Policy.
In Stephen Menendian’s recent article Visiting Wizards, Reprints, and the Reserved List [...]
[Video]: LCL3 February @Ripollet (Barcelona)
The February tournament of the Third Catalan Legacy League (LCL3) was held in Ripollet (town near Barcelona) with a turnout of 92 players. As usual, Enric Luzán has released the videos of the Top8 games. So far there’s the quarterfinals and semifinals. The videos from the final will come up shortly. You’ll find the decks [...]
GP Madrid, the eternal event of the year
Grand Prix Madrid is coming soon, very soon! At this point, no one doubts about this tournament being the most important event on eternal this year.
Europe has a huge tradition of playing Vintage and Legacy. Tournaments like the Eurovino, Bazaar of Moxen, UAL Power9 Series, DDAY, etc… had proven to be successful at gathering eternal [...]
Focus on Legacy – Alternative Sideboarding With Bant Survival
Following up on our previous Focus on Legacy columns Constructing Bant Survival and Playing Bant Survival, we can now look at some alternative sideboarding strategies with the deck. This can provide opportunities to shore up weak matchups, throw an opponent off guard, and take the deck in a new direction with different and unexpected lines [...]
Focus on Legacy – Playing Bant Survival
In the previous Focus on Legacy column we analyzed the common choices for constructing Bant Survival. This companion article will hopefully shed some light on playing against some of the common matchups you might find to expect in your upcoming Legacy tournaments, whether it’s a smaller weekly tournament or a massive tournament like GP Madrid. [...]
[Video]: GPT @Badalona (Barcelona).
Last Sunday we played in Badalona this Grand Prix Trial with 75 players. Enric Luzan, as usual, brought his video cam and recorded few games. This time tho, he couldn’t record that many as there were byes for the top4 and I guess they split the money.
Anyways, this are his quarterfinal games against Xavier Muntada. [...]
Random thoughts: Perish
Last Sunday I went to play this GPT for Madrid with my (not so) budget Affinity deck. From the decklist I ran, there’s one card I’m really satisfied with: Perish.
I’m not sure whether or not is the right time to include Perish maindeck. With the uprising hype of Bant decks packing Natural Order / Progenitus, [...]
“Budget” deck: TP Affinity 2K10
I’ve always focused on gathering cards to play combo decks. My only problem is that I like to play with “pimp” cards only. That makes my playable card pool much smaller than average.
Few months ago, I thought it would be a good idea to build up another Legacy deck. Something different! The chosen deck was [...]
Focus on Legacy – Constructing Bant Survival
Survival of the Fittest has long been one of the most powerful spells available in the Legacy format. Decks such as RecSur, Full English Breakfast, Angry Tradewind Survival, RGB Survival Advantage, Survival Elves, Welder Survival, and countless other variants have all utilized the powerful tutoring capability and overwhelming card advantage that Survival of the Fittest [...]




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