I use to play a lot of legacy between the release of eternal masters up until ikoria. Played all flavors of blue decks and combo decks back when I still played legacy. Unfortunately I sold a lot of my collection back during COVID and no longer have my duals. I recently came back to magic but mostly just play modern energy. I’m wanting to dip my toes back into the format but am wary about spending any amount to play a deck that’s basically the modern eldrazi stompy deck from 2017.

Legacy has a new card everyone is talking about: Flow State.

In Episode 113, we discuss:

Why the card is immediately impacting the format

Comparisons to Expressive Iteration

Blue Red and Blue Black shell updates

Doomsday upgrades

Whether the card could become a long-term problem

Is this the start of another blue arms race?

Aside from Nadu, Cephalid Breakfast hasn't changed much as a deck in the past 5 years since Urza's Saga was printed. Well that changes today. I bring you: Breakfast Control!

This is essentially an Esper Control deck with 12 Breakfast combo cards squeezed into it:
-4 Cephalid Illusionist
-4 Nomads En-Kor
-2 Narcomoeba
-1 Thassa's Oracle
-1 Dread Return

Instead of winning through combat, we can win as early as turn 2 with the combo.

In this league I demonstrate how this simple A+B combo deck is enabled by two heavily bannable cards: Flow State and Tamiyo.

I beat a LOT of hate in this league. I hope you enjoy watching the flexibility of this little combo that could!

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/lHSLjgwdRU...

• 0:00:00 M1 vs faultedform on Oops
• 0:05:52 M2 vs VaeterchenRost on Aluren Show
• 0:18:23 M3 vs waraipt on BUG Witherbloom
• 0:46:51 M4 vs KlausiK on UB Midrange (Barrowgoyf main)
• 1:02:59 M5 vs JackieBrown on UR Tempo

Happy with the list, 73/75 ecobaronen UB Nethergoyf 2 Daze 1 Brazen main, 4 Consign SB but +1 Ponder -1 Thoughtseize for the UR Matchup mostly and because I feel it's more consistent. The UB Tempo Guide at https://kirdiemtg.de now also has a sideboard map by the way.

0:00:00 M1 vs faultedform on Oops

I kept a Wasteland only hand with Force because I know they always play Oops, they ran into my Force and conceded without seeing that I have no land. Sideboardwise I really like the mapping with -5 removal -3 Bowmasters +4 Consign +2 Surgical +2 FoN because I don't need to bring in Hydroblast as a pitch anymore. M1G2 I kept another Wasteland only hand with double force, they thoughtseized away FoW Nr. 1 and surprised me with a Xantid Swarm which I had to spend the second FoW on. Keep in Snuff vs Xantid? I drew Basic Island and he didn't combo then so I could just play Tamiyo + flip quickly. He played Jack-o-lantern so I didn't downtick Tamiyo but they cycled it in desparation to find a combo piece and then tamiyo was free again to pick up countermagic and discard and they conceded.

0:05:52 M2 vs VaeterchenRost on Aluren Show

I misclicked a Thoughtseize on one of the two Aceraks because I just intended to read the dungeon of it and thought rightclick + "Pick that" would show me the dungeon but at least my single Push was now live in case of Aluren. Fortunately Bowmasters + Tamiyo + double Wasteland was enough to find countermagic against Show and tell and win. Sideboarding wise I went with +2 FoN -2 Snuff -1 Push +1 Edict but I wasn't sure about the Push/Edict split regarding Revolt vs 1 mana more. M2G2 mishra's bauble saw needle on top and they went for T1 City of Traitors so I went for T1 Wasteland before the needle could name it. That got named T2 and then Tamyio could roam free. He played basic forest and Carpet of Flowers which I forced and then he conceded soon after with me having bowmasters as well.

0:18:23 M3 vs waraipt on BUG Witherbloom

Went slow and always kept up multiple removal spells with an active tamiyo and won. I wasn't sure if they are on some graveyard juke so I boarded in a single Surgical as a hedge and always shuffled it away when I saw it. In hindsight I should probably have kept some Bowmasters in as they played cantrips, not sure what the perfect boarding looks like here.

-2 Snuff (their creatures are black) +2 Edict -3 Bowmasters +2 FoN +1 Surgical

0:46:51 M4 vs KlausiK on UB Midrange (Barrowgoyf main)

I got really confused when they forced my Bauble, it turns out that was to turn on their Flow State. Managed to Daze a Barrowgoyf which they played instead of double wastelanding me out of my colored mana. Then I was free to Flow State and they conceced but it may have been correct by them because they had another Barrowgoyf in hand and I am on a smaller build with Nethergoyf where I don't need as much mana. Default sideboarding: -4 Fow +2 Barrow +2 Edict, I like having only 3 Thoughtseize main for this matchup. G2 was really scrappy but I beat them down with 2 nethergoyfs and wastelanded him just in time to prevent barrowgoyf stabilization.

1:02:59 M5 vs JackieBrown on UR Tempo

G1 OTD they had a very land heavy hand and I won with a single 5/6 Nethergoyf with us both having mostly lands otherwise. Sideboarding like we prepared for: -4 FoW -2 Seize (down to 1), +2 Barrow +2 Edict +2 Hydro. G2 ran T1 Hydroblast on DRC into Daze and then killed it T2 with Bowmasters. Game got still really close with Barrowgoyf vs double cutter. Missed lethal here where I could have pumped murktide to 12/12 using Nethergoyf from the grave. Nearly lost because of it as the cutter token brought me from 22 to 4 but then I swang back for lethal.

Maindeck

4 Nethergoyf 3 Orcish Bowmasters 4 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student 4 Flow State 2 Murktide Regent

2 Daze 1 Brazen Borrower 4 Force of Will 4 Brainstorm 3 Fatal Push 2 Snuff Out

4 Ponder 3 Thoughtseize

2 Mishra's Bauble

4 Underground Sea 1 Island 1 Swamp 4 Polluted Delta 1 Bloodstained Mire 1 Verdant Catacombs 1 Scalding Tarn 1 Flooded Strand 4 Wasteland 1 Undercity Sewers

Sideboard

2 Barrowgoyf 2 Hydroblast 4 Consign to Memory 1 Massacre 2 Force of Negation 2 Sheoldred's Edict 2 Surgical Extraction

During the Pro Tour Secrets of Strixhaven online broadcast, WotC revealed a few cards that will come out this year, and one definitely stood out! Bilbo, Thief in the Night should become quite popular in Legacy. Let's explore it!

Hey fellow legacy enjoyers,

I'm looking to construct Amalia Combo in Legacy. This because I adored the deck in Pioneer, and with a spice cup coming up, I am quite interested in trying it out in legacy. I was initially thinking about maybe a sort of birthing ritual strategy, but other things might be possible too so I thought to post for tips here in the Reddit, see if anyone has card or deck type suggestions for me. Thanks in advance!

Yesterday 267 players gathered at Hareruya TC in Tokyo to play 9 Swiss rounds. After 3 single elimination rounds SneakShow piloted by Ryota Mizumura won the event.

The Top 16 decks were:
1 - UR Tempo
2 - Omnitell
3 - UR Tempo
4 - SneakShow
5 - Doomsday
6 - Ninjas
7 - UR Delver
8 - Lands
9 - Affinity
10 - Grixis Tempo
11 - Ninjas
12 - Tron
13 - Tron
14 - UB Tempo
15 - Lands
16 - Omnitell

Top8 deck lists: https://article.hareruyamtg.com/article/109323/
8-16 deck lists: https://article.hareruyamtg.com/article/109335/
Metagame breakdown: https://article.hareruyamtg.com/article/109282/

Looking at the metagame, it was mainly a mix of Combo, Tempo and Big Mana, with a few Aggro and Control decks on the side. The Top16 reflected that mix.

Ninjas overperformed, as 2 players made into the top 16, while only 5 players registered the deck.
Eldrazi underperformed, where none of the 11 registered players making into the Top 16. Probably it took collateral damage from all the hate players packed against Tron.

Later today Ryota will face Tatsuya Sakai, the current title holder to decide who will be crowned the 33rd God of Legacy.

► Decklist — https://links.theepicstorm.com/?c=La0q7ZI

I'm brewing a mono green storm deck

Deck so far:

Emerald Medallion 4

Concordant Crossroads 4 haste enabler

Aeve, Progenitor Ooze 4 win condition

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/s/a9DecNIs0J

Checking to see if there are any hightide discords or groups that discuss versions, matches, and sideboard tech?