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Legacy developers are currently working in full overdrive, creating fast-combo decks out of removal spells, and conducting ethically questionable experiments trying to merge two or more decks into one. Callum, Matt & Julian dive into the madness and uncover a hidden gem that had been lurking around the format for a while, before having its breakout result rather recently. The crew also explores the uses of it in especially UB “Tempo” Doomsday and why Temporal Mastery is now the most playable Miracle spell in Legacy.

In the second half of the cast, we go over the most playable cards in Kamigawa Neon Dynasty, and why Kappa Cannoneer is actually the scariest cards of the entire set!

00:04:34 — Malevolent Hermit

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Ragavan has been banned. Our sweet prince of Legacy, beloved by many and revered by even more, is no more. Wizards of the Coast has taken action, and our simian sidekick will speak, see or do no evil anymore. But as a wise man once said: don’t be sad it’s over – be glad it happened. In this spirit, Callum and Julian analyze WotC’s stated reason for banning the monkey, and why this B&R announcement has already pathed the way for the following one “soon” after. We also take a look at the state of the format we’re now just entered, and which decks as well as card choices will constitute the upper tier of Legacy moving forward.

In the first part of the episode, we also look at Starcitygames’ paradigm shift in content policy, and why it’s a real watershed moment for the way content creation will happen be accessible in the future – for ALL of Magic!

00:13:24 — SCG Content Policy Revolution

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After Callum had been shamelessly stood up by our scheduled guest, Queen Elizabeth II of England, we instead invited the ONE and ONLY Andrea Mengucci of Italy to save the day and introduce us to the current state of Modern! The format has recently gotten tons of praise following the release of Modern Horizons 2, with some voices even comparing it to the “Golden Age” of Legacy. After checking with our Patreon Discord, our supporters were overwhelmingly in favour of dedicating an episode to learning all there is to know about why Modern is such an amazing experience right now, so here we are!

This episode is especially for those who want to make their way into the format or want to understand it from the point of view of one of Magic’s greatest players & personalities. Andrea’s passion for both Magic and Modern in particular really shows throughout the episode, and we’re super excited to follow him into the mystical wonderland that is Modern right now.

00:02:02 — Legacy UW Spirits Mini Primer

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For the final episode of the year, the full triforce assembles once again, as we get military clearance to have Matt back on the cast. In the first part of today’s show, we try to stay on the topic of Julian almost qualifying for the Pro Tour through the Legacy Showcase Qualifier, playing the weirdest version of Elves to date, but the conversation escalates the most absurd discussion of the year..thus far. Once things get back on track we dive deeper into one of the highest-profile/stakes event of the year, as Callum rediscovers his desire to crush the MTGO meta. Someone brings up Siege Rhino.

For the second half of the cast, we discover the three of the biggest news items in Legacy and/or Magic as a whole. The one that completely blindsided everyone surely was Wizards of the Coast selling(?) MTGO and everything that comes with it to Daybreak Games – a company both famous for killing off dying games BUT ALSO rejuvenating games stuck in a dead-end. Only time will tell where MTGO will be headed under their leadership, but Julian has a revolutionary idea of what this might actually mean for the MTGO economy. We also cover all the upcoming big Paper events, and why everybody’s favourite lazy Sunday afternoon activity is about to come back.

00:04:50 — Julians Top4’s the Showcase Qualifier with Elves

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Alex ‘Vivarus’ McKinley joins Callum & Julian to celebrate his recent win in the Eternal Weekend Vintage Mox Emerald Championship. Alex and his crew applied specific principles to constructing the Grixis Tinker Breach list that guided him all the way to the trophy, and we promise only 90% of it is gonna about playing the most broken card they could find. Is Preordain secretly the best still unrestricted spell in Vintage?

In the second part of the show we take a look at Legacy, and its pathological addiction towards adding more colours to decks – and getting away with it! Especially the most recent Challenges & the NRG Series have driven this trend up another notch. However, unlike during previous Blue Soup Seasons, there’s a noticeable trend towards loading up on Wastelands and Life From the Loams, instead of adding a 5th colour. Seriously, what happened to everybody’s favourite trend of 5c Blood Moon? Towards the end Julian is interested in bringing back an old classic, but Callum is just dead inside 🙁

00:10:47 — Alex McKinley & Grixis Tinker Breach

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With the three BIGGEST Legacy events of the year in the books, Callum & Julian invite Danish Doomsday deity Martin ‘nevilshute’ Nielsen to the cast! Martin just finished runner-up in the biggest of last weekend’s Legacy events, nearly taking home the Sylvan Library painting. Martin tells us all you ever wanted to know about Doomsday, and why sometimes you don’t even need Thassa’s Oracle to win.

In the second half of the cast, we go over the top finishers of all three events – and discover maybe the WILDEST deckbuilding principle we ever encountered in a (successful) deck – definitely don’t miss the madness that is the 67 main, 12 sideboard card deck that made Top16 in of of these events!

00:01:23 — Callum won a war & Julian didn’t

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Callum & Julian review the most recent big event results, making a big discovery: UR Zoomer Control is ready to take the metagame by storm! Callum has all the background info on the deck, and Julian can’t stop loving it (and got an immediate 5-0 with it after the cast.) Definitely check out this deck as one of the hottest recommendations for Eternal Weekend, and learn why you need to alter your gameplay and strategy to play the deck to the best of its capabilities.

For those new to MTGO, we also cover how to play in Eternal Weekend, and why the $25 USD “god-account” access that is available from November 15th to December 1st is a GREAT way to get into competitive Magic Online.

00:06:15 — Swedish Legacy Nationals Results

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“I see a red card and I want it painted blue. I could not foresee this thing happening to you.”

Callum & Julian welcome Legacy Methuselah Marius Hausmann back onto the cast to discuss a wide range of topics, starting out each one’s performances in our fast-growing local Legacy events. Callum had a great run with UW Yorion Bomberman, Marius split the finals with his unique take on Painter, and Julian placed third after almost losing to Food Reanimator.

Sparked by a discussion on our Discord, we then look into what people mean when they talk about the “true” Legacy metagame, and why context is so important to that rather controversial concept. Towards the middle of the show, Callum & Marius dive deep onto their different styles of Imperial Painter, while Julian is just excited he doesn’t have to sacrifice City of Traitors under Blood Sun.

In the second part of the show we take a look at the Top16 results of the 240-players 4Seasons event that went down last weekend in Bologna, Italy. Following a player’s DQ while playing for Top8 in that event, the three of us get into a broader debate about splitting etiquette, bribery and community problems arising from it. Julian, while probably taking the harsher stance on it, still makes a point about whether the current way of handling things is still appropriate in a post-WotC-Organized-Play world.

00:07:10 — London Legacy Monthly Event Report

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It’s common knowledge among podcasters that while a lot of your time & energy is focussed on producing content, every once in a while you have to renew your “Serious Tournament Player” membership. For Julian, his was up this month so he jumped straight into the Legacy Showcase Challenge and took it down. Easy as that, right? It helps when you have a BIG FLYING DRAGON or three on your side! Join us for this episode in which we not only recap all 11 rounds of the Showcase, but also focus on the exact style on UWr Saga Julian registered in the event. Lord Ozymandias had written one of the best guides of the year for this event, and it proved to be a most valuable asset to have while navigating through a whole bunch of Monkeys, Dragons and Constructs!

Bonus: Callum has the most amazing birthday present for Julian! 🙂

00:09:50 — Let’s sell crack at the diving trade fair

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Legacy is EVOLVING! Ever since Modern Horizon 2 put the formats on its head once again, with Monkeys, Dragons and Constructs running the tables, players have started adapting to this new madness that is our format now. Callum & Julian look into three of the most interesting decks to pop up/back into the format: Marcus Ewaldh almost goes all the way with HIGH TIDE, an ACTUAL AFFINITY deck, and Anuraag fully embraces the degeneracy that is Neo Czech Pile! Oh, and in the end, Yorion Death & Taxes wins again. This is getting spooky, but Callum has a theory about why it just keeps taking down tournaments and why we’re all guilty of still not respecting the deck enough.

00:09:52 — Julian’s Maverick (mis?)adventures at his local

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