Joining us for a special Vintage-themed episode is Justin “IamActuallyLvL1” Gennari. Justin has made a name for himself as the premier streamer of the format, and is responsible for a ton of new blood entering the format over the last couple of month. Together we explore one of the most booming formats on Magic Online right now, as well as the over 18,000 matches that were recently analyzed by Justin and his crew of dedicated data collectors!

If you’ve always been curious about what Vintage actually how, what the gameplay is like and how to best get into the format on Magic Online, this episode is for you! We roughly outline the major archetypes of the format, recent developments and which decks are up and coming again. We also discuss Callum’s and Julian’s runs in Eternal Weekend Vintage, as well as Julian’s victory in the Vintage Challenge, and do a deep dive on one of Vintage’s most exciting decks, Paradoxical Outcome.

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Eternal Weekend 2020 is in the books, and with over 1,600 entrants between the three main events, this has been one of THE highlights in the 15+ year history of our beloved Legacy format. Following WotC’s decision to pair entry into the format with access to (almost) ALL cards on Magic Online, one of the biggest breathes of fresh air hit the format as people rallied to enter the Karkas, Rishadan Port and Maze of Ith championships.

On this episode Callum and Julian cover both the spirit and results of these three events, as they go about the Top16 of each event and some of the most interesting deckbuilding choices they can find. Garruk, Primal Hunter and Retrofitter Foundry in Snow, Ground Seal in Oops All Spells and many more things to shake up a format…that is yet still dominated by RUG Delver and 4/5c Snowko. Still, the glorious return of Death & Taxes into the limelight is one of the most positive takeaways from this weekend, and we’re looking forward to how things are gonna develop.

We also show you what you haven’t seen on coverage yet. Following the communitiy’s effort to map out all 8-2 and better lists from the vent, we bring you a much larger metagame overview than just the Top16 lists!

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With Matt back from his secret mission, he joins Callum and Julian for a discussion of all things Legacy (and a tiny bit of Vintage!) that have happened recently: Legacy Showcase Challenge results (including Julian’s Top4 with Elves), Marc Vogt’s Bant Miracles and our recommendations for both Legacy and Vintage in the upcoming Eternal Weekend Online! Speaking of which, definitely don’t miss this chance to get your “god account” with (almost) all the cards in Magic!

We also cover our thoughts on the recently released Secret Lair: Walking Dead, both with regards to the playability of the those cards as well as the general concept of Secret Lairs.

Bonus content: Matt asks you to anonymously submit your questions about everything you always wanted to know about dentistry, but never dared to ask 😉

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There’s these rare weekends where the MTGO metagame gets entirely anihialted by a single player. With JPA93 currently in an identity crisis, this task has been handed to Bryant “Bryant_Cook” Cook, who completely CRUSHED both the Legacy Super PTQ on Saturday, and the Legacy Challenge on Sunday. Callum and I go over these epic results, as well as how Hogaak might actually be the biggest threat to the currently metagame!

In the second half of the show we scan the upcoming Zendikar Rising set for Legacy playables. We are pretty sure about one of the cards making a big splash in a tier1 deck, and then proceed to go over a ton of “maybes.”

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Joining us today is the Belgian Eternal LEGEND Tom De Decker. Tom is one of the stalwarts of the European Eternal community and a major force in promoting our beloved formats. Whether it’s through providing Vintage decks for several people at an event, organizing their accommodation or providing guided tours through tournament cities, Tom is doing more for our communities than I can put into words here.

Just the other week, the famous Italian tournament organizer 4Seasons hosted what we believe to be the first big Eternal event ever since Covid hit the world. In Bologna over 150 players gathered for Legacy (and a respetcable 19 for Vintage). Joining them was Tom, who’s giving us a first-hand report of what it was like playing in the event – both with regards to the special Covid-precautions and how they influenced all kinds of things from shuffling to railbirding restrictions. Afterwards Callum and I take a look at the Top16 decks of the format and which kind of sweet tech made it to the top of the event!

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In keeping with 2020’s global theme, we invited Belgian Infect aficionado Sam Dams to the show tonight. And by that we mean: there has been an overwhelming amount of requests for him through the entire year on both our Patreon Discord and Twitter. No surprise though, given how Sam has made a name for himself as arguably the most prolific Infect pilot since the heydays of Tom Ross!

Together we explore this somewhat “forgotten” Legacy archetype, which Sam still considers to be one of the best decks in the format. Yet he’s also the first to admit that the deck is facing new challenges; in particular WotC’s power creep on creatures is causing issues for Infect. In order to combat them, Sam has decided to add another colour to the deck – as well as everyone’s favourite broken Planeswalker!

Towards the end of the show we answer a TON of questions submitted via our Discord and Twitter; among them some of the best strategic and of course also meme questions (thanks Tom). If you wanna pick up one of the most wrongfuly underestimated decks in the format and either kill people on turn2 or grind them into oblivion, this deck & episode are for you!

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On today’s show Callum and Julian discuss one of the hottest decks in the format: call it RUG Uro, Temur Denial or – like a cultured person – Poke Pile! Jeff “Pokemoki” White recently released this absolute beast of a deck onto the Legacy scene, and it’s been putting up insanely good numbers in the hands of a lot of people. It’s also one of the most controversial and misunderstood decks right now, primarily because of its strategically unorthodox use of Stifle.

Callum and Julian explore what makes the deck’s use of Stifle so special, and why thinking of this deck as “Deverless Delver” might be misleading. They’re discussing a potential resurgence of Bant Miracles, as Legacy dreadnought StefanoGs has re-entered the format!

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On today’s show, Callum dives deeper on his Shark Control list he just Top4’ed the Legacy Challenge with. Did Standstill get cut just to improve the name of the deck even further, or are there actual gameplay considerations behind this? In any case, Shark Control is really making its pressence felt in the format and might just be the kind of Control deck blue mages have been longing for ever since UW Miracles had fallen out of favour.

In the second part of the cast, Callum and Julian discuss the primary deckbuilding constraints and principles in Legacy. What are the questions one has to ask themselves when trying to come up with something new in 2020, and what are the common blindspots and pitfalls in try to revolutionize the format…or just have some good old fun?

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Coming fresh off a Legacy Challenge win, Kyle Moran introduces Callum and Julian to how he turned one of the biggest meme decks in the history of Vintage and Legacy into a real deck! Not only can this deck draw the game (in paper) at almost any point, it’s also got the possibility to win the game out of almost entirely nowhere! Kyle’s positive energy is absolutely captivating and makes for an absolute blast of an episode – definitely don’t miss this one!

In the second half of the show we discuss Javier Dominguez’ excellent article about the current state of Legacy, and the impacts recent printings have had on both tactics and strategies across the board.

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Goblins used to consistently terrorize the top tables during the early years of Legacy, but eventually faded into obscurity. Recently it’s been growing in both popularity and success again, so we invited one of the premier Goblin kings to the cast to discuss which key additions have made the deck viable again. Eli “goblinlackey1” Goings teaches Callum, Matt and Julian about the ways of the Goblins, and which key M21 card he’s incredibly excited for.

In the second half of the show, the crew explores the most promising M21 spoilers – only half of which Matt could see making the cut in NicFit, we promise!

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