We court some controversial legacy opinions, talk about all the things you can do with a stompy shell, and finish with a surprise mystery segment!
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Stuart Pullin
Stuart Taylor
@LegacyBreakfast
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Browsing Category Deck Tech
Episode 127 – Solidarity
In the run up to GP Birmingham, me and Stu take a look at…. Solidarity of course! Why you should / shouldn’t take it to a tournament as well as history, card choices and getting your head around being able to do literarily anything at instant speed. We also lament that Palinchron doesn’t have flash. Enjoy!
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Stuart Pullin
Stuart Taylor
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Episode 124 – THE GOBLINS HAVE TAKEN ALL THE BACON
Hello. We come right back at you by bringing you one of the more maligned decks of the format, Goblin Charbelcher. Is it an unfair blight on the format? Is it an inconsistent mess? Should you play it now Ooops all spells exists? And also – where did all the bacon go……?
Your Hosts
Stuart Pullin
Stuart Taylor
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StuP’s Belcher:
1 Taiga
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Land Grant
4 Lotus Petal
4 Lion’s Eye Diamond
4 Chrome Mox
4 Rite of Flame
4 Desperate Ritual
4 Manamorphose
4 Seething Song
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Tinder Wall
3 Empty The Warrens
4 Goblin Charbelcher
4 Burning Wish
Sideboard:
3 Xantid Swarm
4 Pyroblast
1 Empty The Warrens
1 Infernal Tutor
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Diminishing Returns
1 Shattering Spree
1 Reverent Silence
1 Pyroclasm
1 Goblin War Strike
Links!
Mike Noble’s Belcher @SCGDC 2017
2005 2 Land Belcher
Primer on The Source
Episode 111 – Doomsday!!!
This week: that episode you’ve all been waiting for! Stu T goes over everyone’s REAL favourite deck: Fetchland Tendrils (or Doomsday to you and me…)
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Stuart Pullin
Stuart Taylor
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Link to podcast
Episode 106: Recurrent Infection ft. Nic Genieis
We go deeper on infect, and get a tournament report from Nic Genieis! We chat over details from some of his matches from the Manaleak Eternal Weekend, look at card choices and talk more about assigning your own role (aggro / control) during a game.
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- Nic’s List:
4 Glistener Elf
4 Blighted Agent
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
2 Become Immense
3 Berserk
4 Invigorate
4 Vines
3 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Inkmoth Nexus
1 Tundra
1 Pendelhaven
1 Forest
4 Tropical Island
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Windswept Heath
1 Flooded Strand
SideBoard
3 Krosan Grip
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Rest in Peace
2 Null Rod
2 Absolute Law
2 Meddling Mage
1 Pithing Needle
1 Echoing Truth
1 Necropede
Episode 104: Maverick Decktech
We have a swift tournament report, and then crack on with the serious business of making one guy, then another guy and hoping they aren’t on a turn 1 deck….
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Stuart Pullin
Stuart Taylor
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Episode 103: Miracles Pt2 Deck Tech ft. Steven Hendrickson Jr.
Part 2 of our Chat with Steve!
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Episode 102 Miracles Pt1 decktech ft. Steven Hendrickson Jr
We enlist some help from across the pond and tackle the deck thats been terrorising the top tables for some time. Steve helps us understand some of the card choices of the deck, its history and strategies.
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Stuart Pullin
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@LegacyBreakfast
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StuP’s List:
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Monastery Mentor
4 Swords To Plowshares
4 Terminus
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Force of Will
4 Sensei’s Divining Top
4 Counterbalance
2 Jace, The Mind Sculptor
2 Counterspell
1 Predict
1 Council’s Judgement
1 Entreat the Angels
4 Flooded Strand
4 Island
2 Plains
1 Arid Mesa
3 Scalding Tarn
3 Volcanic Island
3 Tundra
4 Pyroblast
3 Flusterstorm
1 Wear // Tear
1 Disenchant
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Vendilion Clique
1 Containment Priest
Episode 99 – Grixis Delver Deck Tech
Hi guys! This week, we take a look at another deck tearing up the top tables – Girxis flavoured delver. Card choices, Strategies and sample hands galore!
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Stuart Pullin
Stuart Taylor
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@legacybreakfast
Sample hands and list to follow!
Link to podcast:
https://legacybreakfast.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/podcast-99.mp3
Episode 93 – The Deck tech no-one expected! Spanish Inquisition
Janky combo ahoy! For fans of turn one kills and losing goldfishes, we bring you the barrel of fun that is…. Spanish Inquisition!
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Stuart Pullin
Stuart Taylor
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Email: legacybreakfast@gmail.com
http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?18190-Deck-Spanish-Inquisition-(B-x-Storm-Combo)
Business
1 Slithermuse
2 Goblin Charbelcher
3 Tendrils of Agony
4 Infernal Tutor
4 Infernal Contract
4 Cruel Bargain
Mana
1 Eternal Witness
1 Odious Trow
2 Manamorphose
4 Summoner’s Pact
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Lion’s Eye Diamond
4 Lotus Petal
4 Chrome Mox
4 Dark Ritual
4 Cabal Ritual
4 Culling the Weak
4 Land Grant
1 Bayou
1 Dryad Arbor
Hand 1:
Infernal Contract
2 Culling The Weak
2 Chrome Mox
Lotus Petal
Elvish Sprit Guide
Hand 2:
Infernal Contract
2 Cabal Ritual
Manamorphose
Elvish Spirit Guide
2 Tendrils
Mull:
Tendrils of Agony
Manamorphise
Elvish Spirit Guide
Summoners Pact
Cruel Bargain
Dark Ritual
Scry: LED
Hand 3:
Mull to oblivion
Hand 4:
Infernal Contract
2 Infernal Tutor
Dryad Arbor
Summoners Pact
Lotus Petal
Odious Trow
Mull:
Belcher
LED
Culling the Weak
Spirit Guide
Summoners Pact
Chrome Mox
Link to podcast:
https://legacybreakfast.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/podcast-93.mp3
Episode 79 – Dech Tech – Nic Fit
After Nic Fit taking the North by storm (pun intended…) we take a look at the deck and it’s variants, with an in-depth look at it’s history and some widely-played cards. We also have some initial thoughts about the new Eldrazi deck, and go JINGLE CRAZY!!
Your Hosts:
Stuart Pullin
Stuart Taylor
Calendar Durward on Nic Fit:
http://www.starcitygames.com/events/coverage/deck_tech_nic_fit_with_caleb_d.html
Direct Link to podcast:
https://legacybreakfast.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/podcast-79.mp3
Blog Post – Esper Mentor
Hello! StuP here.
A few listeners have been in contact regarding the Esper Mentor list I mentioned on Episode 75 (or was it 76?). Credit goes to Patrick Chapin, Tom Martell and Matt Sperling who derived the original list.
Their list originally played a Misty Rainforest over the second Marsh Flats and
I got the list below that Rich Shay played on an MTGO daily. Chapin himself mentioned the fetchland swap on his Top Level Podcast.
The other swap I made is cutting the Misdirection in the board for another Cabal Therapy. I love the synergy of Therapy, Probe and Mentor, and I couldn’t really visualise the matches where I’d board in the Misdirection (maybe I should go back and listen to Chapin’s reasoning for it’s inclusion).
The deck is a lot of fun to play! Much more fun in fact than I’ve found with other good stuff decks like Deathblade. The sheer quantity of card draw is completely bonkers, and against everything apart from Lands or chalice decks, I think you’ve got a good chance of being competitive in game 1. Even against storm, I was able to disrupt them enough to get a mentor on the table and apply pressure. Admittedly this is a very small sample size though (1 match!).
Here is the list as I played it:
Lands (20)
4 Polluted Delta
4 Flooded Strand
2 Marsh Flats
1 Underground Sea
2 Tundra
1 Scrubland
1 Tropical Island
1 Plains
1 Swamp
2 Island
1 Karakas
Creatures (11)
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Monastery Mentor
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Tasigur, The Golden Fang
Instants (14)
4 Brainstorm
4 Swords To Plowshares
4 Force of Will
2 Spell Pierce
Sorceries (12)
4 Ponder
3 Gitaxian Probe
2 Cabal Therapy
1 Council’s Judgement
2 Painful Truths
Planeswalkers (3)
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Sideboard (15)
3 Abrupt Decay
2 Cabal Therapy
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Notion Thief
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Containment Priest
1 Painful Truths
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Zealous Persecution
1 Flusterstorm
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Council’s Judgement
Changes
I hated the main deck Tasigur as I found it was weak to karakas and didn’t really give me any value. There were often times where my opponent would just let me have a useless spell pierce, or another card of very little consequence in the situation. We’ve been saying it on the podcast for a while that we don’t like Tasigur for Legacy, and I think this has finally cemented it for me. I would recommend swapping him out for a Gurmag Angler. Admittedly, I haven’t tested this, but I think it seems reasonable. I’ll see if the extra mana to delve is significant.
Main deck, the only other change I might consider is trimming one of the Painful Truths. I loved the card, and it was pretty good at drawing lots of gas, but I feel that three copies in the 75 may be one too many.
In the sideboard, the Notion Thief is probably a bit too cute. I’d probably recommend another Containment priest or Flusterstorm. You should be out-drawing most decks in the format, and passing the turn with four mana up, trying to “get” your opponent is probably quite optimistic. If you do manage it, let us know on the podcast 😉
Thanks for reading and let me know if you’d like to see more content like this!
StuP
T: @LegacyBreakfast
m: legacybreakfast@gmail.com
P.S.
Check out RK Post’s monk tokens that I used too 🙂
http://www.rkpost.net/#!professions/c1s6l
Episode 74 – Delver Decks
Welcome back listeners! The wait is over, and we return by looking at a very popular family of archetypes, the delver decks. Whether they are Grixis or BUG flavoured, splash white or come at you from the midrange we look at the differences between these decks and some tips playing both with and against them.
Your Hosts
Stuart Pullin
Stuart Taylor
Decklists:
RUG
BUG
Grixis
Jeskai
UR
Link to podcast:
https://legacybreakfast.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/podcast-74.mp3
T: @LegacyBreakfast
E: legacybreakfast@gmail.com
Episode 72 – Deck Tech: A Pox on Both Your Houses!
After receiving what we can only describe as an unprecedented amount of emails about doing a pox deck tech, we finally relent and delve into the world of old school, mono black control, seeing what cards it can use, and seeing what place it has in todays fast-paced, er… blue meta :).
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Stuart Pullin
Stuart Taylor
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twitter: @legacybreakfast
Link to podcast file:
https://legacybreakfast.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/podcast-72.mp3
Episode 60 – Single card spotlight – Lightning Bolt / Deck Tech – Burn
After nearly a month of no Legacy Breakfast (Sorry!), we return!
Who doesn’t love a 2 for 1? We here at Legacy Breakfast do, and so we bring you another iconic card, lightning bolt, and also a run down on a deck that plays around 20 of them, burn! So whether you’re new to the format and people are recommending burn to you, or are a grizzled veteran who needs some new tips on making this old archetype work, this is the episode for you!
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Episode 41 – Elves? ELVES!! Feat. Charles di Castiglione
We have another deck tech, this time focusing on elves. With their recent(?) popularity, we examine why elves! has become a tier-one strategy, and look at individual card choices as well as problem cards for the deck and go through some sample hands. All with the help of that lovely chap, Charles :).
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Episode 33 – Deck Tech Part Two – RUG Situations
In part two of examining RUG, we look at some general situations that a RUG pilot might encounter, as well as specific hands and discuss the tactics of this fascinating deck. Grab a coffee and settle in. It’s a biggie!
Sample Decklist
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Wasteland
3 Volcanic Island
3 Tropical Island
4 Nimble Mongoose
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Force of Will
4 Daze
4 Stifle
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Spell Pierce
2 Spell Snare
2 Gitaxian Probe
Your hosts:
Stuart Pullin
Stuart Taylor
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