Anthony

MTG player (Mostly Limited/Legacy) - MTGO Name: Aigis - @anonsensepodmtg cohost - He/Him

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

Just playing some Magic: the Gathering

[Sam (Ashanti) @Ashanti_88]

The secret tech brought from the inside of the volcano by @GrapeshotNH Beseeching for the 7 mana 🤣

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

Pact + Chant is reminiscent of the Jeskai Breach days and it’s very good at pushing the combo through on the stack, so it just attacks the tempo decks on a different axis than the SFM/Orc/Staff lists do. If Bowmasters didn’t completely hose Staff I’d still consider playing that

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

I’d run back this list or something similar again. The reason to play a Pact build was because you don’t need any of the fair creature packages to beat most of the format and you’re not winning midrange battles vs tempo anymore so I don’t really like those strategies. 1/2

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

Made top 8 of today's legacy challenge with Pact Breakfast, Pact was good!

1-2 Grixis Delver
2-1 Lands
2-0 UB Scam
2-1 Red Painter
2-1 Rhinos
2-1 Jeskai Control
2-1 Mono Red Stompy

Quarters: 1-2 BW Death and Taxes

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

Made top 8 of today's legacy challenge with Pact Breakfast, Pact was good!

1-2 Grixis Delver
2-1 Lands
2-0 UB Scam
2-1 Red Painter
2-1 Rhinos
2-1 Jeskai Control
2-1 Mono Red Stompy

Quarters: 1-2 BW Death and Taxes

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

I don’t care how good they are I just think it’s cool both Modern and Legacy have one more fun card to play with

I don’t think Mind’s Desire will affect much at least

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

@blackinkedgames I think the matchup depends on how many Thoughtseize they are playing, everything else is manageable. In the semi’s my opponent had multiple Counterbalance which ended up working out for them. It’s not the best matchup of them all but it’s fine.

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

Made top four of the challenge with Orc Breakfast, Counterbalance got me in the end. Scrubland came up when all three of my Underground Seas got hit by Wasteland, 21 lands is a good amount. Orc and Ransom were both really good.

Matchups below!

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

2-1 Red Painter
2-1 Rhinos
2-1 Rhinos
2-0 Grixis Delver
2-0 TEG
2-1 Grixis Delver

Quarterfinals 2-1 Mono Black Helm
Semifinals 1-2 Grixis Delver

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You did it all with the utmost respect, class, and character. Quite simply, you always made us proud.

For everything, we say THANK YOU.

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

@saharmirhadi Thanks Sahar, your positivity is contagious! I really appreciate everything you do for the community 😄

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

@saharmirhadi 👋

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

A lot of great points here, it's also a really good thing that there's a good reason to play black in fair decks in Legacy now. You could argue that Shadow and Grixis Delver are the best decks right now, but they're not broken and I think that's a sign of a healthy format.

[Maxtortion @maxtortion]

Shoving a word document into a tweet but this time it’s actually about why Orcish Bowmasters is good for Legacy

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

I 3-4d the Saturday challenge, played vs Ancient Tomb decks four times, two of which were Mystic Forge combo, hard to analyze the list but Reanimate was very good in the mirror. Probably time to play more Null Rods until this deck goes away!

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

Likely landing on this next for Grixis Delver, I want to try Reanimate. 4th Bowmaster is over 4th Delver and one Sauron's Ransom is over the 2nd Night's Whisper for blue count. I think Whisper is better in a vacuum because you can play it turn two, but this split is fine. 1/2

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

Reanimate is already working as planned

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

I wanted a Null Rod in the sideboard but couldn't find the cut, so I cut the 2nd Meltdown for it. They hit the same matchups generally anyways and thankfully 8-Cast is not highly represented. Also cut some of the more narrow sideboard cards I was playing.

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

Likely landing on this next for Grixis Delver, I want to try Reanimate. 4th Bowmaster is over 4th Delver and one Sauron's Ransom is over the 2nd Night's Whisper for blue count. I think Whisper is better in a vacuum because you can play it turn two, but this split is fine. 1/2

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

@KentaroHokori @BcdLegacy @jkyu06 Like being able to just play it turn 2 even off of Sea + Wasteland is huge

The other thing I think it is worth exploring is a Reanimate angle

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

@KentaroHokori @BcdLegacy @jkyu06 Im considering Ransom over whisper but the biggest thing going against it for me is the mana cost difference

I do think some sort of card advantage spell is needed

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

@mr_usea Meme deck

[Anthony @GrapeshotNH]

@haha_Toast Idk that Plains art is so good it might just make the border worth it