tomjab

Playing MTG for almost 30 years, grinding Legacy leagues, three-time trophy race winner

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🏁 WON THE LEGACY TROPHY RACE 🏁🏆

I've basically played two decks: RW Initiative and UBR Delver
Inititive is a simple, fast and effective deck. Most leagues last about one hour. Until a few weeks ago, this deck was tier2 but now it is more popular and is often found in leagues

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@MartinFSNielsen same here, ten minutes in queue

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@Eureka22422_MTG Slow down or I will never catch you 🏁

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Took 🥉 at the Polish Legacy Championship. Lost to Jeskai Control in the semis. Played a standard play-to-win deck — nothing fancy. Glad we had a healthy paper meta with 7 different archetypes in the Top 8.

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@Lans_NL @wingzeromtg @fireshoes Nice race! But it’s crazy that they think everything’s fine. Entomb/Reanimate is dominating leagues and challenges — 9 out of 16 decks in the last challenge and around 30% in leagues. Emergency ban? Or combo summer?

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Even after the recent three-step bans, I really think it’s time to hit Entomb. If not that, then Tamiyo — way too strong as a plan B for Reanimator.

Also wouldn’t mind slowing the format down a bit. Ancient Tomb and Balustrade Spy are the first that come to mind.

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Snagged my third league final trophy!
This season I was mostly on Dimir/Grixis tempo and Reanimator. Some weeks, winning with Underground Sea felt almost effortless. Lately, the meta's been shifting — more variety, more prepared.
A few quick ban thoughts from a league player⬇️

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@Lans_NL @EBT_Gabri091 @JamesKisau_ Same, I used to play the version with 3 Nethergoyfs too. But for now, I don't really miss the tempo. The more control version with Strix feels ok for now

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Solid UB list for legacy leagues!
Started with @EBT_Gabri091 deck and only changed a few cards
Made 4 trophies in 6 leagues!
Almost got a fifth, but I punted my trophy match against @JamesKisau_ by accidentally clicking orcs in my own gy window while casting Surgical Extr.

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R1 SnT LWW
R2 Temur Delver WW
R3 Golgari Reanimator LWW
R4 8Cast LL
R5 Nadu combo @_psychatog ID
QF Nadu combo WW
SF Temur Delver WW
F Golgari Reanimator LL

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Made it to the finals of the ELMq Warsaw Eternal Challenge last weekend with Dimir Reanimator!
Played a few leagues earlier in the week and the deck felt great.
Even after three bans, it still feels strong 💀🔵⚫️
Matchups below 👇"

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@Stuart12Ron No problem, I can send you sth tommorow. But I am not Eldrazi expert just gave it a try in 10-12 leagues after two months of break

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@Trunks132 Think this line is fine for other control players: stp/pe halfling, pyro/fow nadu and Surgical them all

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@Trunks132 My two weeks of experience playing nadu, this is what I fear the most
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Pyrobkast/Stp in one deck
And Less
3 Cage/ C. Priest
4 faster combo decks (DD is hard to beat)

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@EmoPizza Versatile, good vs cantrips, frog, beans, one ring decks, echo decks, carpet

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🏆Back to back to back🏆 ,
15-0 with Nadu Combo: one league each day
Deck is strong and worth playing if you are tired of frog math
Thoughts:
- Leovold is the only reason for playing bayou but it pays off
- Mm is ok, need a blue card as the fow count is low
- not missing uro

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@Trunks132 SP was my first thought, but in the end I gave MM a chance

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R1 - UWr control 🔥🔥
R2 - UW miracle 🔥🔥
R3 - Red painter 💀🔥🔥
R4 - Ub froginator 💀🔥🔥
R5 - B helm 🤝
R6 - Grixis tempo 🤝

QF - UWr control 🔥🔥
SF - U artifacts combo 🔥🔥
F - Grixis tempo 🔥💀💀

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Won REV Volcanic Island at legacy High stakes tournament with ub froginator

Stable manabase, best creatures, free counters, cantrips, discard and combo... Why not to love this deck? 😜😜

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@tosellucMTG Really like your decks. So, Scam frog > ub delver but how do rate Tamiyo in ub tempo, worth playing? GL in the race

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@goblinlackey1 @basvanopheusden I'm currently testing 1-2 misstep MD, that's why I kept them OTP mainly for turn1 vial/lackey