@@ -254,24 +254,23 @@ decks found the answer did the Legacy deck truly form.
254254## The Start of Legacy - Early Storm Lists
255255
256256Moving sideways for the time being, storm decks were viable from the onset of
257- Legacy with the most well known list at the time being known as _ Iggy Pop_ ,
258- designed by Michael Bomholt whose original primer can be found
259- [ here] ( https://web.archive.org/web/20090104201512/http:/www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/10989.html ) .
260- Iggy was a {U}{B} storm list based around the engine of : card [ Ill-Gotten Gains]
261- coupled with rituals effects, other fast mana, Lion's Eye Diamonds and
262- : card [ Tendrils of Agony] with tools like Mystical Tutor and : card [ Intuition] to
263- find them. The deck was very proactive, to the point it didn't run much
264- protection at all. Discard effects like Duress weren't viable as, due to the
265- mirrored recursion effect of Ill-Gotten Gains, discarding disruption was
266- pointless as the opponent could just return it to their hand during Ill-Gotten
267- Gain's resolution. The mana base was also very clean so pilots did not tend to
268- splash for cards like : card [ Orim's Chant] and, because of the use of Lion's Eye
269- Diamonds (LEDs), countermagic was not viable either. As a result it was very
270- all-in as far as combo decks go. With the deck you could loop Ill-Gotten Gains
271- and, with a Dark Ritual and an LED, you could net mana each loop. To close the
272- loop you could Intuition for 3 copies of Tendrils of Agony to win. It was very
273- consistent boasting 8 maindeck tutor effects and maindeck removal like
274- : card [ Chain of Vapor] or : card [ Cabal Pit] .
257+ Legacy with the most well known list at the time being known as [ _ Iggy
258+ Pop_ ] ( https://web.archive.org/web/20090104201512/http:/www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/10989.html ) ,
259+ designed by Michael Bomholt. Iggy was a {U}{B} storm list based around the
260+ engine of : card [ Ill-Gotten Gains] coupled with rituals effects, other fast mana,
261+ Lion's Eye Diamonds and : card [ Tendrils of Agony] with tools like Mystical Tutor
262+ and : card [ Intuition] to find them. The deck was very proactive, to the point it
263+ didn't run much protection at all. Discard effects like Duress weren't viable
264+ as, due to the mirrored recursion effect of Ill-Gotten Gains, discarding
265+ disruption was pointless as the opponent could just return it to their hand
266+ during Ill-Gotten Gain's resolution. The mana base was also very clean so pilots
267+ did not tend to splash for cards like : card [ Orim's Chant] and, because of the
268+ use of Lion's Eye Diamonds (LEDs), countermagic was not viable either. As a
269+ result it was very all-in as far as combo decks go. With the deck you could loop
270+ Ill-Gotten Gains and, with a Dark Ritual and an LED, you could net mana each
271+ loop. To close the loop you could Intuition for 3 copies of Tendrils of Agony to
272+ win. It was very consistent boasting 8 maindeck tutor effects and maindeck
273+ removal like : card [ Chain of Vapor] or : card [ Cabal Pit] .
275274
276275It's here in our story where we re-focus on Emidln. Emidln had gotten a taste of
277276competitive magic and so started browsing forums to find out more information.
@@ -719,11 +718,12 @@ Force of Will, Top and other lighter permission. The most notable result it had
719718was with a version dubbed _ Ugly Duckling_ run by Chris Gosselin. This version
720719ran Spell Pierces, Thoughtseizes, : card [ Stifle] and a number of spicy sideboard
721720inclusions like : card [ Form of the Dragon] and : card [ Armageddon] (for flavour
722- reasons maybe?). He made top 8 of GP Columbus in August 2010. You can find a
723- video of the full deck tech [ here] ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TNK1Jb5r9E ) .
724- Outside of 2010-2011 the deck didn't see a huge amount of play however as it
725- could be awkward and have some slightly dodgy starting hands with Doomsday +
726- Emrakul not always aligning fully.
721+ reasons maybe?). He made top 8 of GP Columbus in August 2010. Outside of
722+ 2010-2011 the deck didn't see a huge amount of play however as it could be
723+ awkward and have some slightly dodgy starting hands with Doomsday + Emrakul not
724+ always aligning fully.
725+
726+ :: youtube { id =0TNK1Jb5r9E }
727727
728728The deck excelled against oppsoing combo and control due to the high amount of
729729disruption it ran and the resiliency of the threat base however it was poor
@@ -1027,11 +1027,13 @@ which we will get to later, have proven that the theory of it being a 1 card
10271027combo and having the scope to be one of the best decks in Legacy is completely
10281028correct however I believe his thinking was a little ahead of its time and based
10291029on a few misconceptions. The best result that was achieved with it was going 6-3
1030- at an SCG event in Columbus. The deck can be seen on feature match
1031- [ here] ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuswAK0IYdg ) . Other than that it failed
1032- to really make a splash in the format and this is for a number of reasons based
1033- on the aforementioned idea of these misconceptions. I will discuss them based on
1034- my own thought processes below:
1030+ at an SCG event in Columbus.
1031+
1032+ :: youtube { id =UuswAK0IYdg }
1033+
1034+ Other than that it failed to really make a splash in the format and this is for
1035+ a number of reasons based on the aforementioned idea of these misconceptions. I
1036+ will discuss them based on my own thought processes below:
10351037
103610381 . Legacy is not Vintage
103710391 . You can only run 4 Doomsday
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