Eternal Durdles

Zac, Phil, and Nate wax about the sudden rise in Wrenn and Six in the Legacy Meta. Spoiler alert Phil goes on a rant!

Nathan Zac and Phil break down yet another set! Lotus Field 2:00 Chandra, Awakened Inferno 6:55 Vivien, Arkbow Ranger 8:45 Sephara, Sky Blade 10:25 Vilis, Broker of Blood 13:25 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames 17:50 Veil of Summer 10:45 Cavalier of Gales 24:40 Bishop of Wings 25:45 Agent of Treachery 26:30 Elvish Reclaimer 28:05 Brought Back 32:15 Drawn from Dreams 35:40 Embodiment of Agonies 37:00 Nightpack Ambusher 41:05 Chandra's Regulator 41:25 Shared Summons 43:00 Flood of Tears 43:35 Legion's End 46:45 Glint-Horn Buccaneer 49:30 Shifting Ceratops 51:15 Marauding Raptor 52:15 Starfield Mystic 55:05 Scheming Symmetry 57:15 Apostle of Purifying Light 1:03:25 Mask of Immolation 1:03:55 Yarok's Fenlurker 1:04:45 Audacious Thief 1:05:10 [Nate short rant about Kaalia] 1:06:15 Kethis, the Hidden Hand 1:09:20 Kykar, Wind's Fury 1:09:55 Yarok, the Desecrated 1:11:15 Corpse Knight 01:13:35 Creeping Trailblazer 01:14:05 Moldervine Reclamation 01:15:25 Risen Reef 01:15:45 Icon of Ancestry 01:16:30 Mystic Forge 01:18:05 Co

Phil and Zac are excited for a 1k and Nate is excited about M20. Show notes stuff: Houston Legacy charity tournament: https://www.facebook.com/events/310872523183688 Sam Craven Griselbrands for good: https://blog.seemsgood.com/griselbranding-for-good/ TinFinvitational: https://tinfins.life/

Nathan and Zac Talk up the recent SCGCON results and a few Local Middle School and Vintage tourneys Nate played over the weekend. Nate’s Vintage Deck Creatures 4 Delver of Secrets 2 Goblin Cratermaker 2 Snapcaster Mage 1 Monastery Mentor Spells 4 Preordain 4 Force of Will 4 Mental Misstep 3 Spell Pierce 2 Lightning Bolt 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Dig Through Time 1 Brainstorm 1 Ponder 1 Time Walk 1 Pyroblast Artifacts 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Sapphire Walkers 3 Narset, Parter of Veils 2 Dack Fayden Land 1 Wasteland 1 Strip Mine 4 Scalding Tarn 3 Volcanic Island 4 Flooded Strand 2 Tundra 2 Island 1 Mountain Sideboard 2 Containment Priest 2 Flusterstorm 2 Ceremonious Rejection 2 Wear/Tear 2 Tormod’s Crypt 1 Null Rod 1 Pyroblast 1 Rest in Peace 1 Electrickery 1 Pithing Needle Nate’s Psychotog Middle School Creatures 4 Psychatog 2 Morphling Spells 4 Opt 4 Counterspell 3 Duress 3 Fact or Fiction 2 Miscalculation 2 Innocent Blood 2 Ghastly Demise 2 Impulse 2 Deep Analysis 1

Phil Nate and Zac buckle down for a breakdown of the interesting cards from Modern Horizons Wrenn and Six 1:35 Echo of Eons 17:25 Horizon Lands 24:00 Prismatic Vista 32:00 Force of Negation 37:15 Giver of Runes 43:30 Force of Vigor 45:30 Collector Ouphe 48:15 Watcher for Tomorrow 52:45 Swords 55:30 Yawgmoth 1:03:55 Hall of Heliod’s Generosity 1:09:00 Plague Engineer 1:13:00 Goblin Engineer 1:14:33 Ice-Fang Coatl 1:17:30 Scale Up 1:27:30 Shenanigans 1:30:27 Ranger Captain of Eos 1:33:00 Shatter Asumptions 1:36:00 Scrapyard Recombiner 1:38:00 Ingenious Infiltrator 1:40:30 Mox Tantalite 1:41:45 Fist of Flame 1:44:45 Archmage’s charm 1:46:59 Ruination Rioter 1:49:35 Tribute Mage 1:50:45 Mirrodin Besieged 1:55:00 Tectonic Reformation 1:58:00 Aria of Flame 2:00:00 Kaya’s Guile 2:02:45 Unsettled Mariner 2:03:55

Nathan Zac and Phil each choose one card to champion this cast. In the coming weeks we will be choosing our favorite cards from the set and highlighting them. Zac's Hollow-Stompy Creatures 4 Serendib Efreet 4 Sea Drake 4 Bazaar Trademage 4 Illusory Angel 4 Hollow One Instants and Sorceries 4 Force of Will 1 Intuition 2 Impulse 3 Mystic Confluence Other Spells 1 Umezawa's Jitte 4 Lotus Petal 4 Chalice of the Void 2 Back to Basics Lands 2 City of Traitors 4 Ancient Tomb 13 Island Nate's Pyromancer midrange value Creatures 2 Grim Lavamancer 4 Dark Confidant 3 Seasoned Pyromancer 4 Young Pyromancer Spells 4 Faithless Looting 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Cabal Therapy 3 Inquisition of Kozilek 3 Hymn to Tourach 3 Lingering Souls 2 Kolaghan’s Command 2 Collective Brutality 1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor Lands 4 Bloodstained Mire 4 Wasteland 3 Badlands 2 Marsh flats 2 Arid Mesa 2 Swamp 2 Mountain 1 Plateau 1 Scrubland Sideboard 2 Surgical Extraction 2 Tormod’s Crypt 2 Pyroblast 2 Pithing Needle 2 Kambal, Consul of Allocatio

Friend of the podcast Matt Hackbert returns to discuss Cephalid Breakfast, Tin Fins variants, and life on the edges of Legacy. azeternalmagic.com Matt's Cephalid Breakfast, updated post-WAR Creatures:15 1 Hapless Researcher 4 Nomads en-Kor 4 Cephalid Illusionist 4 Narcomoeba 1 Laboratory Maniac 1 Angel of Glory's Rise Spells:27 4 AEther Vial 4 Brainstorm 3 Cabal Therapy 4 Ponder 4 Daze 3 Teferi, Time Raveler 1 Dread Return 4 Force of Will Lands:18 4 Flooded Strand 2 Island 1 Marsh Flats 2 Plains 3 Polluted Delta 3 Tundra 3 Underground Sea Sideboard:15 1 Stern Proctor 1 Chain of Vapor 2 Flusterstorm 1 Surgical Extraction 3 Swords to Plowshares 1 Celestial Purge 1 Disenchant 1 Echoing Truth 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Teferi, Time Raveler 2 Misdirection SI-tadel Combo Creatures:16 4 Ornithopter 4 Phyrexian Walker 4 Shield Sphere 4 Children of Korlis Spells:43 4 Chrome Mox 4 Lion's Eye Diamond 4 Lotus Petal 4 Culling the Weak 4 Dark Ritual 4 Cabal Ritual 4 Diabolic Intent 4 Land Grant 1 Goblin Charbelcher 4 Mast

Zac and Nathan invite Chase "Stryfo" Hansen on to gab about 4 Color Dack control. Stryfo's Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/stryfo Stryfo's List: 21 LANDS 1 Badlands 1 Bayou 1 Bloodstained Mire 3 Grove of the Burnwillows 2 Island 4 Polluted Delta 3 Scalding Tarn 1 Swamp 1 Tropical Island 2 Underground Sea 2 Volcanic Island 8 CREATURES 4 Baleful Strix 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest 3 Snapcaster Mage 24 INSTANTS and SORC. 1 Abrupt Decay 1 Assassin's Trophy 4 Brainstorm 1 Diabolic Edict 1 Fatal Push 4 Force of Will 1 Inquisition of Kozilek 1 Kolaghan's Command 4 Ponder 3 Punishing Fire 2 Thoughtseize 1 Toxic Deluge 7 OTHER SPELLS 3 Dack Fayden 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 1 Liliana of the Veil 1 Nihil Spellbomb SIDEBOARD 1 Assassin's Trophy 1 Hydroblast 1 Liliana, the Last Hope 1 Nihil Spellbomb 1 Notion Thief 1 Pernicious Deed 1 Pulse of Murasa 2 Pyroblast 2 Rise / Fall 1 Spell Pierce 2 Surgical Extraction 1 To the Slaughter Edgar's List: 21 LANDS 1 Badlands 1 Bayou 1 Bloodstained Mire 3 Grove of the Burnwillows 2 Is

Nathan and Zac give Jerry Mee III (recent Grand Prix Niagara Falls Top 8 competitor and host of Leaving a Legacy) the business. He talks about Sneak and Show during the GP, his thoughts on the London Mulligan and how the open letter from the MTG content creator community was received.

Nathan Zac and Phil take a deep dive to look at War of the Spark. It's a big Episode. Here's a list of the cards we check out (in order of appearance): Jace Wielder of Mysteries Fblthp, the Lost Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor Ilharg, the Raze-Boar Dreadhorde Invasion Massacre Girl Darviel, Rogue Shadowmage Dreadhorde Arcanist Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi Single Combat Flux Channeler Eternal Taskmaster Krenko, Tin street Kingpin Tomik, Distinguished Advokist Liliana’s Triumph Evolution Sage Gideon’s Triumph Aid the Fallen Nissa’s Triumph Banehound Kasima’s Transmutation Nicol Bolas, Dragon God Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge Domri, Anarch of Bolas Ral, Storm Conduit Teferi Time raveler Karn, the Great Creator Saheeli, Sublime Artificer Dovin, Hand of Control Chandra, Fire Artisan Solar Blaze God Pharoh’s Statue Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord Storrev, Devksrin Lich Dreadhorde Butcher Angrath’s Rampage Dovin’s Veto Time Wipe Tamiyo, Collector of Tales Bond of Flourishing Finale of Promise The Elderspell Soul Diviner Deliver

Nathan and Zac congratulate Michael Clifford, the winner of the Legacy MCQ. Michael's essay on ANT sideboarding https://twitter.com/cl1ffy81/status/1110368872702435329?s=19

Nate talks about a paper Vintage League in Texas and joins Zac to talk about from interesting hits from the new set! https://stonesmtg.com/ https://twitter.com/stonesvintage

Nate, Zac, and Phil check in with Eric Vergo to discuss his up coming trip and how he feels about Legacy and Vintage right now. Eric's Blog operationcpb.com

Nathan and Zac discuss the recent uptick in Stoneblade. Why is this deck gaining steam in the current meta?

Phil and Zac clash about Delver and Nate ponders Phoenix's future.

The whole crew chimes in to guess what cards will spill over to modern from Legacy.

Zac's out this week. Nate top-8s a 1K with Phoenix. He and Phil continue developing LazavNought discussing how to balance the "combo plan" with the "backup plan". Phil tries to guess the most-played green card in the format. Nate's Delver Phoenix 4 Delver of Secrets 4 Arclight Phoenix 3 Dark Confidant 4 Brainstorm 4 Ponder 4 Preordain 4 Thoughtseize 4 Dark Ritual 4 Buried Alive 3 Cabal Therapy 2 Daze 2 Collective Brutality 3 Lotus Petal 4 Polluted Delta 3 Scalding Tarn 3 Underground Sea 1 Swamp 1 Island 1 Volcanic Island 1 Badlands 1 Bloodstained Mire 4 Tormod’s Crypt 2 Goblin Cratermaker 2 Spell Pierce 2 Echoing Truth 2 Fatal Push 1 Marsh Casualties 1 Liliana, the Last Hope 1 Engineered Explosives Kjardan Uldahl's Esper Midrange (piloted by Zac Hardman at PCG 1K) 3 Gurmag Angler 3 Snapcaster Mage 1 Vendilion Clique 4 Brainstorm 2 Counterspell 1 Fatal Push 1 Flusterstorm 4 Force of Will 3 Inquisition of Kozilek 4 Ponder 3 Preordain 4 Swords to Plowshares 2 Thoughtseize 1 Toxic Deluge 1 Vindicate

Nathan and Zac wax poetic on the new mulligan rule. What does this mean for Legacy? The good, the bad, and the turn 1 chalice format that is likely to ensue (ugly).

Nate, Zac, and Phil breakdown Phil's Recent iteration of LazavNaught that scored Phil a recent Top 8. Zac discusses the recent episode of Top Down Legacy Podcast. Creatures 4 Lazav, The Multifarious 4 dark confidant 4 Phyrexian Dreadnought 1 Baleful Strix 1 pteramander Spells 4 force of will 4 ponder 4 brainstorm 4 preordain 4 stifle 3 thoughtseize 2 push 3 hymn Lands 4 Polluted Deltadelta 4 Scalding Tarn 1 Marsh Flats 3 underground sea 1 island 1 swamp 4 wasteland Board 3 surgical Extraction 2 lilianna the last hope 2 flusterstorm 2 Diabolic dict 2 ratchet bomb 1 spell pierce 1 grafdigger's cage 1 pithing needle 1 blue elemental blast

Nathan and Zac Breakdown Grixis Phoenix with Callum Smith. Cyrus Corman-Gil joins in for a comprehensive match recap of the latest Challenge finals. Callum's Grixis Phoenix Creatures 4 Arclight Phoenix 3 Dark Confidant 3 Young Pyromancer 4 Buried Alive 4 Cabal Therapy Spells 4 Ponder 4 Preordain 3 Thoughtseize 4 Brainstorm 4 Dark Ritual 2 Daze 3 Lightning Bolt 3 Lotus Petal Lands 1 Badlands 1 Bloodstained Mire 1 Island 4 Polluted Delta 3 Scalding Tarn 1 Swamp 2 Underground Sea 2 Volcanic Island Sideboard 2 Abrade 2 Echoing Truth 1 Engineered Explosives 2 Engineered Plague 2 Goblin Cratermaker 2 Spell Pierce 4 Tormod's Crypt