Hello all and welcome to another edition of Forcing the Will. Today I will be covering the Hive Mind deck, and the MTGO Legacy metagame. So let’s waste no time and jump right into the MTGO Legacy Metagame so you can enjoy you some Legacy videos!
MTGO Legacy Metagame
6/21/2011 (Event #2489486)
(4-0) Rbg Goblins
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) Elves
6/22/2011 (Event #2489498)
(4-0) GW Haterade
(3-1) Bant
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Rbg Goblins
6/22/2011 (Event #2511978)
(4-0) Dark Horizons
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Hive Mind
6/23/2011 (Event #2512012)
(4-0) Team America
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
6/23/2011 (Event #2512024)
(4-0) Reanimator
(3-1) Reveillark
(3-1) Merfolk
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) MUD
6/25/2011 (Event #2512106)
(4-0) Team America
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) High Tide
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) Landstill
6/25/2011 (Event #2512118)
(4-0) GW Haterade
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Death and Taxes (DnT)
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
6/26/2011 (Event #2512130)
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Landstill
6/26/2011 (Event #2512156)
(4-0) Landstill
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Natural Order
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Aluren
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Tezzeret Control
6/26/2011 (Event #2512168)
(4-0) Bant
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Merfolk
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Hive Mind
6/27/2011 (Event #2512200)
(4-0) Team America
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Reanimator
(3-1) GW Haterade
6/27/2011 (Event #2512212)
(4-0) Dark Depths/Loam
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) UW Control
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Elves
6/28/2011 (Event #2512224)
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(4-0) Elves
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Death and Taxes (DnT)
6/28/2011 (Event #2512250)
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
6/28/2011 (Event #2512262)
(4-0) Reanimator
(4-0) GW Haterade
(3-1) Bant
(3-1) Sneak Show
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Rbg Goblins
(3-1) Elves
6/29/2011 (Event #2512274)
(4-0) Elves
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) Reanimator
(3-1) Hive Mind
6/29/2011 (Event #2536831)
(4-0) 3C Thresh
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Aggro Loam
(3-1) Elves
6/30/2011 (Event #2536865)
(4-0) Reveillark
(3-1) Imperial Painter
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Aggro Loam
6/30/2011 (Event #2536877)
(4-0) Deadguy Ale
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Aggro Loam
(3-1) Merfolk
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) 3C Thresh
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
7/1/2011 (Event #2536891)
(4-0) Landstill
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Reveillark
(3-1) Ub Merfolk
7/1/2011 (Event #2536909)
(4-0) Dredge
(4-0) Hive Mind
(3-1) 3C Thresh
(3-1) Aggro Loam
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Team America
7/1/2011 (Event #2536921)
(4-0) Imperial Painter
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Hive Mind
7/2/2011 (Event #2536933)
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Aggro Loam
(3-1) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Stone-Blade/Thopter
(3-1) Seismic Loam
7/2/2011 (Event #2536971)
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Reanimator
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) Dark Depths/Loam
(3-1) Aggro Loam
(3-1) Elves
7/3/2011 (Event #2536983)
(4-0) Dark Depths/Loam
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Natural Order
(3-1) Reanimator
7/3/2011 (Event #2537009)
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(4-0) Team America
(3-1) Stone-Blade/Thopter
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Zoo
7/3/2011 (Event #2537021)
(4-0) Reanimator
(3-1) Doomsday Tendrils
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Hive Mind
7/4/2011 (Event #2537035)
(4-0) Merfolk
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
7/4/2011 (Event #2537053)
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(4-0) Bant
(3-1) Bant
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Aggro Loam
(3-1) Merfolk
7/4/2011 (Event #2537065)
(4-0) Elves
(4-0) Dark Depths/Loam
(3-1) Bant
(3-1) Reveillark
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Dark Depths
(3-1) Sneak Show
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Reanimator
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Natural Order
7/5/2011 (Event #2537077)
(4-0) Dark Depths/Loam
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Imperial Painter
7/5/2011 (Event #2537103)
(4-0) Reveillark
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Team America
7/5/2011 (Event #2537115)
(4-0) Merfolk
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Vengevine Ooze
(3-1) Mono Black Control
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Stone-Blade
7/6/2011 (Event #2537127)
(4-0) Sneak Show
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Turbo Drazi
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Hive Mind
7/6/2011 (Event #2562833)
(4-0) Aggro Loam
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Sneak Show
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Vengevine Ooze
7/7/2011 (Event #2562847)
(4-0) Merfolk
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Natural Order
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Landstill
7/7/2011 (Event #2562855)
(4-0) Zoo
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Merfolk
(3-1) Stone-Blade/Thopter
(3-1) Sneak Show
7/7/2011 (Event #2562867)
(4-0) Merfolk
(3-1) Reveillark
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Reanimator
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Aggro Loam
7/7/2011 (Event #2562879)
(4-0) Elves
(4-0) GW Haterade
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Show and Tell
(3-1) Vengevine Ooze
(3-1) Stone-Blade
7/8/2011 (Event #2562893)
(4-0) Reanimator
(4-0) Elves
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Reanimator
7/8/2011 (Event #2562911)
(4-0) Team America
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Reveillark
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Vengevine Ooze
(3-1) Stone-Blade
7/8/2011 (Event #2562923)
(4-0) Hive Mind
(3-1) Dark Depths/Loam
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
7/9/2011 (Event #2562935)
(4-0) Hive Mind
(4-0) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Aluren
(3-1) High Tide
7/9/2011 (Event #2562961)
(4-0) Bant
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Team Italia
7/9/2011 (Event #2562973)
(4-0) Hive Mind
(4-0) Team America
(3-1) Natural Order
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Belcher
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Reanimator
7/10/2011 (Event #2562985)
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Cephalid Breakfast
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Natural Order
(3-1) Affinity
7/10/2011 (Event #2563023)
(4-0) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
(3-1) Reanimator
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Elves
7/10/2011 (Event #2563161) – Premier Event
1st Zoo
2nd Stone-Blade
3rd Bant/Natural Order
4th 3C Thresh
5th Stone-Blade
6th GW Haterade
7th Imperial Painter
8th Elves
7/11/2011 (Event #2563037)
(4-0) Zoo
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
(3-1) Landstill
7/11/2011 (Event #2563055)
(4-0) Landstill
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Bant
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Team Italia
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
7/11/2011 (Event #2563067)
(4-0) Hive Mind
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Aggro Loam
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
7/12/2011 (Event #2563079)
(4-0) Aggro Loam
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Merfolk
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Natural Order
(3-1) Aggro Loam
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
7/12/2011 (Event #2563105)
(4-0) Landstill
(4-0) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
(3-1) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Reveillark
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Natural Order
7/12/2011 (Event #2563117)
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(4-0) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Cephalid Breakfast
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Zoo
7/13/2011 (Event #2563129)
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Cephalid Breakfast
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Zoo
7/13/2011 (Event #2586657)
(4-0) Natural Order
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(4-0) Elves
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Aggro Loam
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
7/14/2011 (Event #2586691)
(4-0) Reveillark
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Hive Mind
7/14/2011 (Event #2586703)
(4-0) Zoo
(4-0) Hive Mind
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
(3-1) Imperial Painter
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Reveillark
(3-1) High Tide
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
7/15/2011 (Event #2586717)
(4-0) GW Haterade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
7/15/2011 (Event #2586735)
(4-0) Hive Mind
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Reveillark
7/15/2011 (Event #2586747)
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(4-0) Natural Order
(3-1) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) Aggro Loam
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)
(3-1) Hive Mind
7/16/2011 (Event #2586759)
(4-0) Elves
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
7/16/2011 (Event #2586785)
(4-0) Hive Mind
(4-0) Sneak Show
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Aggro Loam
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Belcher
(3-1) Hive Mind
7/16/2011 (Event #2586797)
(4-0) Landstill
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Aggro Loam
(3-1) Stone-Blade
(3-1) Imperial Painter
7/17/2011 (Event #2586835)
(4-0) Hive Mind
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Bant
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Natural Order
(3-1) Hive Mind
7/17/2011 (Event #2586985) Premier Event
1st Reanimator
2nd Elves
3rd Aggro Loam
4th Landstill
5th Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
6th Stone-Blade
7th Landstill
8th Stone-Blade
7/18/2011 (Event #2586893)
(4-0) Reveillark
(4-0) GW Haterade
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Reveillark
7/18/2011 (Event #2586918)
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(4-0) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(4-0) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Hive Mind
(3-1) Dark Depths/Loam
(3-1) Natural Order
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) GW Haterade
7/19/2011 (Event #2586944)
(4-0) Stone-Blade
(4-0) Landstill
(3-1) Dark Depths/Loam
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Natural Order
(3-1) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Landstill
Top Winning MTGO Legacy Decks Breakdown
|
DECK |
WINS |
PERCENTAGE OF WINS |
| 1. Stone-Blade
|
83 |
18.78% |
| 2. Hive Mind
|
48 |
10.86% |
| 3. Elves
|
30 |
6.79% |
| 4. GW Haterade
|
27 |
6.11% |
| 5. Landstill
|
26 |
5.88% |
| 6. Zoo
|
26 |
5.88% |
| 7. Bant
|
23 |
5.20% |
| 8. Team America
|
19 |
4.30% |
| 9. Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
|
17 |
3.85% |
|
10. Aggro Loam |
17 |
3.85% |
|
11. Reanimator |
14 |
3.17% |
|
12. Red Deck Wins |
14 |
3.17% |
|
13. Natural Order |
13 |
2.94% |
|
14. Reveillark |
13 |
2.94% |
|
15. Merfolk |
11 |
2.49% |
|
16. Dark Depths |
9 |
2.04% |
|
17. Dark Horizons |
8 |
1.81% |
|
18. Deadguy Ale |
8 |
1.81% |
|
19. CounterTop/Thopter |
7 |
1.58% |
|
20. Dredge |
7 |
1.58% |
|
21. Imperial Painter |
6 |
1.36% |
|
22. Sneak Show |
6 |
1.36% |
|
23. Thresh |
4 |
0.90% |
|
24. Vengevine Ooze |
4 |
0.90% |
|
25. Affinity |
3 |
0.68% |
|
26. Cephalid Breakfast |
3 |
0.68% |
|
27. High Tide |
3 |
0.68% |
|
28. Goblins |
3 |
0.68% |
|
29. Aluren |
2 |
0.45% |
|
30. Belcher |
2 |
0.45% |
|
31. Death and Taxes (DnT) |
2 |
0.45% |
|
32. Team Italia |
2 |
0.45% |
|
33. Doomsday Tendrils |
1 |
0.23% |
|
34. Mono Black Control |
1 |
0.23% |
|
35. MUD |
1 |
0.23% |
|
36. Seismic Loam |
1 |
0.23% |
|
37. Show and Tell |
1 |
0.23% |
|
38. Tezzeret Control |
1 |
0.23% |
|
39. Turbo Drazi |
1 |
0.23% |
|
40. UW Control |
1 |
0.23% |
|
TOTAL: |
442 |
|
We have a new contender in the house. Meet your new reigning champ, Stone-Blade! With Stone-Blade occupying about 20% of the top winning deck slots, players need to be prepared to face it. There are a few reasons as to why I believe Stone-Blade has picked up such popularity in Legacy as of late. With both Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Stoneforge Mystic being banned in STD, Legacy players have been able to pick up the deadly duo for a fraction of the cost. With STD players selling their copies and having prices drop like crazy in a couple of days, it wasn’t hard to pick up either of these cards for a reasonable price. Also, I think that with the banning, a great deal of STD players transitioned to Legacy rather than selling off their copies and taking a major hit on what they paid for them.
Hive Mind dropped a spot to #2 but is still putting up an impressive amount of wins. From there, the decks start to taper off into the usual combo, aggro, and control decks. Reanimator has been seeing quite a bit more play with all the goodies from New Phyrexia to help aid the deck. Also Dredge has dropped from the #9 spot all the way down to #20. With all the graveyard hate being packed into sideboards, I expect Dredge to take a small vacation. Be sure to prepare against Stone-Blade and Hive Mind, as they comprise almost 1/3 of the winning decks.
Hive Mind
Here we go! Time to cover the deck you’ve all been waiting to see: Hive Mind! Hive Mind is a fairly straightforward deck, but it has many small different interactions that greatly impact the turnout of the games. The main idea behind the Hive Mind deck is to accelerate into an early Show and Tell so that you can put a Hive Mind or Emrakul, the Aeons Torn onto the battlefield, or to hard cast a Hive Mind. If you cheat an Emrakul into play, the game plan is to just wait a turn and attack your opponent with Emrakul the next turn, which will usually end with your opponent conceding from the game. If you cheated or hard cast a Hive Mind into play, you will then want to immediately follow Hive Mind with one of the many Pact cards that the deck runs. I would suggest not playing your Hive Mind until you have a Pact in your hand that you can successfully cast since your opponents will have the opportunity to destroy your Hive Mind before you can play one of the Pacts. There is a third way to win, but it is one that is rarely used. If need be, you can wait until you are able to produce 4 colorless mana and 1 red mana and cast a Pact of the Titan to start to attack your opponent with a 4/4 Giant. I wouldn’t suggest this line of play unless you are in a desperate situation where you have no other options remaining.
Now that you know what the Hive Mind deck is trying to accomplish, we can take a look at the deck I will be piloting the Legacy Daily Event.
Hive Mind, piloted by KillerOwen
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I will now cover the cards in the Hive Mind as well as provide gameplay from a Legacy Daily Event, along with a couple of Tournament Practice Room games.
Legacy Daily Event Round 1
Click the arrow to download the above video in .mp4 format.Legacy Daily Event Round 2
Click the arrow to download the above video in .mp4 format.Legacy Daily Event Round 3 (No Show)
Click the arrow to download the above video in .mp4 format.Legacy Daily Event Round 4 (No Show)
Click the arrow to download the above video in .mp4 format.Legacy Tournament Practice Room Game 1
Click the arrow to download the above video in .mp4 format.Legacy Tournament Practice Room Game 2
Click the arrow to download the above video in .mp4 format.Well, there you have it: not my best performance ever, but I still managed to go 2-2 in a Legacy Daily Event (even though I didn’t even play the 2 games I won :)) and won 2 Tournament Practice Room games with the Hive Mind deck. Hive Mind is currently the #2 deck in the format, but be aware that players have started adjusting their decks and play styles to combat Hive Mind. If this seems like the kind of deck you would enjoy playing, I would suggest picking up the cards you need to start playing. If you have any comments or questions about the deck or videos, feel free to post a comment below, or contact me either by email at ForcingtheWill@gmail.com or on MTGO at KillerOwen.
You Choose the Deck!
In this section I let you, the reader, choose which deck I will be covering in my next article! Here is a list of decks that you have to choose from, followed by a list of rules for voting.
In my Turbo Drazi article, I tested something new out in this section. I gave you the option of even more decks to choose from for my article, and I said that if the turnout were good, I’d continue to provide more options for you. Well, you guys came out in force and got those votes in, so I will continue to provide you with a larger amount of deck choices!
What deck should KillerOwen cover for his next episode of Forcing the Will?
- Cephalid Breakfast (20%, 21 Votes)
- Reanimator (Updated version) (18%, 19 Votes)
- Stone-Blade (16%, 17 Votes)
- GW Haterade (10%, 10 Votes)
- Imperial Painter (7%, 7 Votes)
- Elves (7%, 7 Votes)
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I’d like to point out that I wasn’t able to upload the deck tech for Hive Mind. I will try to get an upload in so that it can be added to the article. My sincerest apologies.
Might want to practice your Hive Mind mirror a little.
For instance, in Rd1 you counter his pact with a REB leaving you tapped out if he has another counter. Instead, you could just let it resolve, he will have to tap out on upkeep, and you can just try to resolve the spell the next turn. It leaves you vulnerable to him drawing red mana source, but you can also draw a different pact.
Why did you mulligan in R2g1? It seemed to be a pretty good hand to me.
thx i always look forward to this article series.
too bad it was two mirrormatches and two byes, still a very good watch!
what are your thoughts on the flusterstorm your opponent included in his hive mind?
RUNES! Mother of RUNES! AHHHH!!
I like your content though. I’ll never be able to afford a legacy deck so I like watching videos like these. Keep it up!
Hey All
Sorry it took so long to respond. I just got back from my trip.
@ BT: The mirror was a match up that I really struggled with when testing this deck. There were times where I could just beat them right out, but most of the time it was a real struggle to get a win. A lot of Hive Mind players have been adding Platinum Angel in the sideboard for the mirror which helps out a great deal vs Hive Mind, but not so much vs Emrakul.
@ milegyenanevem: While I agree the hand did seem pretty good I was going to rely on drawing a land off of that Ponder otherwise I would more than likely lose the game. Also the hand wasn’t a hand that I felt comfortable with against the mirror since Hive Mind has no problem going off on turn 2 or 3. I’m not saying the hand wasn’t good and in hindsight I should of kept the hand since I ended up mulligan into an even worse hand.
@ Martin: Thanks for the comments I’m glad you enjoyed the article. I actually wanted to get a set of Flusterstorms before I played the deck, but with the Commander decks coming out just before I filmed these videos I didn’t pick them up due to their price. Flusterstorm is great vs the Hive Mind mirror and against Counter battles since it protects you and allows you to counter your own Pacts so you don’t have to pay the upkeep costs. I would definitely recommend picking up a playset of Flusterstorm.
@ homersexual: Thank you I’m glad you enjoy watching the Legacy videos, but never say never. I remember when I first got into MTGO I never thought I would be able to afford to play EXT, but over time I finally built up an EXT collection and eventually was able to transfer over to Classic/Legacy. It took many years to build my collection, but it was definitely worth the wait. If there’s a format you want to play work your way into it, and if you keep at it you will eventually be able to play in that format.
Thank you everyone for your comments and voting. I am already working on the Cephalid Breakfast deck, and hope you bring you some wins in a Legacy Daily Event in my next article.