Forcing the Will: Turbo Drazi

Hello all and welcome to the one-year anniversary edition of Forcing the Will, and what better way to celebrate than covering a deck full of Legendary Eldrazi behemoths! I would like to take a moment to thank all of my readers for all the comments, criticisms, kind words, thanks, and encouragement I’ve received over the past year on all 17 (and now 18!) articles I’ve done here on MTGO Academy. I hope to continue to bring more exciting and informative articles to all of my readers. Today I will be covering the MTGO Legacy Metagame, and if you haven’t already figured it out by now, the Legacy deck known as Turbo Drazi. So let’s not waste any more time and get things rolling with the MTGO Legacy Metagame. (If you’d like to get straight to Turbo Drazi, you may have to scroll for quite a bit.)

MTGO Legacy Metagame

3/3/2011 (Event #2128662)

(4-0) Three-color Threshold (3C Thresh)
(3-1) Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT)
(3-1) Death and Taxes (DnT)
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Red Deck Wins (RDW)

3/3/2011 (Event #2128666)

(4-0) Zoo
(3-1) DnT
(3-1) CounterTop
(3-1) New Horizons
(3-1) 3C Thresh

3/4/2011 (Event #2128702)

(4-0) DnT
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Goblins
(3-1) GW Haterade

3/5/2011 (Event #2128713)

(4-0) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) 3C Thresh
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Natural Order/Show and Tell

3/7/2011 (Event #2128758)

(4-0) GW Haterade
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) 3C Thresh
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Elves

3/8/2011 (Event #2128800)

(4-0) Bant
(3-1) Sneak Show
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Deadguy Ale

3/9/2011 (Event #2128804)

(4-0) Zoo
(3-1) StifleNought
(3-1) Natural Order
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) 3C Thresh

3/10/2011 (Event #2152286)

(4-0) Natural Order
(3-1) Natural Order/Show and Tell
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Enchantress

3/10/2011 (Event #2152302)

(4-0) Deadguy Ale
(4-0) Turbo Drazi
(3-1) RDW
(3-1) Goblins
(3-1) Mono Black Control
(3-1) Elves

3/11/2011 (Event #2152310)

(4-0) ANT
(3-1) High Tide
(3-1) 3C Thresh
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) Bant

3/11/2011 (Event #2152381)

(4-0) Baneslayer Control
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Aluren
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Dark Horizons

3/13/2011 (Event #2152356)

(4-0) Goblins
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Sneak Show
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Show and Tell/StifleNought

3/13/2011 (Event #2152363)

(4-0) Bant
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) 3C Thresh
(3-1) Sneak Show
(3-1) ANT

3/13/2011 (Event #2152372)

(4-0) Team America
(4-0) Stax
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Sneak Show
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Stax

3/14/2011 (Event #2152407)

(4-0) Dark Depths
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Natural Order
(3-1) Merfolk

3/15/2011 (Event #2152423)

(4-0) Elves
(4-0) Team America
(3-1) Sneak Show
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Dark Depths

3/15/2011 (Event #2152429)

(4-0) GW Haterade
(3-1) UB Merfolk
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Bant
(3-1) Affinity

3/16/2011 (Event #2176415)

(4-0) Team America
(3-1) Turbo Drazi
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) ANT

3/17/2011 (Event #2176422)

(4-0) Dredge
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Dark Depths
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Stax/Tezzeret
(3-1) Turbo Drazi

3/18/2011 (Event #2176437)

(4-0) Sneak Show
(3-1) Dark Depths
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) High Tide
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order

3/19/2011 (Event #2176470)

(4-0) CounterTop
(4-0) New Horizons
(3-1) RDW
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Aluren
(3-1) RDW

3/20/2011 (Event #2176464)

(4-0) GW Haterade
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) UW Control
(3-1) Merfolk
(3-1) Dark Depths
(3-1) Dredge

3/20/2011 (Event #2176485)

(4-0) Dark Horizons
(4-0) Team America
(3-1) Sneak Show
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) DnT
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) Show and Tell

3/21/2011 (Event #2176506)

(4-0) GW Haterade
(3-1) RDW
(3-1) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(3-1) Turbo Drazi
(3-1) 3C Thresh
(3-1) Dark Depths

3/22/2011 (Event #2176510)

(4-0) GW Haterade
(4-0) Landstill
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Lands
(3-1) Rb Goblins
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) High Tide
(3-1) UW Control
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order

3/22/2011 (Event #2176540)

(4-0) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Imperial Painter
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Turbo Drazi
(3-1) Hypergenesis/Show and Tell
(3-1) RDW

3/23/2011 (Event #2176546)

(4-0) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(3-1) DnT
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) ANT

3/23/2011 (Event #2202858)

(4-0) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(4-0) GW Haterade
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Dark Depths
(3-1) Enchantress
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Turbo Drazi
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) ANT

3/24/2011 (Event #2202873)

(4-0) DnT
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) GW Haterade

3/25/2011 (Event #2202880)

(4-0) Dark Horizons
(4-0) Dredge
(3-1) High Tide
(3-1) High Tide
(3-1) 3C Thresh
(3-1) Team America

3/25/2011 (Event #2202899)

(4-0) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(3-1) High Tide
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) CounterTop/Natural Order
(3-1) RDW

3/26/2011 (Event #2202903)

(4-0) Dredge
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Bant
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) ANT

3/26/2011 (Event #2202915)

(4-0) Deadguy Ale
(4-0) Team America
(3-1) RDW
(3-1) RDW
(3-1) Aluren
(3-1) Jacerator
(3-1) Elves

3/26/2011 (Event #2202921)

(4-0) ANT
(4-0) Rb Goblins
(3-1) Enchantress
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Hypergenesis/Show and Tell
(3-1) GW Haterade

3/27/2011 (Event #2202937)

(4-0) Baneslayer Control
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Goblins

3/27/2011 (Event #2202945)

(4-0) GW Haterade
(4-0) ANT
(3-1) Merfolk
(3-1) Show and Tell
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Deadguy Ale

3/28/2011 (Event #2202969)

(4-0) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Aluren
(3-1) RDW

3/28/2011 (Event #2202970)

(4-0) ANT
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Rb Goblins
(3-1) Aluren
(3-1) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Zoo

3/29/2011 (Event #2202989)

(4-0) Reanimator/Show and Tell
(4-0) CounterTop/Natural Order
(3-1) DnT
(3-1) Aluren
(3-1) Sneak Show
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Doomsday Tendrils
(3-1) Goblins
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Natural Order

3/30/2011 (Event #2203010)

(4-0) RDW
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) DnT
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Reanimator/Show and Tell

3/30/2011 (Event #2229416)

(4-0) Sneak Show
(3-1) UW Control
(3-1) Ub Merfolk
(3-1) Natural Order
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Reanimator/Show and Tell
(3-1) ANT

3/31/2011 (Event #2229451)

(4-0) Enchantress
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Elves

4/1/2011 (Event #2229428)

(4-0) Merfolk
(3-1) Reanimator
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Enchantress

4/1/2011 (Event #2229442)

(4-0) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Mono Black Control
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Show and Tell/StifleNought
(3-1) RDW

4/2/2011 (Event #2229462)

(4-0) 3C Thresh
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(3-1) Rb Goblins
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) ANT

4/2/2011 (Event #2229469)

(4-0) Countertop/Thopter
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) UW Control
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order

4/2/2011 (Event #2229470)

(4-0) Mono Black Control
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Lands
(3-1) DnT
(3-1) Sneak Show

4/3/2011 (Event #2229502)

(4-0) RDW
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) ANT

4/4/2011 (Event #2229497)

(4-0) Doomsday Tendrils
(4-0) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Hypergenesis/Show and Tell
(3-1) Stax
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Turbo Drazi
(3-1) Rock

4/4/2011 (Event #2229524)

(4-0) High Tide
(4-0) Dredge
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Elves

4/4/2011 (Event #2229558)

(4-0) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Sneak Show
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) UW Control
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) 3C Thresh

4/6/2011 (Event #2229554)

(4-0) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Rb Goblins
(3-1) RDW

4/6/2011 (Event #2255888)

(4-0) Elves
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) High Tide
(3-1) Jund
(3-1) Zoo

4/7/2011 (Event #2255901)

(4-0) RDW
(3-1) Mono Black Control
(3-1) Enchantress
(3-1) Merfolk
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Zoo

4/7/2011 (Event #2255913)

(4-0) Reanimator
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Doomsday Tendrils
(3-1) Rb Goblins
(3-1) Elves

4/7/2011 (Event #2255921)

(4-0) Doomsday Tendrils
(4-0) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) URG Control
(3-1) Rw Goblins
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Affinity

4/8/2011 (Event #2255923)

(4-0) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) 3C Thresh
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Baneslayer Control

4/8/2011 (Event #2255929)

(4-0) Zoo
(4-0) Affinity
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Reanimator
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order

4/9/2011 (Event #2255949)

(4-0) Hypergenesis/Show and Tell
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) UW Control
(3-1) Sneak Show

4/9/2011 (Event #2255960)

(4-0) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(4-0) ANT
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) DnT
(3-1) Zoo

4/9/2011 (Event #2255962)

(4-0) Elves
(3-1) Painter’s Servant/Show and Tell
(3-1) High Tide
(3-1) UW Aggro
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Hive Mind/Show and Tell

4/10/2011 (Event #2255975) Premier Event

1st CounterTop/Thopter
2nd UWR Control
3rd Imperial Painter
4th Elves
5th Dredge
6th Affinity
7th High Tide
8th Deadguy Ale

4/11/2011 (Event #2255982)

(4-0) Elves
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) DnT
(3-1) Painter’s Servant
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Turbo Drazi

4/11/2011 (Event #2256012)

(4-0) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(3-1) UBW Control
(3-1) UW Aggro
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Affinity

4/12/2011 (Event #2256007)

(4-0) Painter’s Servant
(4-0) High Tide
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Infect Berserk
(3-1) Turbo Drazi

4/12/2011 (Event #2256023)

(4-0) Bant/Natural Order
(4-0) RDW
(3-1) RDW
(3-1) 3C Thresh
(3-1) Zoo

4/12/2011 (Event #2256034)

(4-0) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(4-0) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) UBW Control
(3-1) Welder
(3-1) Zoo

4/13/2011 (Event #2282791)

(4-0) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Infect Berserk
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Aggro Loam
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Doomsday Tendrils

4/14/2011 (Event #2282803)

(4-0) Team America
(4-0) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Zoo

4/15/2011 (Event #2282802)

(4-0) CounterTop/StifleNought
(3-1) Doomsday Tendrils
(3-1) DnT
(3-1) BG Control
(3-1) CounterTop
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Lands
(3-1) Affinity

4/15/2011 (Event #2282811)

(4-0) ANT
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) UW Control

4/16/2011 (Event #2282823)

(4-0) Lands
(4-0) Rb Goblins
(3-1) BG Control
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) ANT

4/16/2011 (Event #2282839)

(4-0) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) UB Control
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Rb Goblins

4/17/2011 (Event #2282846)

(4-0) Elves
(4-0) URG Control
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Jund
(3-1) High Tide
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Cephalid Breakfast

4/17/2011 (Event #2282856)

(4-0) UBW Control
(4-0) Zoo
(3-1) Dredge
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) URG Control
(3-1) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Reanimator/Show and Tell

4/18/2011 (Event #2282886)

(4-0) Zoo
(4-0) CounterTop/StifleNought
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Bant
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Lands

4/19/2011 (Event #2282905)

(4-0) DnT
(4-0) GW Haterade
(3-1) CounterTop/StifleNought
(3-1) Bant
(3-1) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) Reanimator

4/21/2011 (Event #2308655)

(4-0) Team America
(4-0) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Sneak Show
(3-1) High Tide
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) ANT

4/22/2011 (Event #2308678)

(4-0) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) ANT

4/22/2011 (Event #2308714)

(4-0) ANT
(4-0) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) Hive Mind/Show and Tell

4/23/2011 (Event #2308707)

(4-0) Hive Mind/Show and Tell
(4-0) UBW Control
(3-1) Team America
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Affinity

4/23/2011 (Event #2308737)

(4-0) Zoo
(4-0) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) RDW
(3-1) UBW Control
(3-1) Turbo Tooth and Nail
(3-1) UBW control

4/24/2011 (Event #2308721)

(4-0) Dredge
(4-0) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) RDW
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Dark Horizons
(3-1) Turbo Drazi

4/24/2011 (Event #2308733)

(4-0) GW Haterade
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) Landstill
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter

4/25/2011 (Event #2308746)

(4-0) Imperial Painter
(3-1) Zoo
(3-1) CounterTop/Thopter
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Landstill

4/25/2011 (Event #2308766)

(4-0) Team America
(4-0) UW Control
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) Deadguy Ale
(3-1) Cephalid Breakfast
(3-1) GW Haterade
(3-1) ANT
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) RDW
(3-1) Bant/Natural Order

4/26/2011 (Event #2308778)

(4-0) Team America
(3-1) Elves
(3-1) Tezzeret/Thopter
(3-1) Affinity
(3-1) 3C Thresh

Top Winning MTGO Legacy Decks Breakdown

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DECK	WINS	PERCENTAGE OF WINS
1. ANT	47	8.8%
2. Bant	35	6.5%
3. Zoo	35	6.5%
4. GW Haterade	29	5.4%
5. Elves	27	5.0%
6. Affinity	26	4.8%
7. Deadguy Ale	23	4.3%
8. Dredge	21	3.9%
9. RDW	20	3.7%
10. CounterTop/Thopter	18	3.4%
11. Hive Mind	17	3.2%
12. Team America	17	3.2%
13. Thresh	14	2.6%
14. DnT	13	2.4%
15. Goblins	13	2.4%
16. High Tide	13	2.4%
17. Sneak Show	13	2.4%
18. Dark Horizons	12	2.2%
19. Turbo Drazi	11	2.0%
20. CounterTop	9	1.8%
21. Landstill	9	1.8%
22. Reanimator	8	1.5%
23. UW Control	8	1.5%
24. Dark Depths	7	1.3%
25. Merfolk	7	1.3%
26. Natural Order	7	1.3%
27. Aluren	6	1.1%
28. Doomsday Tendrils	6	1.1%
29. Enchantress	6	1.1%
30. UBW Control	6	1.1%
31. Lands	5	0.9%
32. Hypergenesis	4	0.7%
33. Mono Black Control	4	0.7%
34. Show and Tell	4	0.7%
35. Stax	4	0.7%
36. Baneslayer Control	3	0.6%
37. New Horizons	3	0.6%
38. Imperial Painter	3	0.6%
39. Painter’s Servant	3	0.6%
40. BG Control	2	0.4%
41. Cephalid Breakfast	2	0.4%
42. Infect Berserk	2	0.4%
43. Jund	2	0.4%
44. URG Control	2	0.4%
45. UW Aggro	2	0.4%
46. Aggro Loam	1	0.1%
47. Jacerator	1	0.1%
48. Rock	1	0.1%
49. StifleNought	1	0.1%
50. Tezzeret	1	0.1%
51. UB Control	1	0.1%
52. URG Control	1	0.1%
53. UWR Control	1	0.1%
54. Welder	1	0.1%
TOTAL:	537	99.4% (with rounding)

Legacy players have once again met my expectations of the format, and the number of players in events has continued to grow since my last article. If you are still on the fence about joining Legacy, I would suggest getting in sooner rather than later since the cost of joining the format has steadily been increasing. Looking at the top winning decks, we can see that there is a good combination of Storm, Aggro, and Control decks running around, but once again ANT is the dominating deck in the format. I would suggest packing some Chalice of the Voids or Mindbreak Traps into you sideboard if you haven’t already. Another thing to note is that Dredge is becoming less and less successful as of late. There are a number of reasons this could be happening, but this is usually the case with Dredge. Dredge decks will do well and gradually drop as the format packs hate for the deck, and once players stop playing Dredge, players stop packing hate. This will eventually lead to more players playing Dredge again, but for now it appears as though Dredge is leveling off. So you won’t likely need to pack as much hate as usual, but still expect to be facing the occasional Dredge deck now and then. Other than that, there is no further suggestion I have other than to play with the deck that you feel most comfortable with, and continue to grind those Legacy Events.

MVW and TSE Drafts

Official announcement from Wizards of the Coast:

Mirage and Tempest Blocks Return
These classic blocks will be available to play and purchase after we return from our scheduled maintenance on May 11 until the start of the following maintenance on May 18.

These blocks will only be up in the store and draft room for a week, so make sure you take advantage of that week to get the most you can out of these two sets. Both sets contain a large number of staple cards for the Eternal formats, and we need as many of these cards as we can in the system. In addition the value in these blocks is insane. Not only are there many rares well worth 20+ Tickets, but also there are plenty of uncommon and commons worth money. Take for instance Wasteland — how many other sets do you know with a 50-Ticket uncommon? Right, none! So make sure to mark your calendars, join these drafts, fill out your collection, make some Tickets, and if you’re lucky to crack a foil chase card, start a retirement fund.

Turbo Drazi

When the Eldrazi were first revealed, I knew they would have an impact on the Eternal formats. I expected Vintage/Classic Oath decks to utilize them, as well as Legacy Show and Tell builds, but if you were to tell me there would be a Legacy deck hard-casting Eldrazi, I would have laughed at you. Well, today I am laughing no more since Turbo Drazi does just that, and the scary part is that the deck is actually good at hard-casting them. The first time I saw the deck, I was skeptical, but after the deck started to win more and more, I decided to give Turbo Drazi a whirl.

I began by playing a Force of Will-and-Trinket Mage version of Turbo Drazi, and to my dismay, I couldn’t for the life of me win with the deck. I chose to test this version first since a number of buddies suggested it, but with no success I began to doubt the deck’s ability once more. I found that most of the time I wasn’t utilizing Force of Will‘s and Trinket Mage‘s full potential, so I decided to cut those two and try a Show and Tell-version of the deck. Once I started playing this version of the deck, I started sweeping matches left and right, only losing the occasional game or match.

The basic concept behind Turbo Drazi is to stall or delay your opponent, using a variety of cards, until you can either power out an Eldrazi or Primeval Titan with a combination of Cloudposts (or, Loci) and Candelabra of Tawnos or by casting Show and Tell. From there the game plan is pretty straightforward; just attack your opponent and win, in most cases. I will now show you three very different versions of Turbo Drazi and go over them.

The first deck was played by FoaguraFantasy, who went 3-1 with it in a Daily Event. It is an interesting take on Turbo Drazi since it doesn’t run Candelabra of Tawnos or Show and Tell, but instead uses a combination of Turbo Drazi, Workshop, and Tooth and Nail strategies to create a hybrid build. I have not played this version of the deck, but it seems like it has potential.

Creatures (15)

Other Spells (19)

Lands (26)

Sideboard (15)


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As you can see, this build varies greatly from the traditional types of Turbo Drazi that I will show you next. The deck relies on stalling opponents with Chalice of the Void and Trinisphere until its pilot can cast one of the 6-cost creatures or Tooth and Nail. To accelerate into these expensive spells, the deck uses lands that produce more than a single mana, along with Grim Monolith and Solemn Simulacrum.

The second version of Turbo Drazi I’m going to cover is a more common Force of Will-build of the deck, and was the first build I tested. I’ve used PTPaul’s version, played to a 3-1 record in this Daily Event, as my example.

Creatures (9)

Other Spells (27)

Lands (24)

Sideboard (15)


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With this version of the deck, I often found that I had a Force of Will in my hand with no other blue cards, making Force of Will a dead card, and by the time I resolved a Trinket Mage, I was usually behind already. I won’t say the deck isn’t good, but I will say I had less success with this version than the next version I’m going to show you. Since this version of the deck is very similar to the one I played and discussed in my videos, I won’t break down the deck here. One comment I would like to make is that I like the lone copy of Pithing Needle and Hurkyl’s Recall, and if I were to redo the deck I played, I would switch out my Repeal with one of these two cards.

Here is the version of Turbo Drazi that I chose to run, the Show and Tell build.

Creatures (7)

Other Spells (28)

Lands (25)

Sideboard (15)


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I’m sure you’re all itching to get to those videos by now so I now present the Turbo Drazi deck tech and Legacy Daily videos. Enjoy!

Turbo Drazi Deck Tech