If anything I think the use of proxies would lower prices because why buy the real card if you can proxy it. Collectors would be the only ones trying to get the cards. Most stores realize that its going to take a ton of time to move a piece of power so they're not going to buy them for a ton of money because sitting inventory is wasted money. So I think in the end that should drive down the price of power until a tournament like the one in Spain happens and you can't proxy or go jersey and you need lands and then prices spike because demand goes up, and it'll sit there because there's no great supply or demand or need to move the product at a great pace.
The number of monthly Legacy tournaments where I live (Oslo) went up from one to two when our LGS was finally allowed to arrange Legacy FNMs. As a result of that alone, Legacy has risen somewhat in popularity here, I hear more people talking about building Legacy decks. I'm sure that's the case some other places too.
That said, most people, like me, are still reluctant to put that much money into a deck that only gets played twice a month, even though money spent on Legacy staples is money that you'll get back when you sell them. Even if it's essensially just a deposit, it's a huge one. And people are generally not very interested in spending some money building a budget version of a deck or letting the budget decide what deck to play. I'm not going to play something I don't enjoy playing all that much, such as mono red burn or dredge, just to be able to participate in the format. Playing a deck that you love and is attached to is a huge part of the game.
The most annoying thing is that there aren't really that many cards that lock people out of the format. If I could get a set of FoWs and a set of blue duals at ≤ a set of Tarmogoyfs, I'd probably be playing Legacy. Most of the other pricy cards aren't that hard to avoid and/or can be played in Modern as well.
The number of monthly Legacy tournaments where I live (Oslo) went up from one to two when our LGS was finally allowed to arrange Legacy FNMs. As a result of that alone, Legacy has risen somewhat in popularity here, I hear more people talking about building Legacy decks. I'm sure that's the case some other places too.
That said, most people, like me, are still reluctant to put that much money into a deck that only gets played twice a month, even though money spent on Legacy staples is money that you'll get back when you sell them. Even if it's essensially just a deposit, it's a huge one. And people are generally not very interested in spending some money building a budget version of a deck or letting the budget decide what deck to play. I'm not going to play something I don't enjoy playing all that much, such as mono red burn or dredge, just to be able to participate in the format. Playing a deck that you love and is attached to is a huge part of the game.
The most annoying thing is that there aren't really that many cards that lock people out of the format. If I could get a set of FoWs and a set of blue duals at ≤ a set of Tarmogoyfs, I'd probably be playing Legacy. Most of the other pricy cards aren't that hard to avoid and/or can be played in Modern as well.
FNM's are great to increase interest, but with expensive cards being a major blocker to get into the format for newer players, it would really help if stores would have better prize incentives, like duals, or FoW, so people can play a deck they want (either with proxies, or borrowing cards from friends) and work towards getting the cards without a huge investment.
Also it's funny how most cards aren't a huge investment outside the lands and the FoW's. The same is fairly true with vintage. Outside lands, FoW, and power, most cards live under the $30 mark...
FNM's are great to increase interest, but with expensive cards being a major blocker to get into the format for newer players, it would really help if stores would have better prize incentives, like duals, or FoW, so people can play a deck they want (either with proxies, or borrowing cards from friends) and work towards getting the cards without a huge investment.
Also it's funny how most cards aren't a huge investment outside the lands and the FoW's. The same is fairly true with vintage. Outside lands, FoW, and power, most cards live under the $30 mark...
Actually, there are a lot of other very expensive cards. The important thing is that those cards aren't omnipresent in the format like FoWs, Wastelands and duals are.
And stores are not allowed to run FNMs or any other sactioned tournaments where proxies are legal. Also, I think that it's hard to run an event with such valuable prizes without an entry price that scares people away. One FoW is 110, so they'd have to get something like 12 players at $10 to break even and still fire... and even at that price, that's just one single FoW that enters the player pool from the event :|
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Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
FNM's are great to increase interest, but with expensive cards being a major blocker to get into the format for newer players, it would really help if stores would have better prize incentives, like duals, or FoW, so people can play a deck they want (either with proxies, or borrowing cards from friends) and work towards getting the cards without a huge investment.
Also it's funny how most cards aren't a huge investment outside the lands and the FoW's. The same is fairly true with vintage. Outside lands, FoW, and power, most cards live under the $30 mark...
Actually, there are a lot of other very expensive cards. The important thing is that those cards aren't omnipresent in the format like FoWs, Wastelands and duals are.
And stores are not allowed to run FNMs or any other sactioned tournaments where proxies are legal. Also, I think that it's hard to run an event with such valuable prizes without an entry price that scares people away. One FoW is 110, so they'd have to get something like 12 players at $10 to break even and still fire... and even at that price, that's just one single FoW that enters the player pool from the event :|
Sure there are lots of expensive cards because they're older sets. Most expensive modern cards are liliana goyf Bob and cryptic, and they're barely enough to get a bad condition waste or force. Outside the staples the cards aren't that bad. And a lot of them aren't very hard to find.
The event wouldn't be sanctioned but who cares, you miss out on a few planeswalker points, boohoo, the experience and prize support would be worth it. I think $20 for an entry fee wouldn't be unreasonable, most players buy $20 worth of packs, snacks, and other stupid stuff that you can't say they couldn't afford it. You have a proxy max of 15 and your sideboard can be proxy, pay an additional dollar per proxy or $10 for 15 more proxies (where you can use store credit to fund) and go from there. Maybe you don't shove all the prize support into a single card but give credit for redemption on legacy playables or cards the player currently has proxied. Maybe they play jund and don't want fow but grove instead. Doesn't seem fair to only offer one option.
Its tricky to do, takes lots of time, effort, and some commitment from an existing group, but I think it can be done.
Legacy was pretty hot yesterday. With so many events going on in Cali yesterday, two of my closest stores that run Legacy were able to fire off. Small numbers, mind you, but still. Eudamonia and Black Diamond Games.
As a socal resident I'm seeing Legacy events being set up more and more. Stores that haven't ran a Legacy event in over a year due to a focus on Modern are cutting back on that format and plans to support Legacy. Duals, Jtms, other high value rares and mythics are being offered as prize support etc. Not to derail the thread to Modern bashing but with the recent bannings, moral for the format has taken a dip here. There's this skittishness about the format right now if their deck is next on the chopping block and people are selling off their tier 1 Modern deck and begun investing in Legacy instead because of this.
As a socal resident I'm seeing Legacy events being set up more and more. Stores that haven't ran a Legacy event in over a year due to a focus on Modern are cutting back on that format and plans to support Legacy. Duals, Jtms, other high value rares and mythics are being offered as prize support etc. Not to derail the thread to Modern bashing but with the recent bannings, moral for the format has taken a dip here. There's this skittishness about the format right now if their deck is next on the chopping block and people are selling off their tier 1 Modern deck and begun investing in Legacy instead because of this.
This really reminds me of Yugioh and the way it still is in that game. Damned if you want to play a Tier 1 deck, but damned if you don't. At this moment though, it's a lot cheaper to play Yugioh than modern though, as reprints are much more regular. For better or worse. <.<;; And cost of entry into a format at the very cheapest is like, 3 Structure decks smashed together, then a few 1-of choice cards from packs. So about $30-100 depending on what else you'd want.
In my area, there are like, 8+ legacy players at the very least, but not many show up consistently nor at the same time, so my LGS stopped trying to host them. Makes me sad; I think we fired it off exactly one time. Then every other time no one wanted to play. Fml
Reprints the one card that people point to when saying that art objectifies women.
Well done Wizards.
Liliana does not objectify women in any way at all. We have gotten to a point in our society that every single picture of a women must be objectifying a women in some negative way......blah blah blah.. That is not the case. (((Sarcasm)))Picture of a girl drinking a milk shake, must be sex related and putting women down, picture of girl sitting on a beach, picture of a girl driving a car, picture of a girl on the moon at a new space station.)))
You have a picture of an attractive strong power women who girls dress up as for anime conventions. What more do you want? The picture is fine, happy to see a reprint. Sick of of seeing people claim that everything in existence must be putting women down. Then all I have to do is replace the word "women" with anything else to get the same mentality; fish, cats, arabs, blacks, jews, men, environment, whites, chinese, old people, etc. It doesn't matter what word I put in. Stop sucking life out of everything man. That artwork of her is awesome. Stop putting stuff down man. Just stop. If the picture was really as negative as you claim she would totally nude, in a kitchen, making sandwiches and giving blow jobs. Her abilities would be horrible as well. +1 do nothing -2 do nothing -6 do nothing. Instead liliana of the veil is an amazing planeswalker comparable to jace, the mind sculpter with great art to appreciate.
My suggestion listen to some comedy radio for a while, pandora is free, youtube is free there is something out there for you. ***** go make fun of somebody. The whole world is so serious and campaigning for some cause, or someones rights, everything is a hate crime, racist, sexist. blah blah blah.
"O no mcdonalds must be slandering a hate crime against skinny people every time they make a big mac." hahaha jeeze You're just someone perpetuating another groups negative perspective that they've made you believe is correct. Look at the picture for a hour and tell me what's wrong with it? I don't see anything.
I have heard vague rumors of a moustache-dispensing vending machine in a distant laundromat, across the street from a tattoo parlor. However, this information is shaky, and time is of the essence.
GP Kyoto just sold out its maximum allotment of 1980 roughly one week into its eight week pre-registration period for an event that begins April 18.
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So, I had a thought about the availability of cards and the implications. As reserved list cards go up in price, there will eventually be incentive for people to make forgeries. Back during ABU, the printing procedures weren't exactly high tech. I have a hope that eventually high-quality forgeries will begin expanding the card pool. I know it's not really good to hope for fraud, but I feel like it should have minimal impact on players and stores since it would be gradual, compared to the price shock of an announcement of reprints.
You just showed it under the assumption that there are only 300.000 duals out there. How did you get to that number? As far as i know, its about 300.000 of EACH dualland out there, with a maximum of 345.000 printed of each printed, and asuming about 45.000 got destroyed over the years.
There are always more being "destroyed" every year more and more dual lands will become unplayable and at some point there just won't be enough left to service any sizeable market. Using your numbers there would be enough playsets of each dual lands for 75,000 players. Let's say 500,000 people play legacy worldwide that's about 15% of players that there are enough play-sets for. That will continue to decline as more are destroyed and lost each year.
Allowing proxies would drive collector demand and make the format way more popular and i think anyone syaing otherwise is crazy . when people pay to proxy in events, they win cards at the store. duh. probably to get the cards they're proxying.
If my store allowed proxies i'd immediately sell my lion's eye diamonds, even if it was for significantly less than their worth. I think allowing proxies is dangerous territory. Would not at all be surprised if that's what "killed" off vintage. My attachment to my legacy decks only goes so far. They have no value for casual play as they are too strong.
My bigger problem is that the format feels too complicated/fast. Which is usually cited as the format's strength but I think it goes both ways.
A local store in my area opening in my area has really jumpstarted the legacy scene there, we regularly fire with 16 people. they offer various cards to 1 4-0 (duals, jtms, fow, etc). the problem is from what i can tell this has hurt the turnout at another store that used to be the legacy hub. I'd say the legacy scene is stable, for now. My legacy deck was the only deck i didn't sell when I needed travel money earlier this year, just because i know it's a stable investment.
Double-sleeving will keep Legacy around and potent for years, if not decades. The LGS near me has an FNM Legacy alongside Standard and Draft every week and Legacy has not fired with less than 8 players in a long time. We usually get 8 to 16 with 20+ not out of the question. The Legacy crew is a fairly small and tight group with about 12 regulars and then we get supplemented now and then by people driving up from the city to join in.
I think there are positives for Legacy's growth and negatives, here are the four that stand out to me, a casual legacy fan.
Positive: Magic Online has "reprinted" several legacy only sets and Vintage Masters, which is allowing an Online Legacy population to grow. The more the online community grows, the more of them will eventually attempt to buy into the paper version of their online deck.
Negative: SCG's support of Modern is taking away from Legacy's paper tournaments, which is taking away form Legacys "marketing". With less camera time focused on Legacy, there will be less people getting into the format.
Positive: With supplemental sets like Conspiracy and Commander, Legacy has gotten several new cards that would have been too powerful for both standard and Modern. This helps keep legacy for stagnating, and has helped create a much faster evolving meta game than past legacy environments.
Negative: With the restricted list not going anywhere there is an ever shrinking card pool, which both limits card availability and affordability which does create a high bar for entry. This limits the influx of new players greatly.
I don't think that Legacy, or even Vintage will ever really die out, but I do think that one day in the future, it will be a primarily online format, with paper games being the exception instead of the norm.
Now again this is coming from someone who has only ever played cheap combo decks, or borrowed a friends legacy deck. I do still watch SCG's Legacy events when they finally post them.
Just as a number of duals are "destroyed", new numbers come into existence all the time from collections being dug out of attics and closets and sold to LGS. There's not a problem with the supply of duals, most LGS have them on hand, they're available everywhere at events from vendors in no short supply, and the internet is chock full of them as well. They're physically available and obtainable, but the prices keep people from wantonly grabbing them up. Anyone who wants to play legacy can get most of the cards in the format with few exceptions if they have the drive to do so. Anyone can own a set of Underground Sea, but not everyone wants to spend a year saving the cash to buy them. For some people, they make enough to buy one a month or maybe even more so their effort to obtain these cards is a less intimidating proposition, but other players have to have a drive to save for months to get a single one. With EDH pushing even more demand for duals, it'll keep the prices high but I don't think (and this is the bottom line of my post) that physical supply of most cards is an issue for Legacy, with the possible exception of a handful of Legends cards like Tabernacle.
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I play magic for a very long time but only recently started chasing out the "competitive" cards. When I started doing I first wanted to play legacy, however I've never been able to afford any of those "barrier" staples. The result is that I eventually started playing modern (even them I am still unable to purchase those dammed Tarmogoyfs). I did not read all the 5 pages but from what I've read all of you are in the US. I'm in Brazil and here any card that cost a lot is exponentially more expensive and the players that are able to aquire those cards are the ones that have them since before they were so valuable or the earn a LOT of money and are able to buy them.
There are certainly some lists that are quite budget but it's a false statement saying that because burn, in example, is cheap anyone can play legacy. I for instance have no intention of playing with it, and I am sure a lot of players that have "access" to the cheaper decks but want to play one that's expensive and eventually do not play because they can't afford it.
I believe Legacy will only see a jump in popularity when it's main obstacle is removed: the price of the duals.
The duals are wallet killers for sure but thankfully fetchlands help reduce the number you need to have.
Hopefully with the new zendikar set they will bring back the next round of fetchlands reducing the entry cost even more. On another point shocklands are not out of this question to use as a replacement if you really wish to indulge in the legacy banquet.
In some sense I respect the cost to entry. I'm amateur photographer and I'll let you know that if you choose to do wildlife/sports some of the lenses you need are going to run $5-10K. If you see anyone with that type of gear it is either a professional or a devoted hobbyist and either respect it is a sign of passion. It is symbolism in a capitalism driven society.
As I slowly assemble my own legacy staples I can admire the people who have completed decks for they are indeed passionate and are a true driving force of the spirit of the game. To them I salute.
On a side note - you can't fight the tide. The staples are never going to drop in the "affordable" for everyone stage and in part take solace that your collection will always be worth something. What other hobbies can ever offer a potential profit when you call it quits? In the end you may walk away with a nice stack of dough and realize in the totality that you were essentially paid to play your hobby, you were paid to have fun.
Shocklands are out of the question to use in Legacy at this point. They're so much out of the question that when I run into a player playing them in my local LGS on Friday nights I tell him to play his shocks as if they were duals. Beating him if he's playing shocks tells me nothing about my list or the skill with which I played it, the 2 to 4 damage he will take from his shocks is going to be enough to beat him even if my list is a bit off or I play poorly.
In Modern you have the ability to bring lands into play tapped without a huge tempo loss, in Legacy you don't.
Shocklands are out of the question to use in Legacy at this point.
I play watery grave in ad nauseam storm (in place of underground sea). The lifeloss means drawing fewer cards for ad nauseam and you die faster to aggro decks; it's definitely a problem. As new players we're taught to not overvalue life totals but I feel vets frequently underrate the importance of life too.
I always thought the rising price of force of will or something else would threaten the health of the format but it's probably just gonna be the lands that "kill" it. I put kill in parenthesis because I would not be surprised if the size of the format plateaus for many years to come.
The people I feel for in Legacy right now are the Storm players.
Wasteland, stifle, force, daze, spell pierce, discard spells, arcane laboratory, graveyard hate, chalice of the void, trinisphere.
Fun to play storm. If you don't mind tip toeing through 8000 traps.
Shocklands are out of the question to use in Legacy at this point.
I play watery grave in ad nauseam storm (in place of underground sea). The lifeloss means drawing fewer cards for ad nauseam and you die faster to aggro decks; it's definitely a problem. As new players we're taught to not overvalue life totals but I feel vets frequently underrate the importance of life too.
I always thought the rising price of force of will or something else would threaten the health of the format but it's probably just gonna be the lands that "kill" it. I put kill in parenthesis because I would not be surprised if the size of the format plateaus for many years to come.
Legacy is going to plateau because Wizards and the DCI don't care to regulate it properly. Lots of people like the blue mirror and lots of people don't. The people who don't are likely viewed as candidates for conversion to Modern by the powers that be. This is the only thing that adequately explains the complete lack of supervision of the Legacy metagame in the face of 75%+ lists with Brainstorm.
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That said, most people, like me, are still reluctant to put that much money into a deck that only gets played twice a month, even though money spent on Legacy staples is money that you'll get back when you sell them. Even if it's essensially just a deposit, it's a huge one. And people are generally not very interested in spending some money building a budget version of a deck or letting the budget decide what deck to play. I'm not going to play something I don't enjoy playing all that much, such as mono red burn or dredge, just to be able to participate in the format. Playing a deck that you love and is attached to is a huge part of the game.
The most annoying thing is that there aren't really that many cards that lock people out of the format. If I could get a set of FoWs and a set of blue duals at ≤ a set of Tarmogoyfs, I'd probably be playing Legacy. Most of the other pricy cards aren't that hard to avoid and/or can be played in Modern as well.
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FNM's are great to increase interest, but with expensive cards being a major blocker to get into the format for newer players, it would really help if stores would have better prize incentives, like duals, or FoW, so people can play a deck they want (either with proxies, or borrowing cards from friends) and work towards getting the cards without a huge investment.
Also it's funny how most cards aren't a huge investment outside the lands and the FoW's. The same is fairly true with vintage. Outside lands, FoW, and power, most cards live under the $30 mark...
And stores are not allowed to run FNMs or any other sactioned tournaments where proxies are legal. Also, I think that it's hard to run an event with such valuable prizes without an entry price that scares people away. One FoW is 110, so they'd have to get something like 12 players at $10 to break even and still fire... and even at that price, that's just one single FoW that enters the player pool from the event :|
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Sure there are lots of expensive cards because they're older sets. Most expensive modern cards are liliana goyf Bob and cryptic, and they're barely enough to get a bad condition waste or force. Outside the staples the cards aren't that bad. And a lot of them aren't very hard to find.
The event wouldn't be sanctioned but who cares, you miss out on a few planeswalker points, boohoo, the experience and prize support would be worth it. I think $20 for an entry fee wouldn't be unreasonable, most players buy $20 worth of packs, snacks, and other stupid stuff that you can't say they couldn't afford it. You have a proxy max of 15 and your sideboard can be proxy, pay an additional dollar per proxy or $10 for 15 more proxies (where you can use store credit to fund) and go from there. Maybe you don't shove all the prize support into a single card but give credit for redemption on legacy playables or cards the player currently has proxied. Maybe they play jund and don't want fow but grove instead. Doesn't seem fair to only offer one option.
Its tricky to do, takes lots of time, effort, and some commitment from an existing group, but I think it can be done.
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This really reminds me of Yugioh and the way it still is in that game. Damned if you want to play a Tier 1 deck, but damned if you don't. At this moment though, it's a lot cheaper to play Yugioh than modern though, as reprints are much more regular. For better or worse. <.<;; And cost of entry into a format at the very cheapest is like, 3 Structure decks smashed together, then a few 1-of choice cards from packs. So about $30-100 depending on what else you'd want.
In my area, there are like, 8+ legacy players at the very least, but not many show up consistently nor at the same time, so my LGS stopped trying to host them. Makes me sad; I think we fired it off exactly one time. Then every other time no one wanted to play. Fml
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Junk PodMagic: the BuylistingThere are always more being "destroyed" every year more and more dual lands will become unplayable and at some point there just won't be enough left to service any sizeable market. Using your numbers there would be enough playsets of each dual lands for 75,000 players. Let's say 500,000 people play legacy worldwide that's about 15% of players that there are enough play-sets for. That will continue to decline as more are destroyed and lost each year.
My bigger problem is that the format feels too complicated/fast. Which is usually cited as the format's strength but I think it goes both ways.
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Positive: Magic Online has "reprinted" several legacy only sets and Vintage Masters, which is allowing an Online Legacy population to grow. The more the online community grows, the more of them will eventually attempt to buy into the paper version of their online deck.
Negative: SCG's support of Modern is taking away from Legacy's paper tournaments, which is taking away form Legacys "marketing". With less camera time focused on Legacy, there will be less people getting into the format.
Positive: With supplemental sets like Conspiracy and Commander, Legacy has gotten several new cards that would have been too powerful for both standard and Modern. This helps keep legacy for stagnating, and has helped create a much faster evolving meta game than past legacy environments.
Negative: With the restricted list not going anywhere there is an ever shrinking card pool, which both limits card availability and affordability which does create a high bar for entry. This limits the influx of new players greatly.
I don't think that Legacy, or even Vintage will ever really die out, but I do think that one day in the future, it will be a primarily online format, with paper games being the exception instead of the norm.
Now again this is coming from someone who has only ever played cheap combo decks, or borrowed a friends legacy deck. I do still watch SCG's Legacy events when they finally post them.
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There are certainly some lists that are quite budget but it's a false statement saying that because burn, in example, is cheap anyone can play legacy. I for instance have no intention of playing with it, and I am sure a lot of players that have "access" to the cheaper decks but want to play one that's expensive and eventually do not play because they can't afford it.
I believe Legacy will only see a jump in popularity when it's main obstacle is removed: the price of the duals.
Hopefully with the new zendikar set they will bring back the next round of fetchlands reducing the entry cost even more. On another point shocklands are not out of this question to use as a replacement if you really wish to indulge in the legacy banquet.
In some sense I respect the cost to entry. I'm amateur photographer and I'll let you know that if you choose to do wildlife/sports some of the lenses you need are going to run $5-10K. If you see anyone with that type of gear it is either a professional or a devoted hobbyist and either respect it is a sign of passion. It is symbolism in a capitalism driven society.
As I slowly assemble my own legacy staples I can admire the people who have completed decks for they are indeed passionate and are a true driving force of the spirit of the game. To them I salute.
On a side note - you can't fight the tide. The staples are never going to drop in the "affordable" for everyone stage and in part take solace that your collection will always be worth something. What other hobbies can ever offer a potential profit when you call it quits? In the end you may walk away with a nice stack of dough and realize in the totality that you were essentially paid to play your hobby, you were paid to have fun.
In Modern you have the ability to bring lands into play tapped without a huge tempo loss, in Legacy you don't.
I play watery grave in ad nauseam storm (in place of underground sea). The lifeloss means drawing fewer cards for ad nauseam and you die faster to aggro decks; it's definitely a problem. As new players we're taught to not overvalue life totals but I feel vets frequently underrate the importance of life too.
I always thought the rising price of force of will or something else would threaten the health of the format but it's probably just gonna be the lands that "kill" it. I put kill in parenthesis because I would not be surprised if the size of the format plateaus for many years to come.
Wasteland, stifle, force, daze, spell pierce, discard spells, arcane laboratory, graveyard hate, chalice of the void, trinisphere.
Fun to play storm. If you don't mind tip toeing through 8000 traps.
Legacy is going to plateau because Wizards and the DCI don't care to regulate it properly. Lots of people like the blue mirror and lots of people don't. The people who don't are likely viewed as candidates for conversion to Modern by the powers that be. This is the only thing that adequately explains the complete lack of supervision of the Legacy metagame in the face of 75%+ lists with Brainstorm.