Hello everyone! I've eyeballed Legacy for years but never really put myself to trying to enter the format. I'm a budget builder at heart but am always open to suggestions, regardless of the price. That said, I remembered liking the idea of Legacy Madness years ago the last time I thought about building for the format. I know Vengevine is normally an auto include but for my budget start I was thinking Hollow One would be a nice start. I'm still figuring out my land base and will likely develop my sideboard testing against others... though again, suggestions welcome.
Edit: while talking with some friends about the start of this, one informed me of the obviously overlooked use of Arrogant Wurm. I may work things around to include this card.
Hello! I figured this would be a good thread to spark a discussion (or get told to get gud). I have wanted to build a Legacy deck for when the LGS holds events for the format. I have no intention of hitting a GP or what have you but I am aware that Legacy is still a steep investment for a deck. Usually.
I recently went looking for low budget decks and found a list for U/G Madness. It didn't look terrible with the recommended lands making the bulk of the advertised price. Before I hit the budget forum, I wanted to see what the people who actually play this format think. I tried to find any previous threads on this deck strategy and the most recent was four years old...
Speaking of over costed win moar cards, I was watching some deck techs on As Foretold/Living End decks and started wondering what would be good, or fun sideboard cards for that match. I came to the conclusion that it would be hilarious to run a couple Borborygmos Enraged to ride the coattails of their Living End. Totally not a great strategy, but I figured I would share this comical strategy.
Honestly I don't mind having the deck lean towards aggro. Hollow One and Chandra's Phoenix didn't cross my mind. I do have more Flame Jabs so I'll try out using them in place of the Molten Vortex. If they work out, the Phoenixes might be a better option for recursion.
Hello everyone! I've come back to tinkering with my R/G Low(ish) budget Loam deck. I was considering looking for a replacement for Flinthoof Boar and found three cards that won't break the bank. Untamed Kavu, Sylvan Advocate and Flameblade Adept. I can see the advantages and disadvantages of each but would like to hear some input from the community. All three are so low on the market I could pick up a playset of each and test of course... but I still appreciate the input. Any advise is appreciated. Thank you!
Seymour_TUBES: Man, I didn't realize the enemy painlands were so cheap right now. I guess they did get 2 recent reprints. Thank you for the sideboard suggestions. I like Back to Nature, that's a pretty cheap way to strip the Boggles down. I'll definitely keep these in mind when working out the rest of my sideboard.
colt47: I have been on the fences with a lot of those. Shell-dweller or OG Thallid, Contagion Clasp or Necrogenesis and Mycoloth or Sporoloth Ancient. I may have some join the sideboard and I may have to test others.
I'm pretty much hammering out a super low budget deck to take to FNM. I wanted something different for Modern but familiar to me. I played Thallids back during Time Spiral standard so I looked into it. I don't have a sideboard together yet but i figure Mycologist for burn and Vizier of Remedies in place of the Winding Constrictor against infect. I know Boggles is big around here so maybe Smallpox?
So I'm still working out a sideboard using what I own. The local meta seems to have Tron, Bogles, Bant Eldrazi, 8rack, Merfolk, Infect, Naya Burn, Scapeshift and Lantern Control. I know artifact/enchantment removal would benefit both againat some strategies and their likely sideboard options for me. The rest is just having options against different deck strengths and general good ideas. I know it's not perfect... but I'm hoping that It'll test well. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thank you.
So I've been off and on building a budget Red/Green Loam for a while. I know it's not perfect, and I'll accept any suggestions. I've been debating on taking Young Pyromancer and Magmatic Insight out for Crawling Sensation and Vessel of Nascency but I haven't been able to test to see if it would be worth it.
I am also looking for sideboard advice on a budget. I know the local meta has Tron, Infect, 8rack, Naya Burn and Merfolk as regular attendees. Edit: a coworker of mine said he's faced Lantern Control and Bant Eldrazi at the LGS too. They only recently startrd holding Modern again so it's going to be my first time playing the format in a competitive setting.
Hello, figured I would post here instead of posting a new thread.
I'm working on building a super budget version of this deck ($30 or less minus basics). I'm going over big draw cards and I am wondering which sounds like the better option... because I can't decide. Ideas Unbound which has the double blue draw back but waits until EoT for discard or Cathartic Reunion which is less color intensive but forces the discard immediately.
-3 Wasteland Strangler, maybe if you had some cheaper ways to exile stuff this would be playable. As is you will never be able to process with this on curve.
-3 Vile Aggregate, this is really for decks that are trying to go wide and play lots of dudes.
-2 Witness the End, this just isn't good.
+1 Forerunner of Slaughter. This guy is your best 2 drop, you should run the full 4
+X Flayer Drone. Just a good 3 drop IMO.
+X Smuggler's Copter. It just got banned from standard and everything so it should drop in price.
+X Scrapheap Scrounger. A self recurring threat is always good. You're not using your graveyard anyways.
+X Bomat Courier. This gives you a way to refill your hand on the cheap.
I was iffy with Wasteland Strangler so I will likely cut it for some Flayer Drones. Bomat Courier is neat, I honestly didn't look too hard through Kaladesh for ideas. I like that.
Hello, I don't post on mtgsalvation very often but I wanted to share this and get some input. With Frontier becoming a growing casual format I wanted to build something that I didn't need to invest a lot into right away and wouldn't likely require too much to improve on in the future.
I chose B/R Eldrazi because it was a deck style I wanted to build anyway. The deck really doesn't need fetches though they wouldn't hurt either. I plan to up grade with Thought-Knot Seer and maybe Reality Smasher when I have more free money...
Any suggestions, critique or comments welcome. Thank you!
I'll have to come back around with a list to show you guys (tis late when I remembered to check here). Given that my local store hasn't held modern in a while I'm not sure what the current meta environment looks like so I'm struggling on what to do for a sideboard...
Hey everyone, I've got a question to pitch at you. I run a RG budgety Loam deck and in the early build used Wild Hunger as a way to push damage through. I currently use Ghor-Clan Rampager and a lone Skarrg, the Rage Pits. Now I was looking over ideas to toy with and thought of Mina and Denn, Wildborn. The card works kind of like Skarrg, the Rage Pits although more vulnerable and with an added cost but it also lends an added benefit and allows you to pick up a land to chuck with Seismic Assault or Molten Vortex. What are your thoughts? It sounds neat but with the card being a creature it's vulnerabilities are a problem.
@Trifling - boar is probably much better than ape. It having 3 power and toughness (essentially likely) is relevant against zoo if you have zoo in your meta, the fact it can come off the top and get haste is pretty nice. Ape is fine when you don't have other options, but probably not better than ooze, which gets huge as you clean a board up with assault or vortex, etc. I would switch ape for more ooze and perhaps a ghor-clan rampager or 2 where you have room. It can give your deck a more aggressive zoo feel to it and make it less yard reliant. Also makes combat a nightmare for your opponent. If you have 1 card in hand and you attack, your opponent has to guess whether it's 2 damage to kill their creature with an assault activation or 4 additional power, plus trample from blood rush.
Oh! I didn't think of Ghor-Clan Rampager. Funny enough when I first set out to build this I was thinking of running Wild Hunger for a similar effect, thought the Rampager is better since they won't see it coming, can't be countered in the conventional way, and could be a dude on the field if I really need one. I will experiment with that. Thank you!
Thoughts: Since I am running Young Pyromancer I am hesitant to replace Flame Jab with Molten Vortex. At least at the moment that seems like the logical thing to move out to try the new diet Assault. Maybe one of each? I think this is more a matter of what works best for me, but I figured I would put it out there.
4x Basking Rootwalla
4x Hollow One
3x Honored Hydra
4x Noose Constrictor
2x Wonder
4x Careful Study
4x Circular Logic
3x Daze
1x Deep Analysis
3x Drake Haven
1x Memory's Journey
Edit: while talking with some friends about the start of this, one informed me of the obviously overlooked use of Arrogant Wurm. I may work things around to include this card.
I recently went looking for low budget decks and found a list for U/G Madness. It didn't look terrible with the recommended lands making the bulk of the advertised price. Before I hit the budget forum, I wanted to see what the people who actually play this format think. I tried to find any previous threads on this deck strategy and the most recent was four years old...
Speaking of over costed win moar cards, I was watching some deck techs on As Foretold/Living End decks and started wondering what would be good, or fun sideboard cards for that match. I came to the conclusion that it would be hilarious to run a couple Borborygmos Enraged to ride the coattails of their Living End. Totally not a great strategy, but I figured I would share this comical strategy.
Magmatic Insight is a card I've had a few feel bad moments with. More often than not, I have the land to pitch but in some cases I end up pitching it to Faithless Looting. I'm considering swapping them out for Tormenting Voice and/or Cathartic Reunion.
1x Cinder Glade
2x Copperline Gorge
4x Forest
2x Ghost Quarter
6x Mountain
1x Raging Ravine
1x Sheltered Thicket
1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
2x Stomping Ground
1x Treetop Village
1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
2x Wooded Foothills
3x Countryside Crusher
4x Flinthoof Boar
2x Ghor-Clan Rampager
2x Scavenging Ooze
4x Young Pyromancer
Sorcery (12)
4x Faithless Looting
1x Flame Jab
4x Life from the Loam
3x Magmatic Insight
Enchantment (5)
2x Molten Vortex
3x Seismic Assault
colt47: I have been on the fences with a lot of those. Shell-dweller or OG Thallid, Contagion Clasp or Necrogenesis and Mycoloth or Sporoloth Ancient. I may have some join the sideboard and I may have to test others.
4x Deathspore Thallid
2x Mycoloth
1x Psychotrope Thallid
3x Sporesower Thallid
4x Thallid
3x Thelon of Havenwood
3x Vitaspore Thallid
3x Winding Constrictor
4x Sandsteppe Citadel
8x Swamp
4x Fists of Ironwood
2x Necrogenesis
2x Putrefy
3x Duress
I'm pretty much hammering out a super low budget deck to take to FNM. I wanted something different for Modern but familiar to me. I played Thallids back during Time Spiral standard so I looked into it. I don't have a sideboard together yet but i figure Mycologist for burn and Vizier of Remedies in place of the Winding Constrictor against infect. I know Boggles is big around here so maybe Smallpox?
Suggestions welcome. Thank you
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/budget-modern-fungus/
Sideboard
2x Ancient Grudge
1x Crumble to Dust
1x Glaring Spotlight
2x Golgari Brownscale
2x Naturalize
1x Obstinate Baloth
1x Pithing Needle
2x Pyroclasm
2x Ratchet Bomb
1x Tormod's Crypt
So I'm still working out a sideboard using what I own. The local meta seems to have Tron, Bogles, Bant Eldrazi, 8rack, Merfolk, Infect, Naya Burn, Scapeshift and Lantern Control. I know artifact/enchantment removal would benefit both againat some strategies and their likely sideboard options for me. The rest is just having options against different deck strengths and general good ideas. I know it's not perfect... but I'm hoping that It'll test well. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thank you.
2x Copperline Gorge
4x Forest
1x Game Trail
2x Ghost Quarter
6x Mountain
1x Raging Ravine
2x Rootbound Crag
1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
2x Stomping Ground
1x Treetop Village
2x Wooded Foothills
4x Flinthoof Boar
2x Ghor-Clan Rampager
2x Scavenging Ooze
4x Young Pyromancer
4x Lightning Bolt
4x Faithless Looting
1x Flame Jab
4x Life from the Loam
3x Magmatic Insight
3x Seismic Assault
So I've been off and on building a budget Red/Green Loam for a while. I know it's not perfect, and I'll accept any suggestions. I've been debating on taking Young Pyromancer and Magmatic Insight out for Crawling Sensation and Vessel of Nascency but I haven't been able to test to see if it would be worth it.
I am also looking for sideboard advice on a budget. I know the local meta has Tron, Infect, 8rack, Naya Burn and Merfolk as regular attendees. Edit: a coworker of mine said he's faced Lantern Control and Bant Eldrazi at the LGS too. They only recently startrd holding Modern again so it's going to be my first time playing the format in a competitive setting.
Thank you in advance.
I'm working on building a super budget version of this deck ($30 or less minus basics). I'm going over big draw cards and I am wondering which sounds like the better option... because I can't decide. Ideas Unbound which has the double blue draw back but waits until EoT for discard or Cathartic Reunion which is less color intensive but forces the discard immediately.
Any thoughts? Other suggestions for this slot?
I was iffy with Wasteland Strangler so I will likely cut it for some Flayer Drones. Bomat Courier is neat, I honestly didn't look too hard through Kaladesh for ideas. I like that.
Witness the End was my filler for Thought-Knot Seer while I am working the list out. It's the first place I would start trimming for space. I'll try out some the Smuggler's Copter and Scrapheap Scroungers and see if they work for me. Thank you!
4x Corrupted Crossroads
4x Crumbling Vestige
2x Mountain
2x Ruins of Oran-Rief
1x Sea Gate Wreckage
4x Swamp
1x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
1x Warped Landscape
3x Dominator Drone
3x Dust Stalker
4x Endless One
3x Forerunner of Slaughter
4x Reaver Drone
3x Vile Aggregate
3x Wasteland Strangler
2x Warping Wail
2x Witness the End
4x Ghostfire Blade
Hello, I don't post on mtgsalvation very often but I wanted to share this and get some input. With Frontier becoming a growing casual format I wanted to build something that I didn't need to invest a lot into right away and wouldn't likely require too much to improve on in the future.
I chose B/R Eldrazi because it was a deck style I wanted to build anyway. The deck really doesn't need fetches though they wouldn't hurt either. I plan to up grade with Thought-Knot Seer and maybe Reality Smasher when I have more free money...
Any suggestions, critique or comments welcome. Thank you!
I'll have to come back around with a list to show you guys (tis late when I remembered to check here). Given that my local store hasn't held modern in a while I'm not sure what the current meta environment looks like so I'm struggling on what to do for a sideboard...
Oh! I didn't think of Ghor-Clan Rampager. Funny enough when I first set out to build this I was thinking of running Wild Hunger for a similar effect, thought the Rampager is better since they won't see it coming, can't be countered in the conventional way, and could be a dude on the field if I really need one. I will experiment with that. Thank you!
Thoughts: Since I am running Young Pyromancer I am hesitant to replace Flame Jab with Molten Vortex. At least at the moment that seems like the logical thing to move out to try the new diet Assault. Maybe one of each? I think this is more a matter of what works best for me, but I figured I would put it out there.