AZMagicPlayers Legacy States Side Event Wrap-Up

“Legacy is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re gonna get.” – Forrest Gump

Okay, so Tom Hanks may have never said that in the movie, but it certainly rang true this past weekend. At the TCGPlayer.com State Championships this past weekend at Desert Sky Games, sixteen players (including yours truly) eschewed the State Championships in favor of the Legacy side event. Realistically though, many of the players probably 0-2 dropped the State Championships before signing up for the Legacy event, which began at 3pm. Hosted by this very website, first place would receive a shiny new Force of Will, and door prizes would be awarded to players based on attendance.

Of the sixteen players, sixteen different archetypes were represented in the event, though I guess you could say it was fifteen if you decided to lump Manaless Dredge and Dredge together as one archetype. Of course however, that’s like saying Kiki-Pod and Melira Pod are the same decks. It was a mix of the proven archetypes such as Shardless BUG and RUG Delver to the up-and-coming archetypes such as the Oozing (the Tin Fins-like combo deck that kills with Necrotic Ooze, Triskelion, and Phyrexian Devourer).

In the end, Leon Kornacki took home the Force of Will, defeating James Hansen in the finals. The very apt analogy of David vs. Goliath works pretty well here, as Leon’s Walking Dead had to overcome the Goliath that is James’s Emrakul and Griselbrand.

How did I do? Well, after prompting 0-2ing the States tournament with a Naya Aggro deck that could almost never cast its creatures due to the mana, I decided to play a Legacy deck that wins by doing exactly that: Monored Sneak Attack.

Creatures (14)
4 Griselbrand
4 Worldspine Wurm
3 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
3 Inferno Titan

Spells (28)
4 Sneak Attack
3 Through the Breach
4 Sensei’s Divining Top
4 Trinisphere
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Seething Song
2 Koth of the Hammer
1 Pyromancy
1 Magma Jet
1 Lotus Petal

Lands (18)
4 Sandstone Needle
4 Bloodstained Mire
8 Mountain
2 City of Traitors

Sideboard (15)
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
3 Defense Grid
3 Pyroblast
3 Blood Moon
2 Volcanic Fallout
1 Pyroclasm

Have you ever attacked with Worldspine Wurm? Actually, let me rephrase that.

Have you ever died with two Worldsphine Wurm, a Griselbrand, and Emrakul in your hand?

This deck is just a blast to play. Whether you manage to tear up the Aeons on turn two, draw a bazillion cards with Griselbrand and put every single creature from your deck into play in one turn, or just die with giant uncastables in your hand, you know you’re gonna have a good time.

Sometimes this deck leads to situations like this:

And this: