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Matt Chow
Registrace 15. 05. 2017
I'm a mid-tier Magic the Gathering Legacy player who loves data and spreadsheets.
Legacy Challenge Top 8 with Dimir Rescaminator
I made top 8 of the Legacy Challenge 64 on July 21st, join me as I recap the event and discuss the deck and matchups.
Decklist: www.moxfield.com/decks/DRPXgrcQwUy-Y-17b4IiDQ
There was also a Legacy 3K I played on the 20th at Enter the Battlefield in Newmarket Ontario, they put on a great event in partnership with Legacy of the North and the event was streamed by
@LazyMTG www.youtube.com/@LazyMTG/ enterthebattlefield.ca
Coverage VOD: www.twitch.tv/videos/2202783305
My friend Evan founded SpiceRack.GG the tournament software that the tournament was run using, it was my first event with the app and I was really impressed with how smooth it was.
www.spicerack.gg/events
If you're a Legacy player in Southern Ontario, check out the Legacy of the North Facebook group to find local Legacy events.
Decklist: www.moxfield.com/decks/DRPXgrcQwUy-Y-17b4IiDQ
There was also a Legacy 3K I played on the 20th at Enter the Battlefield in Newmarket Ontario, they put on a great event in partnership with Legacy of the North and the event was streamed by
@LazyMTG www.youtube.com/@LazyMTG/ enterthebattlefield.ca
Coverage VOD: www.twitch.tv/videos/2202783305
My friend Evan founded SpiceRack.GG the tournament software that the tournament was run using, it was my first event with the app and I was really impressed with how smooth it was.
www.spicerack.gg/events
If you're a Legacy player in Southern Ontario, check out the Legacy of the North Facebook group to find local Legacy events.
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The State of Legacy with Modern Horizons 3 | The Metagame and New Decks
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The State of Legacy with Modern Horizons 3 | The Metagame and New Decks
Mind's Desire Tendrils Storm - Matt Plays Magic
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This is the worst storm deck I've ever played but it's super fun. Join me for a league with this brew including Mind's Desire, Dark Petition, Force of Will, and Orcish Bowmasters. Decklist: www.moxfield.com/decks/bhnd_yV6CEqtI9uYZMPfEg Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Deck Tech 5:15 Round 1 Vs Gruul Slickshot Prowess 22:22 Round 2 Vs BalenciagaNBoba on Jeskai Stoneblade 33:34 Round 3 Vs Sultai Beans ...
Esper Stoneblade - Matt Plays Magic
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Join me for a Legacy League with Esper Stoneblade featuring Samwise, the Stouthearted. Decklist can be found here www.moxfield.com/decks/qv6Us_mu7EKb88eGWDy1nA 0:00 Intro and Deck Tech 9:17 Round 1 Vs Moon Stompy 25:55 Round 2 Vs Orzhov Scam 40:18 Round 3 Vs Death and Taxes (I added additional commentary to this match afterwards) 1:03:10 Round 4 Vs Sultai Beans 1:20:41 Round 5 Vs Temur Rhinos 1...
Sol Lands in Legacy
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Want a 15 min overview of Sol Lands? This is the place to start. 0:00 Intro 0:03 What are Sol Lands? 1:01 Why are Sol Lands Good? 3:12 How Sol Land Decks are Constructed 4:34 The Sol Land Mana-Curve 6:07 High Risk = High Reward 7:56 Sol Land Decks in the Metagame 11:05 Brewing with Sol Lands 12:02 Playing with Sol Lands 13:43 Who should Play Sol Lands? 14:23 Conclusion/Recap
Matt Plays Magic - Legacy Grixis Delver
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Join me for a league with Grixis Delver after I was thinking about Grixis vs Temur Delver and their results. 0:00 Intro 5:45 Round 1 vs Yorion Cephalid Breakfast 20:13 Round 2 vs Boros Initiative 32:03 Round 3 vs Turbo Goblins 46:13 Round 4 vs Nevilshute on Doomsday 54:11 Round 5 vs Moon Stompy 1:04:35 Recap and Thoughts Nevilshute/Martin_Nielsen Doomsday Stifle/Bowmasters League czcams.com/vid...
The Fall of Sticker Goblin - Legacy BnR Update May 13th 2024
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The May 13th Banned and Restricted Announcement dropped. I've got some thoughts. magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/may-13-2024-banned-and-restricted-announcement
Last Month in Legacy - April with Outlaws of Thunder Junction
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Let’s look at the Legacy Metagame after OTJ came out! 0:00 Intro 0:23 League 5-0s 1:46 Ruby Storm 2:43 Challenge Metagame 3:36 Synthesizer Affinity 6:03 Challenge Metagame Cont'd 6:30 Challenge Conversion Rates (Most Popular Decks) 7:40 Temur and Grixis Delver Comparison 11:04 Best Performing Decks 11:34 Worst Performing Decks 12:02 Preliminary Metagame and Conversion Rates 13:10 Esper Control ...
Matt Plays Magic - Is Jeskai Control Legacy Playable in 2024?!
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Join me for an MTGO Legacy League with Jeskai Control! Decklist: www.moxfield.com/decks/Uh1ImTF9hESZuBXDEgmR5g 0:00 Deck Tech 5:00 Round 1 vs Jund Counters 23:48 Round 2 vs Copy Artifact 35:27 Round 3 vs Ruby Storm 51:28 Round 4 vs Mono-Black Aggro/Scam 1:01:54 Round 5 vs Rakdos Rescaminator 1:22:01 Recap and Final Thoughts
Legacy in April 2024 - Has Rescaminator Fallen?
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I made a pretty egregious editing error when I first uploaded this so I corrected it and have re-uploaded the fixed version. Legacy Data Collection Project Discord - discord.gg/frG2n4p6e9 xjcloud Stream vod - czcams.com/video/3TuGEr7KT-s/video.htmlsi=dqACxpiKrj1Un8DD KillaBee Dream Salvage Combo - www.mtgo.com/decklist/legacy-league-2024-04-127912#deck_Killabee wambocombo2020 Dimir Saga Scam - ...
Last Month in Legacy - MTGO Metagame March - Is Dimir Rescaminator Too Good?
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Is Dimir Rescaminator too good? Has the Metagame stabilized? Sources: www.mtgo.com/decklists/2024/03?filter=Legacy www.patreon.com/legacydatacollection
Every Scam Deck in Legacy
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We explore every Grief and Reanimate Scam Deck in Legacy. If you want a full breakdown on the Scam Metagame this is the place to start. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:22 What is Scam? 02:36 Reanimator Decks 04:33 Reanimator Decklist and Discussion 13:33 Black Based Scam Decks 14:35 Mono-Black Aggro Scam 19:54 Dimir Scam Decks 21:01 Classic Dimir Scam 25:17 Scam Variations 26:49 Dimir Rescaminator 3...
Last Week in Legacy - MTGO Meta March 1st-7th
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Let’s explore the Legacy Metagame from the first week of March! I also examine a few cool decks. Sultai Scam, Jund GSZ Midrange, and Grixis Delver Scam.
Last Month in Legacy: February MTGO Results
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Hi folks! Little late this week because I got sick, hopefully my voice is ok. We're looking at the Legacy results from February on Magic Online.
Last Week in Legacy: February 15th-20th - A New Challenger Approaches and Legacy Showcase Challenge
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We have results from MTGO Leagues, Challenges, Preliminaries, and a Showcase Challenge. I cut this week short as to not mix results from pre and post Warhammer 40K. This video is unscripted because I have been working on a higher production value long-form breakdown of every Scam deck in Legacy. Please let me know if you think this trade-off was worth it.
Last Week in Legacy: Feb 8-14 MTGO Results and Meta
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Last Week in Legacy: Feb 8-14 MTGO Results and Meta
Last Week in Legacy: Feb 1st-7th Metagame and Results
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Last Week in Legacy: Feb 1st-7th Metagame and Results
Last Month in Legacy: January MTGO Results and Metagame
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Last Month in Legacy: January MTGO Results and Metagame
I Love Legacy and I love Spreadsheets - Eternal Weekends 2023
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I Love Legacy and I love Spreadsheets - Eternal Weekends 2023
glad to see freddie mercurys son is doing fine
It can’t possibly be correct to cut a grief, right?
I’m back on four now, but primarily to combat Eldrazi.
Reanimating Nadu and Nomads was a great line! Reanimate is just a really cool card in general
Oh man it was so fun 😂
anyway mate i actually was under daze... i cant pay with temple mana. I think you really tilted that game lolllz it happens :) ANYWAY GRATZ FOR THE TOP
I think I missed a spawn token which you had in play and used to pay for my daze. Either way, GGs and congrats on the finish!
Congrats on your Top 8! The 2 Dauthi main next to the Frogs was a great call. Unfortunately I made the wrong call and decided not to play Scaminator at a larger event I went to last weekend. I even had my sideboard prepared in a similar way to yours, with 2 Coffin Purge and 2 Dark Betrayal. Having those removal spells only cost 1 mana felt really important.
Dark Betrayal is 🔥🔥🔥 What did you end up playing instead?
@@Matt_Chow I played Esper Pokepile instead - the deck felt good on Friday, going 4-1 and only losing to a Moon Stompy build with 8 red blasts in the 75. That type of deck is also something that suits my personal playstyle a lot more. The main issue was really that I lost to Grixis Delver twice in the big event because I hadn't practiced the matchup at all and took the wrong approach in my games.
Grixis Delver is almost always my nemesis haha
I think one issue with Serra’s Emissary is that they will have leylines which are in play some times that you must answer, and half the time you will be reanimating it with animate dead which can easily be killed with the command or the UG kicker card. It’s a strong idea but I think the situations where it is strong and when the other two monsters are not enough is pretty narrow
Yeah I actually think you’re right, I think I was conflating pre-board and post-board games. In preboard Eldrazi is faster and more likely to have kept a 7 card hand, meaning that they can power through Reanimation if they have the battlemage to bounce it. However during post-board games they are much slower and less consistent due to mulliganing for hate, so any target is usually sufficient.
Tip for future videos: when checking replays you can open the sideboard so that you know exactly what you did in each match. Fun video, have a big paper tournament and will be jamming the best deck
Good tip! Thank you!
If u cant beat them join them...
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more of this please
Excellent analysis
got my 4 Nulldrifters and some Vexing Baubles for my Stiflenought deck. Works very well! Thx MH3 Great work dude. Also, ban Grief is the only good choice.
I never published the piece, but I went through and reviewed every MH3/M3C card prior to release and Nulldrifter was a something I was extremely wrong about. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out how to cheat it into play, fully missing the interaction with Stifle and Dress Down 😂 I’m glad you got a cool new tool for Stiflenought!
@@Matt_Chow Stifle/Dressdown/Doorkeeper Thrull. And the thing with the Thrull is, he prevents ETB, but the Nulldrifter's 2 cards are cast trigger, not ETB. So u get the cards anyway, even when countered
Great video, thanks.
Great job as always, Matt! Hope the mtgo get back to work soon so we can get that important info and you can keep this up!
Thanks and congrats!
The goat 🐐
+1 to revamp the scam guide. Cheers!
I really love these videos and always enjoy your data-based insights! Thanks a lot for another awesome video. Gonna send this to my local group as well to get some more eyes on it.
Great video!
"Nobody plays tapland really" while showing a list with two tapland 🙂
😂 you got me, that was an improvised line and I should have cut it
"Really" allows you to be 2% inaccurate.
Add qualifiers to everything, never be wrong haha
Very nicely done!
Very well made video, keep it up!
Is Nadu good enough in breakfast to play 4 copies + Step Through?
I think I’ve seen a couple lists with 1 copy of Step Through, but in general, Breakfast is a very tight 60 cards these days.
great video, thank you!
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Cool video 👍
Thanks for watching! 🤙
Wait wait wait, back up a bit, you have a friend who changed his legal name to be the same as his favourite MTG deck theme?
Matt Chow aka Best A&C Games GTA area judge
It’s been a long time haha 😂
nice, great content
oooh this is nice. what a hidden gem. good work
Thanks for watching and letting me know!
5:20 yep, I was waiting for an artifact/affinity deck to show up!
I just found your channel from this video, I love how in depth your deck techs and meta analysis is, and I love you you take time to explain exactly what you’re doing! I’m amazed that you don’t have thousands more subscribers. Cheers from a fellow Matt, looking forward to coming along for the ride!
Thanks Matt, that means a lot!
Any thoughts on why this list doesn't play surveil lands?
It’s probably worthwhile to try a Meticulous Archive in place of one of the Tundras.
Have you tested with karakas? The Samwise Karakas loop in a white based deck has been very oppressive in my experience and seems to have very little opportunity cost.
It’s a good idea that I hadn’t considered, especially because of the Sam synergy. The opportunity cost of another non-blue, non basic land might be too high though, the manabase already felt a kinda greedy.
Sam is among my favorite cards printed in recent history. There are so many cool interactions it enables. Love the vids, keep up the great work!
Thanks! I’m so glad I got to show off the Samwise loop haha
Really enjoying your content and metagame analysis Matt - keep up the great work
Thanks Douges! I really appreciate it, and am likewise always happy to see what you’re making!
Thank you so so much for this! I appreciate all the time it takes to make these, and the amount of knowledge in them. I'm truely grateful.
clean,to the point, perfect
This is good stuff. I’d put crystal vein in an intermediate bucket myself different to depletion lands, the odyssey and homelands saclands, etc. Crystal vein also stands to get progressively stronger as more busted 2 colorless three cmc threats are printed. It’s obviously not there yet but in another few years I could see them as necessities.
Matt Chow's legacy videos are a national treasure. Legacy needs it, don't stop!
The draw back being a restriction of color used to cast colored spells. With exception of affinity you could get screwed easily by having a lack of the needed color and this is even more true with multi color decks.
This is a great point that I didn’t mention!
Awesome video! I'm usually an island, ponder, keep kinda guy but you made me want to try more sol land strategies. Your metagame breakdown and the educational legacy videos are super informative. Keep it up Matt!
I’m also very much an Island Ponder player! Playing Ancient Tomb decks is such a different challenge and they are so enjoyable
sticker cards suck. It's a stupid annoying mechanic which they obviously regret. seeing a sticker card in actual table play is a huge eye roll moment
The interaction with the player trying to explain you how to use Bauble was kinda funny
I feel bad, because I assumed they were being snarky or rude. Turns out they were super nice and helpful 😂
My perspective is that the ban may pre-empt a functionally approximate version of sticker goblin releasing in the near future, possibly even within MH3. This would prevent goblins from having an 8-of of an effective combo enabler.
That’s certainly a possibility. I imagine it would have to be in one of the MH3 Commander decks as that level of fast mana is likely too much for Modern to absorb. Gavin Verhey tackled the changes in the Pauper format on Good Morning Magic and I didn’t get the sense that a new version was coming down the pipeline from the language he used to talk about it czcams.com/video/-VvdrCH0zgQ/video.htmlsi=etrKHA51Oh4BQaV8
Seething Song on a 2/2 goblin body will probably return in a future commander set.
VERY enlightening. Been pravticing legacy for a couple months, shifting gears every couple based on decklists but ive not been able to pick up on why they keep changing. Turns out, you just have lots of options for how you play. Long live reanimator decks!
The overall metagame and card choices made in top performing lists has so much depth to it, so understanding it can be difficult to grasp at a cursory glance. Something that I think gets lost in Magic discourse is how player preference and play-style can vastly impact what decks an individual can or will succeed with. Thanks for letting me know your thoughts, I’m glad you enjoyed it and found it useful!
Awesome video! Watched it yesterday night on mobile, but had to open it again on desktop today to show my appreciation. Looking forward to more.
That’s so kind of you! Thanks for taking the time to let me know!
ur so missing 2 days undoing
Send me a list, I’ll consider playing it
@@Matt_Chow dont have a list but a friend plays it as a control deck but with the chance of beating combo doing narset+days. the list would be more or less the one u played, swapping both get lost to play the days undoing. i'd probably also cut a snappy to add a surveil land or mystic sanctuary. 1-2 lorien would also be great :)
Crucible of Words Esper Control Gameplay czcams.com/video/jMW5j-qDsFw/video.htmlsi=Vldc-oe8pYVHLDNv czcams.com/video/_ClsHYvkhVw/video.htmlsi=JGsE2nKHzJ8OR_tB
Also, Love the @crucibleofwords shoutout!
Ah crap! I forgot to link his gameplay like I said I would
@@Matt_Chow you could still edit and put it in the description if you want to
Pest control is absolutely bonkers, and i would argue single handedly opened up or provided a key piece to making esper tempo and bw high tier decks. Love your content keep it up