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    Eternal Weekend 2019 Stream Archive?

    Hey y'all, with Eternal Weekend upon us, I was looking at past weekends that my friends had played in attempting to find the archived streams on twitch or Youtube, They are no where to be found.

    Anyone know if they're reposted by someone or if they're posted by CardTitan in a weird spot?

    Any info greatly appreciated!

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    2024/11/22
    05:52 UTC

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    Friendly Reminder About Bags in Cars

    Hello fellow eternal gamers,

    Please don't leave your bag in your car. Don't be the person who has their window smashed in and their multiple thousand dollar collection stolen.

    Frog on, soldiers.

    6 Comments
    2024/11/22
    00:51 UTC

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    Predictions for Eternal Weekend US Legacy Main event

    I'm just a Legacy enthusiast and I would love to hear everyone's predictions for Eternal Weekend US Legacy Main event. Here is mine:

    • Blood Moon Stompy will be over represented. 1 in t8.

    • UB FrogReanimate will be 40% of the meta. 3 Frog Decks in t8.

    • Nadu will be the 2nd highest represented.

    • Painter will make t8 as well.

    • 2 High profile content creators will make t8

    What is yours?

    55 Comments
    2024/11/21
    23:53 UTC

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    Flubs the Fool Prison vs Selesnya Maverick at Bifrost Games in NYC.

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    2024/11/21
    18:26 UTC

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    Introducing the Match-up Matrix just in time for ETERNAL WEEKEND

    Zac and Phil provide an in-depth analysis of the upcoming Eternal Weekend, focusing on the top matchups.

    6 Comments
    2024/11/20
    13:01 UTC

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    Vanilla Creatures

    How good would a vanilla creature have to be to see real play in legacy?

    3 mana 7/7? 2 mana 6/6? 1 mana 4/4?

    I'd love to hear thoughts and ideas!

    35 Comments
    2024/11/20
    08:39 UTC

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    People who have quit this terrible format

    For you, what bans or unbans or combinations thereof would rekindle your interest in Legacy?

    For me personally, I'd need to see Frog, some part of the Reanimator shell, Fleshraker, Nadu, the One Ring and Vexing Bauble on the banned list before I give the format any hope of improving. But my interest would be piqued by a Survival unban also.

    14 Comments
    2024/11/20
    08:03 UTC

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    Naya Depths content!! Casting Minsc and Boo with the hepl of OPs Blood Moon!

    0 Comments
    2024/11/19
    22:55 UTC

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    MIND-BLOWING RUN! 🀯 The Ultimate Dredge Deck | 3rd place!

    1 Comment
    2024/11/19
    19:26 UTC

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    A petition urging WoTC to please stop releasing Straight to Legacy sets…

    If you disagree, thats totally cool.

    If you agree, please consider signing the below linked petition. I know its futile, but imo, it feels better to try and fail than not trying at all.

    https://chng.it/5ccwxjpH4N

    Thank you.

    9 Comments
    2024/11/19
    19:02 UTC

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    How to CRUSH Frog decks! 5-0 trophy league after facing 4 Frog decks in a row!

    2 Comments
    2024/11/19
    18:51 UTC

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    POSTING UP WITH JEWEL! Yorion, Sky Nomad + Coveted Jewel β€” MTG Legacy Combo | Magic: The Gathering

    4 Comments
    2024/11/19
    15:50 UTC

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    Any big Legacy tournaments in spain winter 24/25?

    I'm planning on traveling to Spain this winter and just wanted to check which cities have an active legacy community and if anyone knows any bigger planned events?

    1 Comment
    2024/11/18
    23:35 UTC

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    Places to play in NYC/North NJ area?

    Hi, I’m new to legacy. I live around the area in the title and I want to find a place that is proxy friendly because I am broke, lol. Is that possible or will I just have to make my own group?

    6 Comments
    2024/11/18
    20:36 UTC

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    Questions over questions…

    Hey there, sorry for my maybe noobie questions but we need clearness. (And my grammar may also not be too good cause im nit a foreign speaker…)

    Sooo a friend of mine and myself like playing the advanced preconstructed decks from the past (<1998)

    Situation 1: Player A with migraine-deck have in play: -megrim (causes live-loss when enemy discards) -anvil if bogardan (drawing 2 cards - discarding 1)

    Player B with The Plague-deck in play: -voice of grace (prot. from black) Enchanted with pariah (damage to player b redirected to enchanted creature)

    My guess: player B is invincible as long as he doesnt run out of cards OR/AND the enchantment is destroyed because voice of grace has protection from black and megrim is the color black -> so the source cant damage the creature.

    Situation 2: Player A has in play: Like before….

    Player B has in play: -worship

    My guess: player b is invincible as long as worship is in play and he has a creature of course OR he runs out of cards.

    Situation 3: Player A has in play: Like before…. Not important in this scenario

    Player B has in play: -pestilence (damages everything when you pay mana, black card) -voice of grace (prot. from black)

    My guess: when player b activates pestilence he is damaged by the card itself, as well as everything else, except the voice of grace card.

    Maybe you can help us :) Thanks in advance ;)

    2 Comments
    2024/11/18
    20:27 UTC

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    Land of the DREDGE!

    1 Comment
    2024/11/18
    17:07 UTC

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    Sneak and Show is Good Again! | Legacy Showcase Challenge | MTGO | Maxtortion

    1 Comment
    2024/11/18
    15:19 UTC

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    WE PLAY STORM IN THIS HOUSE! Bolas's Citadel + Veil of Summer β€” MTG Legacy | Magic: The Gathering

    0 Comments
    2024/11/18
    14:50 UTC

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    What happened to the Eternal formats?

    I just feel like they've gotten so much worse over time. You can point specifically in both

    Modern: twin and pod

    Legacy: top and deathrite

    Why is it after these bands both of the formats became shit shows? Yeah there's still "diversity" but instead of different interactive decks with the occasional storm, reanimator, sneak and show, combo

    Now the top of the fields are both oppressive garbage.

    Imagine if you told a magic players in 2014 that belcher and doomsday are going to be tier1 decks

    11 Comments
    2024/11/18
    14:00 UTC

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    Mono Black Vampire Pox - Legacy

    Decklist Link: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6761976#paper

    I wanted to try another take of mine into the Leagues with Mono Black Pox and with the release of Foundations, there was Bloodthirsty Conquerer that caught my eye, this is because I wanted a card I could use with Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord, that can also potentially run away with games, I didn’t want to do it with Vein Ripper because there’s a big difference between 5 and 6 mana in Legacy. The 5 mana is realistically castable with 4 Rituals, 2 Ancient Tomb, and 27 Lands, you cannot depend on Sorin all the time for cheating him into play.

    There has been a few Pox players trying to break Ancient Tomb into Pox, the Karn’s alone from my experience were not enough as you hindered Pox’s grind game which is what it’s suppose to be good at while also not having enough pay offs for Ancient Tomb to be that good. In this list it felt a lot better, the Ancient Tombs led to the occasional turn two Sorin or the creatures from my sideboard and saga that go well with it too. Unlike the usual Karn Pox deck where Ancient Tomb didn’t feel good in, this one it was better because it has more free wins to utilize off it so the life loss doesn’t matter.

    There has been 9-5ers with $75k and up yearly salaries and people of all other financial statuses asking me what I felt about Bloodghast and I think the card is bad as a stand-alone card given modern day power creep, but when you use it with cards like Sorin it becomes much better and keeps my Vampire count reasonable for the 4 Sorins because you can also count the Mutavaults as Vampires.

    There is likely a better version of this deck that doesn’t use Smallpox, but Smallpox at least has synergy here. This deck is early in testing so it’s too soon to know if this qualifies as a real variant of Pox. There is certainly some weaknesses as in Sorin is so nothing with no creatures and that I had to sacrifice some of Pox’s removal and discard to fit everything in.

    Another interesting option would be to cut the two Karns for two one rings, but I don’t have those on MTGO, you can utilize all that card draw to piece together the Sorin combo more effectively if you do not win the first time off it.

    1 Comment
    2024/11/18
    04:52 UTC

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    Eternal weekend playmat availability

    I'm looking to get the playmat for my son and get it signed. He just got into the game and legacy so I don't think doing the full event would be a good idea for him this year. He is a huge fan of the frog so I want to get one for him and get it signed.

    Do you have to enter the main event to get the playmat or can you buy one on site?

    11 Comments
    2024/11/17
    14:58 UTC

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    Want to CRUSH Eternal Weekend in Prague? | Episode 86 - Our Secret Weapons for Eternal Weekend!

    The countdown to Eternal Weekend in Prague is on! Join Philipp, Daniel, and Peter as they reveal their deck choices and top strategies to take on the Legacy format’s toughest competitors.

    πŸ†πŸ’₯ Whether it’s Oops All Spells, Mono Red Stompy, or Blue Black Tempo, each deck choice brings its own unique strengths to the tournament. Hear their insights on adapting to the metagame, refining deck lists, and mental preparation as they gear up for an epic showdown!

    πŸ”— Listen to Episode 86 - "Our Secret Weapons for Eternal Weekend" and join the excitement!

    πŸŽ₯ https://youtu.be/gi8S-tft1pg

    🎧 https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/in-response/episodes/Episode-86---Our-Secret-Weapons-for-Eternal-Weekend-e2quj72

    Your hosts

    Daniel, Peter and Philipp

    1 Comment
    2024/11/16
    09:29 UTC

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    Legacy Wheel Stompy | Wheelin' and Dealin'

    New video of some wheel stompy in legacy. Seeing if MH3 gave the deck enough new tools to be competitive in the new meta. Is stripping our opponents of cards and locking them out of the game a viable strategy in the current meta? Watch and find out!

    Video is a bit off schedule as the next few might be due to my work schedule this month. As always thanks for watching and for any feed back

    Legacy Wheel Stompy

    0 Comments
    2024/11/15
    23:23 UTC

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    BuRn iS a CoMbO dEcK! Boltwave β€” The NEW Burn Spell

    2 Comments
    2024/11/15
    17:03 UTC

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    EP. 137 β€” Final Eternal Weekend Prep! | The Eternal Glory Podcast

    1 Comment
    2024/11/15
    14:09 UTC

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    Foundations heralds a bright future for legacy

    Zac and Phil delve into the latest Magic: The Gathering set, Foundations. They discuss the new cards like Kaito and Sphinx of Forgotten Lore, and the impact of Orcish Bowmasters on the current meta.

    0 Comments
    2024/11/15
    13:03 UTC

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    Playing What You Know In a Wide Meta | Legacy Punishing Maverick

    0 Comments
    2024/11/14
    19:07 UTC

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