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Legacy is picking up here, and I can actually afford this deck, so why not? All for good fun, and I love pox <3 All suggestions are welcome!
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Really glad to hear your area is getting into legacy man. I'll be sure to give this a good look over, but I'm all too busy as of late
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It's so nice <3 I think in Legacy I'm going to make mono black my pet archetype. Whether it be aggro, Pox, or even a stax list that you KNOW I'm going to wind up making (I love MUD too much to not do it), I just love mono black in Legacy. Plus, this deck is relatively cheap compared to a lot of others, and once I have wastelands, I have 'em for good. And sounds good, buddy. I miss being able to talk Legacy on the vault :'(
I just one to say one thing about running mono in Legacy (though I shouldn't have to) - Beware Iona. I know (in my club at least) that she's mainboard in reanimator, and at least sideboard in at least 3 other deck types (including Dredge). I run my elf deck in Legacy and Iona's the main (but not only) reason I now splash black for off colour kill :/
Reanimator is actually a pretty solid matchup for pox, I believe. A lot of people fall under the impression that pox is a hand disruption deck, when that's not really the case at all. Yes, it can hit your hand pretty hand, but it's mainly your lands it focuses on. With 4 sinkhole, 4 smallpox, and 4 wasteland, reanimator had better hope to not only survive my hand disruption, but my land destruction as well. Yeah, a resolved Iona is a problem, but if I resolve a liliana, I'm in really good shape. :) Plus, in Legacy now it seems as though reanimator has kind fallen into the background. D':
Personally I wouldn't run more than 2 Tombs, and Iona can hit the field turn 1 in some decks.
You need 4 tombs for the colorless sources to work. And yeah, Iona can hit t1 in some decks, but mono black reanimator is actually a lot weaker than regular ole U/B. I'm not too too worried about reanimator.
Mono-black reanimator is only slightly faster than B/U. The thing is, mono-black lacks the stability and versatility to stay competitive in legacy. Yes, a turn one Iona is devistating to a mono deck, but its pretty damn rare. If you look at the statistics, it's almost impossible for that play to work twice in three matches...which is essentially what has to happen for mono-black reanimator to take on Pox or Smallpox. Almost no other deck in any format carries as much mana burden as reanimator, and Pox/Smallpox wins games by introducing mana burden and mana denial at the same time. Against that, reanimator will slow to a crawl (it has a better chance with some blue support, but still). Alright, that's my two cents for now. I'll add more later =]
Lol, had scroll rack, meant to have cursed scroll. ~
Alright, here we go... I've never been a fan of cursed scroll to be honest. If I were you, I'd swap them out for something else. Possibly expand you tech suite (bob perhaps?). I also cringe at dark rituals. As an Extractor, I see dark rituals almost exclusively as a source of mana burden. If you're going to use them, I would only use two at most. Finally, why nether spirit over bloodghast?
I adore cursed scroll- it's actually probably the most useful card in the deck. A lot of the time, you find yourself with no cards in hand, and paying 3 mana to shock your opponent each turn, while having no cards in hand, is actually incredibly effective. That card's pretty much the win con of the deck that can't get path'ed. Dark rituals just allow for crazy turn 1 starts, and also help out if a smallpox has left you a bit behind. I might try playing around with Chrome mox, but sometimes a t1 liliana or a t1 inquisition into a Hymn can just stone wall them. Plus, as weak of an argument as this is, in a deck with Liliana is often times found in a board state, it's not bad having cards you don't mind discarding as the game goes on. Andddddd, nether spirit over bloodghast because with Maverick so rampant, having a blocker is a luxury. :')
Eh, I guess scroll is a matter of preference. I do know some people swear by it, I just never liked it. Same goes for rituals I guess...just the Extractor in me seeing mana burden. I still don't think a full playlet is needed though. Yes, a turn one liliana or hymnseize is a crippling middle finger to the opponent, but the burden a playset can induce irritates me :P Maverick hasn't been such an issue in my area, only one or two dudes that run it...and one of those dudes can't play for crap haha. Makes sense to use nether as a meta adaptation though.