How to win in a timely manner with Aluren + Acererak on MTGO YouTube video by einstein9998

also a little bit about Acererak technique on MTGO:

youtu.be/J9M4qUddQ4g?...

Probably going to do some streaming later this week

Legacy Showcase Qualifier Replays YouTube video by einstein9998

Showcase replays with commentary is up!

youtu.be/8wHgTS_YrL4?...

soon indeed
@deinonychus9.bsky.social @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be

Also, Omni is easier to interact with compared to Atraxa because of Disenchant effects and Trinisphere

That being said, Omni is the most powerful thing to do when it works, and Emrakul is a good way to beat certain hate pieces like Doorkeeper Thrull, so it's definitely not out of the question

Speaker having to discard a card turns out to be pretty bad a lot of the time, and Emrakul gets a lot worse with less Speaker and less Omni

If you're putting in Omni off of Show and Tell you generally need to have more cards so it works well not as often

I will definitely be recording some commentary over my replays for the event, and maybe will also write a primer

Tron ✅❌✅
Oops ❌✅✅
UB ✅❌❌
Mardu ❌✅✅
BW Taxes ✅✅

5th after swiss

Oops ❌✅✅
Lands ✅❌✅
UB rematch ✅✅

Won the Legacy Showcase Qualifier to q for PT Amsterdam and the MOCS!

Played AlurenTell (best deck?! who knows)

Saw @paradoxengineer.bsky.social yesterday and he gave me the power

I like third Carpet

Unable to Scream is probably unecessary

It's possible you still want Harbinger just for Lands

Emrakul has felt better and I've been boarding it out less

Other cards to consider are 3rd Consign, Eternal Witness, second Blue Blast, Mistrise

Matchups:

UB Mid ✅✅
BW Taxes ✅✅
UW Phelia ✅✅
AlurenTell ✅✅
UB Mid ❌❌
Storm ❌✅✅
Doomsday ❌✅❌

6th after swiss

Esper Vial ✅✅
Doomsday ❌❌

1 Forest 1 Prismatic Vista 4 Force of Will 1 City of Traitors 4 Misty Rainforest 2 Lotus Petal 2 Hedge Maze 4 Ponder 4 Aluren 2 Island 2 Tropical Island 3 Atraxa, Grand Unifier 1 Polluted Delta 4 Ancient Tomb 4 Brainstorm 4 Stock Up 2 Veil of Summer 4 Show and Tell 4 Omniscience 1 Boseiju, Who Endures 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 1 Acererak the Archlich 4 Formidable Speaker 3 Carpet of Flowers 1 Defense Grid 1 Blue Elemental Blast 2 Consign to Memory 1 Flusterstorm 2 Grafdigger's Cage 2 Force of Vigor 1 Unable to Scream 2 Veil of Summer

Top 4 Legacy Challenge with AlurenTell

Same main deck as showcase, side is -1 Lantern -1 Harbinger +1 Unable to Scream +1 Carpet

Some thoughts:
- 4 Omni feels way better than 1 or 0
- I boarded out Emrakul a lot but I think it's good to have
- Least used cards in the SB were Harbinger and Soul-Guide
- Basics should probably be snow because Coatl exists but it really doesn't matter

Matchups:

BUG Beans ❌✅✅
UB Mid ✅❌✅
Patchwork Affinity ✅✅
BUG Cub ✅✅
Cradle ✅✅
Sneak and Show ✅✅
Mono W Taxes ❌❌
RW Energy ❌❌
Colorless Painter ✅❌✅

RW Energy ✅✅
UB Reanimator ✅✅
Mono W Taxes ❌❌

1 Forest 1 Prismatic Vista 4 Force of Will 1 City of Traitors 4 Misty Rainforest 2 Lotus Petal 2 Hedge Maze 4 Ponder 4 Aluren 2 Island 2 Tropical Island 3 Atraxa, Grand Unifier 1 Polluted Delta 4 Ancient Tomb 4 Brainstorm 4 Stock Up 2 Veil of Summer 4 Show and Tell 4 Omniscience 1 Boseiju, Who Endures 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 1 Acererak the Archlich 4 Formidable Speaker 2 Carpet of Flowers 1 Defense Grid 1 Blue Elemental Blast 2 Consign to Memory 1 Flusterstorm 2 Grafdigger's Cage 2 Force of Vigor 1 Soul-Guide Lantern 1 Harbinger of the Seas 2 Veil of Summer

2nd place in the Legacy Showcase Challenge with AlurenTell

18-6 with this list from Francesco Pallotta www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7621310...

I clicked through it 4 times I think in this event

I was a little concerned that round 1 my opponent would go guide-guide or something and gain a bunch of life

if you're comboing with Omni you eventually draw into Aluren which makes it faster

Matchups:

RW Cats ✅✅
Patchwork Affinity ✅✅
UB Mid ❌❌
4c Beans ✅✅
Red Stompy ✅✅
UB Mid ✅✅

5th after swiss

Sneak and Show ❌✅❌

1 Forest 1 Prismatic Vista 4 Force of Will 1 City of Traitors 4 Misty Rainforest 2 Lotus Petal 2 Hedge Maze 4 Ponder 4 Aluren 2 Island 2 Tropical Island 3 Atraxa, Grand Unifier 1 Polluted Delta 4 Ancient Tomb 4 Brainstorm 4 Stock Up 2 Veil of Summer 4 Show and Tell 4 Omniscience 1 Boseiju, Who Endures 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 1 Acererak the Archlich 4 Formidable Speaker 2 Carpet of Flowers 1 Defense Grid 1 Blue Elemental Blast 2 Consign to Memory 1 Flusterstorm 2 Grafdigger's Cage 2 Force of Vigor 1 Soul-Guide Lantern 1 Harbinger of the Seas 2 Veil of Summer

Top 8 Legacy Challenge with AlurenTell

got enough QPs for Sunday and going to run this back

WE HAVE A WINNER! @nathansteuer.bsky.social takes the playmat, trophy, and the cash! This man went from commentary last year to rolling up to The Classic, qualifying, then winning The Invitational. So next year show up for The Classic even if you haven't qualified, cause you might take the gold.

Think I played pretty well this weekend, though definitely could have played better

Sideboard plan for Reanimator might not quite be good enough

Matchups:

BYE
UR Delver ✅❌❌
UB Reanimator ❌✅❌

UB Reanimator ❌❌
Breakfast ❌❌
NO SHOW
BG Pox ✅✅
Mardu Energy ✅❌✅

Worse day today

1-2 dropped the Invi

3-2 for 9th in the 1k side event

Still had an awesome time - it's pretty crazy to have so many people in a room playing Legacy AND for me to know all of them at least a little

Matchups:

Mystic Forge ✅❌✅
UB Reanimator ✅✅
UB Mid ✅✅
UR Delver ❌✅✅
UB Reanimator ✅❌❌
U Painter ❌✅❌
G Post ✅✅

10th place in the @dmvlegacyleague.com Classic 5k (82 players) for $100 min cash

Same list

Deck performed quite well, I didn't find the best line in a couple of complex situations that may have cost me my losses

@einstein9998 and @RolandMTG having an epic duel with a firm handshake. Brady kept a risky hand in game 1 that knocked him down but took games 2 and 3 thanks to Surgical not hitting Nadu and burning Roland's Force of Will to get in for the win!

Pre-posting my reaction to the changes on Monday

Matchups:

Cradle Nadu ✅✅
UB Reanimator ❌✅✅
Loam Pox ✅❌✅
Eldrazi ❌✅✅
Dredge ✅✅
Jeskai Wizards ✅✅
Forge ❌❌

1st after swiss

UB Mid ❌✅❌

4 Brainstorm 2 Delighted Halfling 1 Dryad Arbor 1 Endurance 1 Flooded Strand 4 Force of Will 1 Forest 1 Genemorph Imago 4 Green Sun's Zenith 1 Hedge Maze 1 Island 1 Karakas 1 Lush Portico 4 Misty Rainforest 4 Nadu, Winged Wisdom 1 Noble Hierarch 4 Nomads en-Kor 1 Plains 4 Ponder 1 Prismatic Ending 1 Savannah 4 Swords to Plowshares 1 Sylvan Safekeeper 4 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student 2 Tropical Island 2 Tundra 4 Windswept Heath 2 Carpet of Flowers 1 Collector Ouphe 2 Consign to Memory 2 Faerie Macabre 2 Force of Negation 2 Force of Vigor 2 Hydroblast 1 Outland Liberator 1 Veil of Summer

Top 8 today's challenge with the same list

Drew well until I didn't

🤔

now if only there was a blue endurance