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UUD, Attack with Porcelain Legionnnaire. Responses/blocks?

I mentioned three main Survival archetypes in early Legacy, but it's been so long that I forgot: there was one more! Red/Green Survival Advantage was a much more straightforward approach than these other decks. RGSA, as it was sometimes known, played like an aggro-control deck, with SofT...

And there she is! Liliana of the Veil: Yep, this set is now officially bonkers. Magma Jet: By the standards of Modern, this is not a bad burn spell. Burning-Tree Emissary: Not bad. Past in Flames: Don't think this one really needed a reprint, but it is a very, very powerful card. Falkenrath...

In my "Combo Breakfast" article, which just might be my favorite CPA article that I ever wrote, I talked about Full English Breakfast. I'll just copy and paste that, because I'm lazy efficient... Of course, by the time the deck made its way to Legacy, the toolbox had evolved. Anger was there...

And here are some more... Stony Silence: Good. Would have been nice in Standard right now, though. :p Abyssal Specter: I get that Hypnotic Specter isn't in Modern, but that doesn't mean the bad version of it is a good card to reprint. Linvala, Keeper of Silence: Very nice. Phantasmal Image: A...

Yeah, Counterspell.

UUD, Dread Statuary, done. Spiderman: 18 Poison: 0 Hand: 4 Library: 49 Battlefield: (U,U,U,U) Forest x4 (U) Viridian Corrupter (2/2; Infect; When ~ ETB, destroy target artifact) (U) Insect creature token (1/1; Infect.) Graveyard: Mutagenic Growth, Carrion Call Exile...

I've already mentioned ATS, the frontrunner in the early days of Legacy. Another strong Survival deck from the same era was Welder Survival. Goblin Welder should probably get its own thread in this series: it was once arguably the most well-regarded creature in all of Magic, a superstar in...

And here are some more... Deadeye Navigator: Yes! Great Whale's best friend. Bonfire of the Damned: Good. Could use a reprint. Might of Old Krosa: Sure. This is a good card for an uncommon slot. Grafdigger's Cage: Good. We could use more of these too. Temporal Mastery: Ha! The most...

Gogo War of Attrition topdeck... ...but again, not until I get home.

Before the messy brokenness of CPA Tribal Game #14 (oops), there was CPA Tribal Game #13. And while I'm biased in having won in the end, I think it was one of the coolest games I've seen here (some of the ones that I lost were pretty great too). I noticed that spirits were available as a tribe...

And here's some more... Wooly Thoctar: More random Alara Block stuff. Seems fine. Rhox War Monk: Actually a very solid card in the right deck. Sprouting Thrinax: Yep, Jund 'em out. Tower Gargoyle: Never really used this one. But they can't leave Esper out and it fits with the others...

Porcelain Legionnaire, equip Bonehoard to it, done. Spiderman: 18 Poison: 0 Hand: 3 Library: 50 Battlefield: (U,U,U,U) Forest x4 (U) Viridian Corrupter (2/2; Infect; When ~ ETB, destroy target artifact) (U) Insect (1/1; Infect.) Graveyard: Mutagenic Growth, Carrion Call Exile...

More spoilers coming in... Terminate: Yep, it fits with the multicolor theme. Should have seen that coming. Primal Command: Hm, never used it myself. Doesn't seem that impressive. Harmonize: Eats an uncommon slot for draft-balancing crap. Oh well. Molten Rain: Not bad. Thragtusk: Good. Venser...

One insect dies and Stoneforge Mystic dies, barring further responses...

It resolves.

Here's the Tolarian Community College video that spoiled Goblin Guide. He always does the best videos for card spoilers.

Vanish Into Memory? The worst "you make the card" result ever? Modern isn't a format that I know very well, but this thing seems like it wouldn't be playable in Modern even if the last sentence of its rules text were excised. Huh. So far, it's been mostly great rares and dud uncommons.

Made it home! Let's see... UUD, Attack with Stoneforge Mystic, responses? Spiderman: 18 17? Poison: 0 Hand: 4 Library: 50 Battlefield: (U,U,U,U) Forest x4 (T) Viridian Corrupter (2/2; Infect; When ~ ETB, destroy target artifact) Graveyard: Mutagenic Growth Exile...

While it's not practical for competitive play, a fun creature to use with Pandemonium is Saber Ants. Give those things some form of regeneration or make them indestructible for large-scale token generation. Or just cast a really big creature, hit the Ants with it, then hit your opponent's stuff...