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While I'm still talking about Legacy decks, another archetype to employ Survival of the Fittest was Madness. It came onto the scene a little later than ATS, Welder Survival, RGSA, and Full English Breakfast. Madness-based decks were probably tried from the beginning of the format, with attempted...

If you realized that it was wrong and wanted to do it anyway, then why did you ask me what I meant and then repeat it the same way? :confused: And yes, I can understand what is meant, just like I can understand it when you cut the vowels out of your words. So do it that way if you want, I...

And now the Ravnica Signets have been spoiled, which isn't of particular interest, but they're OK. I said it before, but this set is bonkers. Last year, we got Eternal Masters and now there's this. I know the packs are stupidly expensive, but there's something to be said for just having such a...

And now there's Serum Visions. I have some misgivings about that card. I think it's propped up by the silly bans on Ponder and Preordain in Modern. But it's certainly not a bad card.

I suspect that you do know this and have just been used to saying it the old way (the old new way?), but to be clear, it used to be the case that during combat, damage from attackers and blockers would go on the stack, during which time it would be possible to respond to it with instants and...

And some more cards... Terminus: Hell yes. Lingering Souls: Good. Gifts Ungiven: Wow. This set is amazing. Scavenging Ooze: Good. Blood Moon: Well, I know it's been reprinted a lot already, but there just seems to be a lot of demand for it. Voice of Resurgence: Another excellent card. Fiery...

What I mean is that combat damage cannot "resolve" because it no longer goes on the stack. That was Sixth Edition rules.

Stoneforge Mystic, search Skinwing, play Skinwing, done. Spiderman: 18 Poison: 0 Hand: 4 Library: 48 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.) (U) Insect creature token (1/1; Infect.)...

Look, I miss damage on the stack too, but you've got to let it go already.

I mean, it should tank. Not that I'm some big finance person. But just in comparison to prices on other cards, the only reason it's gone up as high as it has is that Planar Chaos had a low print run by today's standards. Generally, while there are cases where it being black makes it more...

Anything else? Or moving to combat damage?

One of my favorite SotF decks was a Legacy deck called Survival Elves. Here's a list: 4x Survival of the Fittest 1x Caller of the Claw 1x Spore Frog 1x Genesis 1x Wellwisher 1x Viridian Zealot 3x Llanowar Elves 3x Elvish Champion 3x Wren's Run Vanquisher 3x Quirion Ranger 4x Priest of Titania...

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...