Preparing for GP New Jersey | EP.32

With Grand Prix: New Jersey on the horizon, episode 32 of #EverydayEternal finds Sam Craven (@thecravenone) and Matt Pavlic (@SDE_Matt) discussing the top Legacy decks from both Legacy Champs and the StarCityGames Legacy Open in Minneapolis. Included in the conversation is how to handle these decks, what metagame changes these decks could bring, and how to deal with those change. 0:00 Intro, and the top decks from Eternal Weekend 0:02:30 UR Delver is really coming into its own 0:05:59 UB Tezzerator 0:11:30 Jund 0:21:00 Surprises in the Top 32: Increased presence of combo, strength of Tabernacle, and fewer StoneBlade decks than expected 0:30:32 Dimir Charm in UBx decks 0:33:55 Punishing Maverick with Domri Rade and Voice of Resurgence 0:39:48 Common themes and how to fight them: low toughness, high converted mana costs on key cards, and greedy manabases 0:47:46 SCG: Minneapolis full of interesting decks, and Slivers 0:54:27 UR Painter and “Rest in Pieces” 1:00:52 Dragon Stompy 1:05:34 Plays of the week 1:09:01 GP: New Jersey information and outro – Legacy Champs Top 32 Decks – StarCityGames Legacy Open Minneapolis Top 16 Decks Matt’s suggested lists for GP New Jersey: NEO Maindeck 4 Deathrite Shaman 4 Dark Confidant 4 Spirit of the Labyrinth 4 Stoneforge Mystic 4 Thoughtseize 2 Inquisition of Kozilek 4 Swords to Plowshares 2 Zealous Persecution 3 Liliana of the Veil 3 Lingering Souls 2 Sensei’s Divining Top 1 Umezawa’s Jitte 1 Sword of Fire and Ice 1 Sword of Feast and Famine 1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad 4 Wasteland 3 Verdant Catacombs 4 Marsh Flats 1 Windswept Heath 3 Scrubland 1 Bayou 3 Swamp 1 Plains Sideboard 2 Rest in Peace 3 Pithing Needle 2 Disenchant 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 2 Timely Reinforcements 1 Zealous Persecution 2 Tidehollow Sculler Esperblade Maindeck 4 Force of Will 2 Thoughtseize 2 Counterspell 3 Swords to Plowshares 2 Supreme Verdict 2 Engineered Explosives 4 Brainstorm 2 Dimir Charm 3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 2 Dig Through Time 2 Snapcaster Mage 1 Notion Thief 4 Stoneforge Mystic 1 Batterskull 1 Umezawa’s Jitte 1 Sword of Fire and Ice 3 Lingering Souls 1 Karakas 4 Flooded Strand 4 Polluted Delta 2 Academy Ruins 3 Tundra 2 Underground Sea 1 Scrubland 3 Island 1 Swamp 1 Plains Sideboard 3 Meddling Mage 2 Rest in Peace 2 Zealous Persecution 2 Vendilion Clique 2 Grafdigger’s Cage 2 Pithing Needle 1 Notion Thief 1 Swords to Plowshare Junk Maindeck 4 Deathrite Shaman 1 Sylvan Safekeeper 4 Dark Confidant 1 Scavenging Ooze 3 Vampire Hexmage 1 Scryb Ranger 1 Gaddock Teeg 4 Knight of the Reliquary 2 Green Sun’s Zenith 3 Cabal Therapy 3 Thoughtseize 2 Life from the Loam 1 Living Wish 4 Abrupt Decay 3 Swords to Plowshares 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 1 Dark Depths 1 Thespian’s Stage 4 Wasteland 1 Cabal Pit 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 4 Verdant Catacombs 2 Windswept Heath 1 Marsh Flats 3 Bayou 2 Scrubland 1 Savannah 1 Dryad Arbor 1 Swamp Sideboard 1 Bojuka Bog 1 Dark Depths 2 Gaddock Teeg 1 Qasali Pridemage 1 Karakas 2 Krosan Grip 3 Pithing Needle 2 Engineered Explosives 2 Chains of Mephistopheles