This deck prays on fair decks and with the right draws can quickly combo kill, giving it game versus Legacy's fast combo decks. Hogaak Dredge in 7th place shows that the results of this dedicated Hogaak strategy that we have seen in the past couple months are no fluke. The most interesting thing about the results of this tournament, other than the lack of brainstorms, was the 7th and 8th place finishers.
If you take a look at the Top 16 of the event you will see a variety of top tier decks. I don't think this is problematic or indicative that the deck is better than being just one of the Tier 1 decks. I've spoken quite a bit about the deck leading up to this week and there isn't much more to say other than I suspect people are going to start to adapt. Three of the four Dark Depths decks in the Top 8 made it into Top 4, so it is no surprise that the winner of Eternal Weekend Asia 2019 was a Dark Depths deck. Let's take a look at those three large Legacy tournaments and some of the proactive non- Brainstorm strategies that did well in them. In fact, it might be incorrect to play Brainstorm decks at the moment because they tend to be less proactive than the non- Brainstorm strategies.
But, the results of this tournament, the Legacy Mythic Championship Qualifier in Las Vegas, and this weeks Magic Online Legacy Challenge all indicate that you no longer need to play Brainstorm in order to compete at the top levels of Legacy. Historically, Brainstorm decks have been the most powerful, consistent, and popular thing to do in Legacy. In fact, there are twice as many Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis and four times as many Dark Depths as Brainstorms in the Top 8 of this 665-player legacy tournament that took place in Japan.ĭoes that mean Dark Depths strategies are by far the best thing you can be doing in Legacy? I'm not ready to say that, but I do think competitive legacy players should consider putting their Brainstorm aways. The results of this tournament were shocking because there are only 4 copies of Brainstorm in the Top 8. Eternal Weekend Asia happened shortly after writing last weeks article where I discussed the best decks in the format.
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