{"id":143,"date":"2014-08-11T18:34:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T01:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrischiesa.com\/wp\/?p=143"},"modified":"2014-08-11T18:34:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T01:34:31","slug":"legacy-meathooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chrischiesa.com\/wp\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"Legacy Meathooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Legacy, I play Meathooks (aka: Counter Sliver). \u00a0If you’ve never seen the deck before, a good basic primer is available at MTGtheSource<\/a>. \u00a0It’s a little out of date, so I’ll post my current decklist with my thoughts.<\/p>\n

Lands (19):<\/span>
\n4x Cavern of Souls<\/a>
\n4x Flooded Strand<\/a>
\n1x Island<\/a>
\n3x Misty Rainforest<\/a>
\n4x Mutavault<\/a>
\n1x Plains<\/a>
\n1x Tropical Island<\/a>
\n1x Tundra<\/a><\/p>\n

Creatures (25):<\/span>
\n4x Crystalline Sliver<\/a>
\n4x Galerider Sliver<\/a>
\n1x Harmonic Sliver<\/a>
\n4x Muscle Sliver<\/a>
\n4x Phantasmal Image<\/a>
\n4x Predatory Sliver<\/a>
\n4x Sinew Sliver<\/a><\/p>\n

Instants (12):<\/span>
\n4x Brainstorm<\/a>
\n4x Daze<\/a>
\n4x Force of Will<\/a><\/p>\n

Artifacts (4):<\/span>
\n4x Aether Vial<\/a><\/p>\n

The deck isn’t cheap and is in the price range of a lower end legacy deck. \u00a0The deck contains Force of Will, dual lands, and fetch lands and thus is as expensive. \u00a0It also has Cavern of Souls, Mutavaults, and Aether Vials which aren’t cheap either and are staples of aggro based strategies. \u00a0To purchase the deck off TCG player at moderately played, it’s $1300 (which blows my mind)!<\/p>\n

The deck wins because it has has several different packages that are very common in legacy and give it enough staying power. \u00a0Force + Daze allows it to fight unfair decks. \u00a0Brainstorm + fetch lands allow it to craft it’s topdecks. \u00a0Aether Vial + 2 CC creatures allow it to vial out stuff mid combat or as tricks. \u00a0The Slivers all allow them to outclass opposing creatures. \u00a0Phantasmal Image allows the deck to make more slivers or copy opposing creatures.<\/p>\n

The deck has a ton of tricks that allow you to stop opposing decks in their tracks. \u00a0Crystalline Sliver is a powerhouse and enables all sorts of shenanigans. \u00a0It defends Mutavault vs opposing wastelands which is vital. \u00a0Crystalline Sliver also defends Phantasmal Image and prevents it from being targeted. \u00a0Additionally, Phantasmal Image doesn’t target as it enters and thus you can copy other Phantasmal Images or your shrouded slivers. \u00a0I’ve tested some against Reanimator\/Show and Tell and Phantasmal Image works well against them as well and gives you game.<\/p>\n

I’ve been tempted to try to add the Counterbalance<\/a> + Sensei’s Divining Top<\/a> package to the deck. \u00a0It’s an amazing addition but there just isn’t room. \u00a0Another card I would like is Ponder. \u00a0It’s just that Ponder is typically best for digging for cards and Brainstorm is for throwing away dead cards.<\/p>\n

The final addition I’ve thought about is Hibernation Sliver<\/a>. \u00a0It was amazing back in the day before Wizards removed damage from the stack and still allows your team to dodge wrath effects at instant speed (and can be flashed in via Aether Vial for tricks). \u00a0You would need to remove the basic Plains from the deck and put in an Underground Sea<\/a> to support the black.<\/p>\n

With black mana, the deck would be able to add Syphon Sliver<\/a> which is a very promising card. \u00a0The problem with Syphon Sliver is it’s 3 CC and thus normally our Vials aren’t going that high. \u00a0So not only are we adding a 4th color but working our Vials harder. \u00a0I’m testing the vanilla 3 color Meathooks and thus havne’t tried stretching for the black and adding in the tricks.<\/p>\n

My final thought about stretching for black is having Underground Sea also allows several more sideboard options (Thoughtseize and Duress primarily). \u00a0Games 2 + 3 would be helpful vs non-aggro decks with Thoughtseize available.<\/p>\n

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