TNT Legacy Event *2nd place 2-1*

Hello everyone! For the first time in a while, we had a Legacy event fire off at Toys this past sunday. I was equipped with my usual Reanimator, so I was all set to go! There were 6 people there including me, and here were the decks being played:

Reanimator (me)
Mono-red
UB Myr Combo (UB control list that make an infinite mana combo to drop an insane Exsanguinate)
UG Colonnial (Take control of everything you opponent has. As Benzo put it, it is the best deck to play while eating greasy saucy buffalo wings)
GW Tooth & Nail
Naya Zoo

I didn't have a pen (or so i thought) so I couldn't take notes of any of the matches, so here is how I remember things going:

Round 1: UB Myr Combo
I started on the play with a turn 1 Thoughtseize and I honestly had no idea what I was up against. I saw some mana Myr and lands and a Countersquall. I figured the Myr wouldn't be a problem as I could counter the relevant spell they powered out, so I took the Countersquall. After a couple turns of getting hit with mana Myr, I was able to reanimate an Empyrial Archangel. He noticed it only stopped damage, so he went infinite and laid down a massive Exsanguinate, but I had a Force of Will to close that game down. Game 2 went in almost the exact same fashion as I once again opted for the Archangel, but this time he didn't have the Exsanguinate.

2-0
1-0

Aside
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I actually thought this deck was an interesting concept, but if I were to build it, it would be UR and look like this:

4x Silver Myr
4x Iron Myr
4x Myr Galvanizor
4x Paladium Myr

4x Tezzeret the Seeker
4x Banefire
4x Counterspell
3x Brainstorm
3x Personal Tutor
4x Lightning Bolt

4x Scalding Tarn
4x Valcanic Island
4x Steam Vents
3x Ancient Tomb
4x Island
3x Misty Rainforest

In this build, Tezzeret can -X for whatever combo piece you're missing, you can Personal Tutor for a Banefire, and you can power out everything faster with Ancient Tomb. I think I may make this deck and play it at the next Legacy event, so when everyone brings their Tormod's Crypt and other assorted Reanimator hate, I can go infinite on them.
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End Aside

Round 2: Mono-red
This guy's deck was based off of the Fire & Lightning deck that I never bought. Honestly though, the deck isn't that bad, I just think it's overpriced (as do many people when they are hard to sell at 2/3 MSRP). Ultimately, I felt this would be a great matchup for me as I got a turn 3 Blazing Archon on board and was able to force one of his 2 Lightning Bolts he directed at it to swing for 5 a turn while he had no cards in hand. Game 2 was also pretty straitforward., although more dramatic I got a quick Iona, Shield of Emeria in play naming red while he had no creatures in play with life totals at me: 7 him: 20. I thought I had the game all locked up, so I just went though the routine draw-attack-go. However, he had a Ghitu Encampment in play which was able to swing back. I did the math out, and if I cracked no fetches, I would win at 1 life, and that is exactly what happened.

2-0
2-0

Round 3: Naya Zoo
Game 1 started in a peculier fashion when I had Sphinx of the Steel Wind land, and Reanimate in hand, so I decided to just draw and discard it. However, I was on the play, so it took a bit longer (although the game started out very humerously). Regardless, I was able to reanimate my Sphinx and ended the game in 4 swings. On the next game, I was met with a huge wave of creatures including 2 4/5 Goyfs, a Kird Ape, and a Loam Lion. I only had a Reanimate in hand, and the life loss prevented me from ever getting the big guy on board. Game 3 started with him getting a turn 1 Tormod's Crypt (the cool FNM one) that I had no counter for. I happened to have 2 Entombs, a reanimate, and an Exhume in hand though, so I was feeling fine. I Entombed a Sphinx, knowing I could still get the job done with Archon, and when I tried to Reanimate he popped the Crypt in response as expected. So I Entombed again for Archon, but never drew a second land for the next 5 turns and fell to a Goyf + Kird Ape.

1-2
2-1

Overall I was satisfied with my performance, although it always sucks to lose in the finals due to land skrew. I earned $10 after $5 buy-in for finishing in second, so I can't complain. I used the money I earned plus a little more to get myself a bunch of cards for my 5 color Cromat deck (EDH):

Bringer of the Blue Dawn
Joiner Adept
Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
Godless Shrine
Sacred Foundry
Tsabo Tavoc
Golgari Signet
Dimir Signet
Empress Galina

Also, over the course of the evening I had some great trades which got me:

Asian Frost Titan
FTV: Exiled Mystical Tutor
Shape Anew (I'm just waiting for this to triple...)
Visara the Dreadful
Foil Obstinate Baloth
Gemstone Mine
Breeding Pool

Overall, I had a great night! If you want to get into Legacy but are overwhelmed by the price of staple cards, fear not! One of the staples of Legacy is the perfect mana base you can get by having Fetch Lands (from Zendikar or Onslaught) grab Duals to provide any color on the pie. Duals are very expensive, but the Ravnica block shock lands, whch are the closest reprint ever made, are just 16.3% of the price (or about 1/6)! Here is how they compare:

Color Pair       Revised Name + Price       Ravnica Name + Price
UW                 Tundra            75.93       Hallowed Fountain     12.38     84% off!
UB          Underground Sea    92.32          Watery Grave          8.76       91% off!
BR                Badlands           42.57           Blood Crypt           8.20       81% off!
RG                  Taiga              56.47        Stomping Ground       9.82       83% off!
GW              Savannah           49.40         Temple Garden         7.91       84% off!
WB              Scrubland           41.65        Godless Shrine          8.60       79% off!
UR            Vocanic Island       55.59          Steam Vents           9.25        83% off!
BG                  Bayou             53.29       Overgrown Tomb       8.15        85% off!
RW                 Plateau            39.81        Sacred Foundry        7.26         82% off!
UG           Tropical Island       78.00         Breeding Pool           10.68      86% off!

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So an amazing way to save a TON of money to make your legacy deck is to invest in Ravnica "shock" lands as opposed to Revised Duals, your wallet will thank you =D

That is all for today! until next time, stay classy!