[Tourney Coverage] 24-07-11 Legacy Tourney Commentary

The Singapore Legacy tourney last Sunday was marked with a 32-player turnout, the largest ever so far since Angus organized the monthly series. Here's what appeared that day:

[Tourney Coverage] 24-07-11 Legacy Tourney Photo Coverage

Legacy is growing! A record 32 players played in Singapore's monthly Legacy tournament today with Tundras, Taigas, Wastelands, and Knights of the Reliquary as prizes! Here's a big shout out to Mike: Congrats! You've finally gotten the top-4 you deserve! Congrats to all others who performed well too!

Edit: Decklists available over at my facebook page.

If you weren't over at Games Haven today, here's a view of what happened:

[Brainstorming] Legacy Metalcraft

Disclaimer: this deck is not going to win any tournament any time soon. But hey, at least you get to play monsters that make Tarmogoyf look puny. ;)

M12 Spoiler Legacy Preview

Core sets having new cards means new ideas for Legacy! M12 seems particularly interesting for Legacy with its fixed Ancestral Recall, Abeyance on a stick, and Angel's Mercy (hey, I had to continue the words starting with “A” theme...). Let's jump in at take a look at the new cards!

24 July 2011 Singapore Legacy Tournament Announcement

The monthly Singapore Legacy Tournament is here once again, courtesy of Ang!

Event Information
Date: Sunday 24 July 2011
Registration Time: 12.15am to 12.45pm
Round 1 Start Time: 1pm
Venue: Games Haven (Games Haven directions here)

Non-Sanctioned Tournament Style:
Since this is non-sanctioned, up to 8 proxies are allowed.

The following link is the resources on Legacy Format Deck Construction:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=judge/resources/sfrlegacy

For 9 to 16 players, there will be 4 swiss rounds followed by top 4 playoffs.
For 17 to 32 players, there will be 5 swiss rounds followed by top 8 playoffs.


Entry Fee: $20

Prizes
For turnout of less than 14 ppl:
Cash payout for top 4, depending on amount of entry fees collected.


For turnout of 14 or 15 ppl
1st: 1 Wasteland (Tempest)
2nd: 1 Wasteland (Tempest)
3rd: 1 Plateau (Revised)
4th: 1 Plateau (Revised)
5th to 8th: Nil, since there will only be 4 swiss rounds followed by top 4 playoffs.


For turnout of 16 ppl
1st: 1 Wasteland (Tempest)
2nd: 1 Wasteland (Tempest)
3rd: 1 Plateau (Revised)
4th: 1 Plateau (Revised)
5th to 8th: 2 Knight of the Reliquary (Conflux) each


For turnout of 20 ppl
1st: 1 Taiga (Revised)
2nd: 1 Taiga (Revised)
3rd: 1 Wasteland (Tempest)
4th: 1 Wasteland (Tempest)
5th to 8th: 2 Knight of the Reliquary (Conflux) each


For previous Legacy Tournament results, take a look at the spreadsheet on the Singapore metagame here.

Singapore Magic the Gathering Card Shops – Games Haven

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Commander Spoiler Legacy Preview

Legacy is an efficient format filled with spells of converted mana cost (cmc) 4 and below. In Legacy, cards with high cmc usually don't get played. The Commander/EDH format is the exact opposite as players cast big splashy spells all the time. Thus, most commander cards don't fit into Legacy format unless they can be cheated into play somehow (Show and Tell, Natural Order, Reanimate etc). Even so, they face stiff competition (Emrakul, Iona). Most of the 51 new cards in Commander are unlikely to see play in Legacy, but there are some possible plays in here. Let's run down the list of new cards one by one and see what I mean.