Solidarity is one of the most oldschool decks in Legacy, that has recently see a revival in the hands of blue mage Marcus ‘Truckis’ Ewaldh. I decided to give one of the most awesome and unique decks in the format’s history a spin last night, because winning on the opponent’s turn is exciting. It’s awesome how many interesting lines the deck has with regards to Mission Briefing. Not only can you ‘flashback’ Force of Will for its alternate cost, you can also double Brain Freeze or shuffle Blue Sun’s Zenith back into your library, even when casting it from the graveyard. Check out what we played and how we fared below!

Note: After playing the deck, I think it has some issues with regards to card quality. Especially Mental Note has been quite underwhelming for me and I’m considering replacing it with Opt. The deck has too much self-mill while its supplemental cantrips are not very good at digging for land drops. Also, in the age of Surgical Extraction everywhere and only few ways too defend ourselves, we desperately want an alternate win condition in the deck. Maybe even a 1-of Tundra with Monastery Mentors in the sideboard. Because you’re milling yourself a lot, the opponent often doesn’t have to resolve his discard spells and hit on one of your key cards, because you’ll sooner or later be putting them into your yard anyway. Siding out a High Tide to play around that can help, but we noticed that getting Reset extracted is almost just as devastating. Because of that, I think the deck might want some number of Turnabouts in the maindeck.

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Legacy League with Solidarity



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Thanks a lot for tuning in. Despite my concerns with the current list, I’m looking forward to being back with another Solidarity video. Let me know about your thoughts about the deck and how to build it!

So long,

Julian

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