(UPDATED 9/5/2019)

Stoneblade is back in business!

Not much needs to be adjusted to adapt some Legacy lists into 2019's Modern metagame. The addition of Teferi, Time Raveler and Spell Queller helps out with protecting our Stoneforge Mystic during our turn, and can stop some of the faster decks out there.

Counterspells like Force of Negation and Cryptic Command are really important to protecting our creatures and ensuring that we can get a Batterskull down or making sure our attacks connect. Spell Queller does double duty as both a creature and a pseudo-counterspell, so it's a great addition to our general protection "suite".

To replace a few of the planeswalkers and spells, I've elected to go for a more aggressive approach with Restoration Angel. A solid 3/4 that can reset any of our creatures is really strong. I chose this over Geist of Saint Traft primarily because Resto can be used to respond to removal and can be flashed in at the end of the turn, which can help set up an equipment or get SFM to fetch Batterskull. Geist, sadly, can't attack the turn it comes down and can simply be blocked by bigger creatures.

For sideboarding, I've decided to try out a few things that can combat some of the newer decks emerging from the banning of Hogaak. Sword of Sinew and Steel gives important protection from Lightning Bolt, Fatal Push, Collective Brutality, and Dismember, as well as offering a way to remove planeswalkers without having to redirect your attacks to it. Cataclysmic Gearhulk is great against creature-heavy decks like Humans.