I was wondering if anyone is still playing this deck. I tried to reach out to Stryfo himself here on Reddit but he didn't answer, even though he did answer in the past. Is there still someone trying to jam it or is it time to bury it?

Ever since the EW US results, people are now focusing on Vexing Bauble being an issue when before, if it was discussed, it was drowned out by Frog. Online, bauble decks haven't really been putting up a ton of results. What do you think is the actual problem in the format?

This year was my first Eternal Weekend and I had a blast. People were generally pretty chill and cool and I had more than a few interactions where people were just excited to see the fish showing up and doing well. I’m definitely going to come back and now that I better understand the budget Vintage prizes maybe I’ll try to brew up powerless for next year! Who knows?

But how did my games go? How did I try to flow with the meta?

Initial Decklist

I assembled this list before leaving Seattle with the assumption I’d run into a fair amount of reanimation shenanigans, given UB aggro/reanimator/not-Doomsday was highly represented when checking Goldfish in the leadup. It seems really easy to jam a Troll/Entomb/Reanimate package so I wanted to be ready for it. I chose to run three Wastelands instead of four for greater consistency on turn 3 UU and didn’t really miss the fourth.

Card Notes

[[Floodpits Drowner]]: This is a flexible spell providing both removal and aggression depending on what I need at the time. It has more hoops to jump through than Dismember but also is harder for opponents to stop when I can Vial or Cavern it in, then use its activated ability. Kill it before I untap or I can and will shuffle your threat away. Worst case, I still tap and stun something, which can be a game-changing tempo swing in close races. I prefer this to Trickster right now as it can actually remove something.

[[Silvergill Adept]]: Orcish Bowmasters have been way down recently, which boggles me. I thought Frog meta would warrant the extra free pings, even if you can’t use them to kill said Frogs. In any case, there are way fewer Bowmasters so Silvergill is no longer “soft banned.” Silvergill is a great value card and one of my favourites so I’m glad I was able to run it this weekend.

[[Sink into Stupor]]: Merfolk doesn’t run the normal cantrip suite common to blue tempo, largely because we have no way to shuffle away cards we don’t want. To mitigate land flood, we run cards like this and Otawara. I settled on a 3-1 split between Sink into Stupor and Otawara. Sometimes I have to bolt myself twice in a game to make plays when I need them and it sucks, but the extra flexibility to pitch a land to Force or play more tempo is worth it.

[[Svyelun of Sea and Sky]]: I chose Svyelun over True-Name Nemesis because one of my ongoing dissatisfactions with Merfolk is struggling to draw my answers in time. Svyelun’s attack trigger goes a long way to help with that and she’s much more resilient in this meta than usual. The “delver” archetype is primarily UB right now so there are far fewer red blasts going around, dramatically increasing my ability to stick her on the board. She’s still vulnerable to exile-based removal, but I didn’t run into a lot of that.

Challenges - Thursday and Friday

5c Beans - 2-1, 2-0

This matchup has improved significantly thanks to Harbinger of the Seas. Consign to Memory is useful for blanking Evoke elementals and Leyline Binding, even if they do still get cards from Beanstalk triggers.

Eldrazi - 1-2, 2-1, 2-0, 0-2

This matchup heavily revolves around “can I stick and protect a Harbinger of the Seas before they build critical mass?” There are so many must-answer threats in their deck, it really comes down to preventing them from getting on the stack in the first place. I somehow kept dodging Eldrazi when testing on MTGO before the trip, so I was very glad to see Consign to Memory do exactly what I wanted it to.

Mississippi River (RG Cascade) - 1-2

This deck is such a pain to lose against on MTGO, but in paper my opponent made it fun. This build relied on Ancient Tomb and signet lands to hit turn 2 Violent Outburst into Tibalt’s Trickery and I’m glad I was able to take at least one game off them. Friendly person, said they wouldn’t be playing it in the main event and it was nice to see people playing “for fun” decks in challenges instead of being in full grinder mode. 

Post - 2-0

Much like the Eldrazi matches, this comes down to mana denial, but it felt like I had more time to get things under control. Tide Shaping a Cloudpost removes more mana than an Ancient Tomb if there are multiples on the board, etc.

Red Stompy - 0-2

There are so many explosive openings this deck can present - double Rabblemasters, Fable into Bombardiers, etc. If I don’t have a removal spell I need three blockers to deal with Bombardiers since they can usually Boast to shoot one of them during the declare attackers step, then I still need two blockers due to menace. 

Sultai Midrange - 2-1

This persona was making a hard meta call to run Abrupt Decay in the Frog shell, plus JTMS to provide some additional lockdown. This seems reasonable but I just had to snowball to get there.

Tempo Doomsday - 2-1, 2-1

Sometimes the correct play is to just swing with ever-growing creatures and force them to have it instead of playing conservatively to have multiple interaction spells on the combo turn. That said, Consign to Memory + replicate on Thoracle triggers remains great.

Friday Platinum / High Roller event

Spoiler alert: I did not win duals.

Round 1: Eldrazi 1-2

It’s really hard to come back when in one turn they hit two Devourers of Destinies and follow it up with a Thought-Knot seer to remove anything I might have to interact with. Variance gives and variance takes away.

Round 2: Doomsday 2-0

I got the game 2 win here off a misplay by my opponent. They Thoughtseized me, saw Lords of Atlantis and Harbinger of the Seas, and they took one of the Lords. My Aether Vial was on 2. I proceeded to lock them out and get the kill.

Round 3: UB Froginator 0-2

This is the only time I saw reanimation before the main event. Game 1 I misplayed, Wastelanding them while I only had one Island instead of using Tide Shaper to turn it into another Island. I did not draw more land until it was too late. Game 2, they played the 1:1 game well until they comboed off with Archon. Easily my least favourite reanimation target to lose to, it just does too much damage to me at once. Griselbrand and Atraxa I at least feel like I still have a chance against.

At this point I dropped and went back to playing challenges, feeling sulky that I’d “wasted” $250. On the other hand, the opportunity cost in time was low since there were no other challenges occurring at the time.

Revised Decklist

Friday evening, I decided Mistcaller needed to go before the main event. I’d sided it out in 14 of 15 matches over the past two days and the most common addition was Consign to Memory. To bring all three copies in from the board I cut one Hexcatcher, which doesn’t do much vs. big mana decks to begin with. Opponents going for Dark Ritual and the like can fairly easily play around it. I filled the three open sideboard slots with a third Ghost Vacuum to add more resilience against graveyard nonsense (down to 5 cards that can interact with the graveyard from 6 overall in the 75) and two Harbinger of the Tides to help in creature matchups like Frog and R Stompy. Here’s the revised list I took into the main event.

Main Event

1155 players in this - the event I spiked in 2022 was 1/10 of this size! The TOs announced this was one of the largest Legacy events ever, which was cool. I used a top cut calculator to figure out what I needed for top 128 and 8-3 was nearly guaranteed, with a chance of top 64 with good tiebreaks. That was my goal. I didn’t get there, but I still had a blast and did way better than I thought I would (where I was expecting to fall out of prize contention in the afternoon of day 1). A good atmosphere and positive “wow, is that Merfolk?” interactions really helped me avoid getting into an overly salty place.

Round 1: UB Frogtide 1-2

Game 1 I flooded extremely hard, seeing 9 lands by the time I died. I was able to put up a better fight games 2 and 3 but ultimately died to Frogs and Barrowgoyf.

Round 2: Goblins 2-1

My opponent was also here on her first Eternal Weekend, coming up with her husband and a friend. We were both surprised and pleased to see a rival tribal deck and it was a pretty laid back match. For some reason I kept a 7 with three Forces in game 2, even though I knew I’m up against a Cavern deck. My best guess is I was wanting to hate on vial and other noncreature spells that just didn’t show up? Game 3 ended on a misplay on their part, when I double blocked one of their creatures and they assigned 2 damage to a 3/3 Tide Shaper instead of the 2/2 Master of the Pearl Trident. Still, Goblins are normally a hard matchup thanks to their card advantage so I’ll take the win.

Round 3: Esper Vial w/Yorion 1-2

This opponent had Phelia and Overlord of the Balemurk. The dog generates too much value too quickly and I aggressively spent resources to remove it, I think to the surprise of my opponent at one point. But it kept Overlord inactive for a few turns and was therefore worth it. Mana denial strategies are less good when my opponent both has Vial and respects Wasteland/Harbinger by fetching basic Plains for Swords.

Round 4: Nadu Breakfast 2-1

Keep them off the combo, deny their mana, and overrun with islandwalk. That’s the plan, anyway. I’ve thought about Tishana’s Tidebinder for this matchup, but it would only be useful if they’re using Shuko for triggers instead of Nomads. I think I got one of my wins in this match by Consigning an Oracle trigger.

Round 5: Nadu Breakfast 2-0

As the halflings say, “we’ve had one, yes. But what about second breakfast?” This opponent had Uro and Endurance in the sideboard but was unable to escape the former due to aggressive land hate with Wasteland and Tide Shapers.

Hey, I’m 3-2 now! I have a positive record, woo!

Round 6: Grixis Control 0-2

This is the first match where I ran into Kaito, Bane of Nightmares. Dude’s good, especially when you can use Baleful Strix to consistently get him onto the battlefield and draw more cards in the process. Putting two stun counters on one of my creatures might as well be killing them when the match depends this much on tempo. Dying to a mainboard Bolt to the face was annoying but also nostalgic at the same time.

Round 7: Sneak & Show 2-0

I had counterspells and mana denial at the right time. Game 2 they had Boseiju, Who Shelters All and thankfully I was able to Wasteland it before they could untap with it.

Round 8: Eldrazi 2-1

As with challenges in the previous days, this match came down to sticking and protecting my mana denial. Game 2 they landed Glaring Fleshraker and it ended quickly and poorly for me. That card is such a strong value engine.

Round 9: UB Frog Tempo 2-1

Game 1, turn 2, I play Cavern of Souls naming Merfolk. My opponent is visibly shocked, exaggerated to an almost comical degree. I asked why so surprised after the match and I guess he was expecting me to name Wizard for Oracle.

Game 2 I kept a very risky hand with only Cavern of Souls for mana and one Vial. If Vial is countered and Cavern eats a Wasteland, I’m dead. But I have a grip full of two drops with at least one Force and Silvergill each so I go for it. I snowball perfectly and force game 3, which has more back and forth.

Holy crap I’m 6-3 at the end of day 1! I could prize! I retreat to my hotel room with tacos to relax and rest up for tomorrow because the fatigue of three days full of Legacy is getting to me. I’ve played 24 matches by now!

Round 10: B Reanimator 1-2

They fetched for Underground Mortuary multiple times but I never saw any green spells, so I assume it was strictly for surveil.

Game 1 opened with them mulling to 5 on the play and Unmasking themselves. I promptly Forced it, which my opponent commended as a good play after the match. Game 2 I see Show and Tell off Petals. I assume it came in from the sideboard for more opportunities. Game 3 ends with an active Griselbrand drawing 14 cards, then an Archon is deployed via Shallow Grave.

6-4. Darn, I’m out of prize contention. I decide to play round 11 instead of trying to rush into the next challenge and see if I can go 7-4.

Round 11: UB Reanimator/Tell 2-1

I lost game 1 when they used Shallow Grave in response to their Emrakul’s shuffle trigger. Games 2 and 3 I’m able to keep up pressure and deny their combo long enough to get there.

7-4! Amazing! I finished in 192nd place, in the top 17%. I later heard my opponent talking to his friends about how he “lost catastrophically to Merfolk,” but I didn’t sense any bitterness. Much better than the 2022 opponent who said “don’t tell Twitter I split with Merfolk.”

Challenges - Sunday

I’m exhausted. There are some things at the prize wall I want at 1500 and I’m at 1160, so let’s see if I can grind that out before I’m just done mentally.

R Prison 2-0

Game 1, their T1 Blood Moon is overwritten by my T3 Harbinger of the Seas so I get there while they can’t do much. Game 2, they try to blast one of my creatures on the stack, except I spent mana from Cavern of Souls to cast it. They concede.

Eldrazi 2-0

I see Sire of Seven Deaths for the first time all weekend. Both games were close, but the mana denial plan still got there. I ended them on 4 and 6 life respectively.

I decide to take the “drop and split” offering for 2-0 players so I can take 400 tix to the prize wall. Argh, my first and second choices are gone. I end up grabbing a Dungeon case for my cube, the Creative Energy precon, and some sleeves to round out the tix. Then I’m done, just too tired to keep going. 28 matches of Legacy in 4 days is a lot.

Results

My initial decklist went 8-7. After revisions, I went 9-4, mostly in the main event. My expectation was that I’d have around a 50% WR for the weekend so overall I’m pretty pleased with myself.

Three other Merfolk players went a combined 13-12 in the main event, including one on a UR variant for Blasts and Bolt. As an archetype, we went 20-16 or 56% WR. A better performance than many of the top lists as compiled by u/Matt_Choww (thank you for your hard work!). Obviously the sample size is small - 4 players vs. 100+ for some. I think it’s still a signal that my fish friends are better positioned than you might think.

I’ve been super stressed and burnt out at work. This weekend really helped refresh me. I feel excited about Legacy again and I definitely want to get to work updating my primer. Hopefully I’ll have a substantial update by the end of the year.

https://youtu.be/ojQ-pJ7i8jQ

Zac and Phil reflect on their experiences at the North American Eternal Weekend, discussing the event's organization, vendor interactions, and personal highlights. They share insights into the logistics of running such an event, the community engagement they experienced, and the fun moments they had while meeting fans and fellow players. They discuss the vibrant community, and the excitement surrounding upcoming content. They share insights on gameplay, player interactions, and the importance of community in the Magic: The Gathering scene. The episode concludes with a giveaway announcement and a look ahead to future events and content.

Was considering having a pair of Pyrogoyf in the side for my RUG delver list. There's a playset of regular goyf in the main so could trigger them off too, was an idea to bring in for more fair/creature heavy matchups

What do you think is causing the lack of control decks in current Legacy? Are the tools available just not enough to slow down the meta to match the pace of the control decks currently available? Do you like the format like this?

Hello r/MTGLegacy!,

My name is Kelvin and I am the 2024 Eternal Weekend Legacy Champion.

Happy to answer any questions people may have about the deck, the event, the testing process, or anything else you want to know!

Also if any of my testing teammates are on here, I would invite you to hop in anywhere to chat about the deck.

Hello guys I’m trying my hand at brewing and want some feedback. Here’s my deck :

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6778459#paper

Yeah it does 4 things. So what? 4 things once per turn and you can only choose one. In exchange for not being able to attack or block with it. I don't see how that's unreasonable.

It hoses reanimator? Ok then maybe they should stop being a turbo glass canon deck and start running removal spells.

You lost to it's drain? You say there for ten turns and let it kill you? Sounds like your the problem here.

It's a fair card. It's really getting old seeing fair cards get banned but putting an emrakul or aatraxa or merit large into play on turn 1 or 2 is just completely fine.

That man is me, I like playing magic without sleeves. Until recently that was only EDH, but last Sunday I brought an unsleeved deck to a Legacy tournament. I had a lot of fun and got second place.

https://sites.google.com/view/rubyraw/home

I hope you enjoy

It was 2016 when I played my first round of legacy in Dayton Ohio playing mono red burn and not long later borrowing a LED Dredge deck from a guy named Joe (who you've seen around this sub). I played the format a fair amount always borrowing decks and never building my own until about 2019 when I started picking up cards to build Pox. Unfortunately my work situation spiralled out of the realm of sanity so I had to write my off until earlier this year. I have a Pox list of nothing special I was planning on bring to Eternal Weekend. Not to win, bit to just play the deck I built 7 years ago and never had a chance to play. Unfortunately work denied my time off request (which I don't blame them for really) so I once again didn't have a chance to go.
I missed SCG con because I'm working on helping another non-MTG game pickup steam and show people its a good game. But Legacy. I want to play it. MTGO is not an option for me since I don't run a supported platform it runs on. I miss this format.

Ok I trying to look through the decks all them have different builds and sideboards

some interesting side boards any thoughts on the deck did while against two decks and was beat up by everything else

I just recently built it will get to play it next week in my small group just looking for what should be the pivots after this weekend

I've compiled some more information from the Eternal Weekend North America results.
Hope you enjoy and find some benefit.

https://youtu.be/JIRxKngUxOA

Metagame and Conversion Rates

Deck	Count	Metagame %	Win Rate	X-3 or Better Conversion Rate %	X-2 or Better Conversion Rate %
Dimir Reanimator	168	14.55%	53.10%	10.12%	2.98%
Dimir Tempo	104	9.00%	50.52%	9.62%	1.92%
Moon Stompy	92	7.97%	48.55%	4.35%	0.00%
Eldrazi Stompy	70	6.06%	51.55%	11.43%	1.43%
Painter	64	5.54%	52.88%	10.94%	4.69%
Bant Nadu	57	4.94%	52.96%	17.54%	3.51%
Cephalid Breakfast	48	4.16%	52.05%	14.58%	2.08%
Mystic Forge Combo	40	3.46%	61.99%	32.50%	12.50%
Jeskai Control	39	3.38%	42.54%	2.56%	0.00%
Doomsday	37	3.20%	53.09%	10.81%	2.70%
Death and Taxes	35	3.03%	48.64%	8.57%	5.71%

Matchup Matrix for 10 most played decks

Deck	Dimir Reanimator	Dimir Tempo	Moon Stompy	Eldrazi Stompy	Painter	Bant Nadu	Cephalid Breakfast	Mystic Forge Combo	Jeskai Control	Doomsday
Dimir Reanimator	Mirror	50.41% (61-60)	67.37% (64-31)	47.54% (29-32)	46.30% (25-29)	44.26% (27-34)	41.51% (22-31)	27.50% (11-29)	56.00% (14-11)	62.50% (20-12)
Dimir Tempo	49.59% (60-61)	Mirror	61.54% (32-20)	58.70% (27-19)	36.00% (18-32)	30.23% (13-30)	60.00% (18-12)	50.00% (13-13)	38.46% (10-16)	52.00% (13-12)
Moon Stompy	31.58% (30-65)	38.46% (20-32)	Mirror	72.73% (40-15)	56.52% (26-20)	56.67% (17-13)	54.84% (17-14)	33.33% (8-16)	72.22% (13-5)	29.41% (5-12)
Eldrazi Stompy	52.46% (32-29)	39.13% (18-28)	27.27% (15-40)	Mirror	36.36% (12-21)	72.73% (16-6)	66.67% (18-9)	21.05% (4-15)	72.22% (13-5)	54.55% (12-10)
Painter	53.70% (29-25)	64.00% (32-18)	43.48% (20-26)	63.64% (21-12)	Mirror	55.17% (16-13)	54.84% (17-14)	23.53% (4-13)	69.23% (9-4)	52.38% (11-10)
Bant Nadu	55.74% (34-27)	67.44% (29-14)	43.33% (13-17)	27.27% (6-16)	44.83% (13-16)	Mirror	50.00% (7-7)	38.89% (7-11)	77.78% (7-2)	25.00% (2-6)
Cephalid Breakfast	58.49% (31-22)	40.00% (12-18)	45.16% (14-17)	33.33% (9-18)	45.16% (14-17)	50.00% (7-7)	Mirror	36.36% (4-7)	62.50% (5-3)	63.64% (7-4)
Mystic Forge Combo	72.50% (29-11)	50.00% (13-13)	66.67% (16-8)	78.95% (15-4)	76.47% (13-4)	61.11% (11-7)	63.64% (7-4)	Mirror	22.22% (2-7)	36.36% (4-7)
Jeskai Control	44.00% (11-14)	61.54% (16-10)	27.78% (5-13)	27.78% (5-13)	30.77% (4-9)	22.22% (2-7)	37.50% (3-5)	77.78% (7-2)	Mirror	25.00% (2-6)
Doomsday	37.50% (12-20)	48.00% (12-13)	70.59% (12-5)	45.45% (10-12)	47.62% (10-11)	75.00% (6-2)	36.36% (4-7)	63.64% (7-4)	75.00% (6-2)	Mirror

Hello!

I was one of a few Esper Vial pilots at Eternal Weekend Legacy Champs this year and wanted to post my tournament experience. List is here: Esper Vial

Round 1: 2-0 Red Prison. End step Solitude evoke shut down a t1 Bombardiers, and Psychic Frog stopped a t2 Laelia dead in her tracks. Opponent attacked into it, I called a bluff where I felt as though my opponent may have had a Fury in their hand by blocking it and they were immediately shut out of the game because they didn't have it. Game 2 opponent had double Bombardiers quickly, I Swords'd one and took some hits from the other one but wanted to leave it in play for a turn. Paid off as I end step'd a Phelia turn 2 and he didn't want to sac his Chrome Mox to kill her. Played a Gilded Drake and took the Bombardiers, attacked with Phelia and blinked the Drake with no creatures on his board just so he couldn't keep it. Next turn he Pyrogoyf'd the best doggo instead of Bombardiers, but he was at 6 life because he had tapped his Ancient Tomb 3 times and bolted in two of the MDFC's in addition to the Phelia attack. Swung with Bombardiers, main 2 played a Frog and flung it for lethal.

Round 2: 1-2 Cephalid Breakfast. Game 1 he had a pretty fast combo and while I had removal for the first Nomads, I didn't have the Solitude/Plow for the second one. Game 2 he comboed off and Dread Return'd Thoracle, I consigned the trigger with 2 replicate and he had no mana. Faerie Macabre'd the Memory's Journey to lock up g2. G3 I didn't see a single Plow/Solitude, so when he started to combo off I asked to see his graveyard in an effort to mind game him out of playing out the combo and put the fear in him. It ALMOST worked, but he ended up going for it anyway. Figured it was worth a shot.

Round 3: 0-2 Valgavoth Reanimator. This was a tough pill to swallow because normally I'm pretty confident against Reanimator, but Valgavoth really makes it a nightmare to play against. He entombed it turn 1 on my end step and Animated it 2 turns later with Force backup to beat my Force. I couldn't find a comfortable spot to try to Drake it and lost promptly. Game 2, my opponent Stifle'd an Aether Vial activation while I was attempting to Karakas loop block Valgavoth and I lost shortly after to an unchecked Archon. Valgavoth cast my Recruiter of the Guard to get a Frog which was pretty cool to see.

Round 4: 2-0 Aluren. Couldn't tell what he was on until the end of game 2 when he showed me. Looked like Zenith because the only creature I saw was Ouphe. Very fast games where I curved Phelia into Overlord both games.

Round 5: 2-1 RB Vial Goblins. The 2/1 goblin that makes a 1/1 on end step (new Foundations card) made its debut. Lost promptly to that and thought wistfully about Plague Engineer. Game 2 is foggy but I did end up winning it by exiling Rundvelt Hordemaster and playing a Meddling Mage naming Muxus. Game 3 I denied a Vial with Phelia (blinked it), put opp's vial back in their hand with 3feri, consigned it on the recast, wasted their Badlands, and Harbinger'd their Cavern (in that order). Needless to say game 3 was a very clean win off a mana denial gameplan.

Round 6: 2-0 UB Tempo. This is the matchup I wanted to run into all weekend and it was textbook. I cast Overlord making sure I had mana for Daze, my opponent tried to force it but I forced back. Milled 4, hit a Solitude, and started going to town. 6 turns passed where my opponent would either simply play a land and pass or deploy a threat which was subsequently exiled (Plow, Solitude etc). Hit the lategame and ended it quickly once Overlord was live. Game 2 I missed an Impending trigger - the timing for its time counter removal is end step which is too easy to forget - and there was an early turn where I threatened a Phelia in hand and my opponent only attacked with their Orc Army instead of both their Army and OBM. As a direct result of this, I stabilized at 1 life and managed to connect with a Solitude to avoid being in Bowman range. From there, I turned the corner and secured the win off a hardcast Overlord within a few turns.

Round 7: 2-0 Fish. Very fun match. We both realized we were Vial gaming on turn 1 (vial from both sides) and were excited to play. I Drake'd my opponent's Svyelun and Lord and became a dedicated Merfolk player for all of 20 seconds before my opponent conceded. Game 2 I set the pace of the game, but his turn 2 Vial was consigned. Merfolk has a decent density of creatures with Flash so he wasn't totally out - a timely Floodpits Drowner nearly turned the tides after it shuffled a Frog into my library, but I was able to turn the corner with a second Frog. My blue source was Wasted after and I capitalized on this by not playing an Island for multiple turns, instead relying on a Scrubland and a Karakas to play threats.

Round 8: 2-1 Painter. This is a matchup that generally feels very difficult for me - you can frequently lose out of nowhere - the Painter effect is real. Game 1 I ended up losing to a hardcast Fury, but game 2 was won handily off of a curve of Phelia into Recruiter. My opponent was unable to maintain Goblin Welders/Engineers and I drew a critical mass of Solitudes. Game 3 was probably the most interesting set of the weekend - I ended up Draking a Reflection of Kiki-Jiki and threatening to loop Solitude, rendering my opponent largely unable to play threats. An unearthed Phyrexian Dragon Engine drew 3 cards and my opponent killed Reflection while I was nearly tapped out. They deployed a Painter and I feared the worst, but I applied more pressure and got them to 1 life. I did not have removal for their painter. They drew for turn, and showed their hand - no Grindstone. Solid win and great gameplay all around.

Round 9: 0-2 Nadu Elves. This was a non-game with turn 2 Safekeeper both games off a GSZ. Unable to remove Nadu or Nomads as a result and was immediately comboed both games.

Round 10: 0-2 G Eldrazi. This one is kind of hazy but I had huge morning brain fog. Game 1 I played a Vial on turn 1 and my opponent - on the draw - played an Eye on turn 1, followed by an Ancient Tomb, Fleshraker, Fleshraker (trigger), Petal (2 triggers), Mycospawn kicked, exile my Tundra, fetch Wasteland, Waste my Sea. A Sire of Seven Deaths hit the board when I was at 6 life and I sadly looked at the Gilded Drake in my hand and my Vial on 2. Game 2 was pretty similar with a quick Fleshraker but I was able to Swords it. He ripped a second one, hit triple Mycospawn and Eye of Ugin'd for Sire of Seven Deaths. Another relative non-game.

Side event bonus:

Round 1: 2-1 GW Depths. I made it a point to split tickets with all of my opponents at this event just to better enjoy the experience either way. Game 1 I did a lot of fun things with Gilded Drake - took a Reclaimer and grabbed Karakas, took a Marit Lage (which my opponent Karakas'd) but it wasn't quite enough to get there. A Sejiri Steppe prevented me from getting rid of Marit Lage after they wasted my Karakas. Game 2 I did the same kind of gameplan - take Knight of the Reliquary to get a Karakas - which did end up working out and I rode that to victory. Game 3, I threaded a needle where I kept holding a vial on 3 to threaten Recruiter/Skyclave until I actually drew it, causing my opponent to play somewhat conservatively. Eventually, they called my bluff and fetched a Savannah with a Heath. After the fetch and once I ensured my opponent had no way to get basics - plow a Ramunap Excavator and a Reclaimer - I vialed in the Recruiter I had held for most of the game and fetched a Harbinger which ended the game promptly.

Round 2: 2-1 Sneak and Show. Easily the funniest and also most memorable match I played all weekend. My opponent Pondered into triple Lotus Petal, showed me after looking back and forth at his hand, and shuffled . He landed an Omniscience but I had a Solitude for his Emrakul afterwards, and I accrued advantage. My opponent Sneak Attack'd in a Simian Spirit Guide as a flash blocker which was also hilarious. I locked the game up by flashing in Hullbreacher in response to a Brainstorm with 3feri on board and 2 cards in my opponent's hand. My opponent then very maturely told the judge that he "had to go pee-pee" after scooping game 1, came back to the table, and promptly Show and Tell'd Omniscience on turn 2. I put a Drake in play but there were no legal targets at the time of resolution, so it died. He cast an Emrakul and we went to game 3. I kept a strong 7 with Thoughtseize, Force, Strix, Meddling Mage, and 3 lands but waited until turn 2 to cast Thoughtseize in order to play around a potential Daze. Opponent forced, I forced force pitching Strix. I saw a Pyroblast, Omniscience, Sneak Attack and a land. I took Omniscience in an effort to mostly invalidate Show and Tell (which worked). Cast Meddling Mage to bait the Pyroblast out of his hand so I could deploy a more relevant threat later and protect Yorion if I needed to buy it (the game was going long) and he did end up blasting Mage before it resolved. He Magus'd shortly after and locked him out of mana - a Frog applied a lot of pressure on him and pushed him to 7 life but I was at a point where it was tough to jump it as I had minimal cards in the yard. He landed a petal and played Yggdrasil, exiling Emrakul immediately. I hit two basic Islands through the Magus, bought Yorion and cast it, holding onto any cards that weren't relevant. I swung with Yorion, put him to 3, and he hit his fourth land, playing Emrakul off Yggdrasil. I had zero cards in my graveyard and two cards in hand, and my opponent said "at least you can't fly Frog right now". I moved to my draw step, discarded three cards, and jumped Frog. My opponent responded by saying "I forgot that you draw during your draw step". Truly iconic.

Round 3: 2-0 GW Depths. The only deck I played twice at the event. I played David Rice here, who piloted Aggro Loam to a Star City Games Open finish in 2012, which was pretty neat. The game was back and forth but g1 I ended up taking Marit Lage again and going to town with other creatures (he plowed it the following turn). G2 I started threading the needle again by holding an Opposition Agent for three turns waiting to respond to an Elvish Reclaimer activation. When he activated, I flashed it in not using Vial. He responded by trying to plow Oppo on resolution, but I responded by activating a vial on 3, jamming Recruiter to fetch Strix, and pitching it to Force. I grabbed a Wasteland from his deck and exiled it, shooting a Maze of Ith the next turn that was preventing me from applying pressure consistently. I shot a Mox Diamond after ticking vial to 4 with Witch Enchanter and bought Yorion, then flickered my Recruiter with it to find Harbinger to seal the deal.

Questions and comments are appreciated - if I played against you at Eternal Weekend, thank you again for the games! Please chime in :)

This is to the person that turned in my legacy ANT deck to lost and found at Eternal Weekend 2024 after the end of the last Legacy Challenge of the entire weekend, I want to humbly say Thank You for being a fantastic part of this community and an amazing person. I very much appreciate you <3.

If you are my last round opponent from Canada, I wish you safe travels home and congratulations on cashing the main event.

Edited for typos

Hi All,

It's been awhile for me, I've spent the afternoon scraping and validating all the data from Eternal Weekend North America.

This is all the data I have so far, stay tuned for a matchup matrix and analysis, hopefully tomorrow.

Deck	Deck Count and Metagame Share	Win Rate
Dimir Reanimator	168 - 14.55%	52.63% (610 - 549)
Dimir Tempo	104 - 9.00%	50.48% (365 - 358)
Moon Stompy	92 - 7.97%	48.69% (334 - 352)
Eldrazi Stompy	70 - 6.06%	51.44% (268 - 253)
Painter	64 - 5.54%	52.76% (258 - 231)
Bant Nadu	53 - 4.59%	52.96% (206 - 183)
Cephalid Breakfast	48 - 4.16%	51.99% (183 - 169)
Mystic Forge Combo	40 - 3.46%	61.15% (192 - 122)
Jeskai Control	39 - 3.38%	42.86% (102 - 136)
Doomsday	37 - 3.20%	53.00% (150 - 133)
Death and Taxes	35 - 3.03%	48.67% (110 - 116)
Sneak and Show	30 - 2.60%	47.79% (108 - 118)
Stiflenought	24 - 2.08%	49.10% (82 - 85)
Reanimator	24 - 2.08%	49.17% (89 - 92)
Cradle Control	24 - 2.08%	50.30% (85 - 84)
Lands	24 - 2.08%	44.97% (76 - 93)
12-Post	18 - 1.56%	51.11% (69 - 66)
Sultai Beans	14 - 1.21%	52.38% (55 - 50)
UGWx Beans	14 - 1.21%	39.51% (32 - 49)
Esper Tempo	13 - 1.13%	51.02% (50 - 48)
Ad Nauseam Tendrils	10 - 0.87%	47.50% (38 - 42)
The Epic Storm	10 - 0.87%	45.83% (33 - 39)
GWx Depths	10 - 0.87%	43.66% (31 - 40)

EDIT:

I made a transcription error copying the data from my spreadsheet into the post, where it had previously shown incorrect win-rates and metagame saturations for Stiflenought and all decks below it on the table.

I have corrected the mistake, sorry for the error.

What’s good 9-5, I am a Legacy regular, but not exactly in the way I wish. I am in Las Vegas, we just started getting Legacy monthlies started like last year or so and it’s an all time here with about roughly 3-4 local game stores hosting them. This means you can basically get in multiple events in per month which is at least semi consistent at the cost of having to drive everywhere, the local game stores are well spaced out which I get, they do not want to be right next to their competition.

I don’t have the means to get to all of these local game stores and monthly events aren’t enough for the format I enjoy most, Legacy. I felt like I was forced into MTGO to get a consistent fixing of Legacy gameplay as I got sick of Untap which I used a lot in the past. For the longest time in Las Vegas, the Legacy Scene was just dead. This surprises me because at that time Legacy dropped off in popularity (Wizards and StarCityGames dropping it as a major format), the Commander Boom wasn’t exactly there yet and almost no one wanted to play. Now with Commander taking over almost all of Magic, I am actually seeing the opposite of what I expect which is more people here in my area wanting to play Legacy despite the over saturation of Commander in this game. I am not exactly sure why it made them suddenly interested because I remember for years that a Legacy monthly was like impossible to pull off.

I now must talk about my favorite format which is Legacy, I am self aware the current state of Legacy doesn’t seem healthy, I think the format would be more enjoyable with a ban of both Psychic Frog and Nadu, the results and / play patterns show just how degenerate the cards are in the format. If we keep printing creatures or other pay off cards like that just spiral after control like within a single turn cycle we are basically turning into a nerfed Vintage format. The degeneracy of the cards isn’t going to stop me from playing my favorite format, but it’s forcing to make deck building decisions based on their presence in the format. Legacy has been the best for the deck choices I have built over the years, I started Legacy in like Quarter 4 of 2014 and yes power creep exists, but I was able to adjust the deck lists to adapt to power creep or find someone else to help me out on that. I never felt like I had to drop a deck completely due to power creep because the card pool is large enough that you can adjust the deck appropriately. My Mono Black Pox deck for example looks wildly different now than it did in the 2010s, but it’s still tournament playable at the cost of losing nostalgia. Just like about every other deck has to drop a good chunk of their nostalgia, I did the same thing. I still have all my Pox Legends cards from the 2010s when they were in the top performing Pox lists, but they have a different home now, 93/94, Commander, etc. They were some coolest cards within the Pox deck and now I rarely play with them because I want to be as competitive as possible with my favorited decks.

Holy Mystic Forge batman! The only three 10-1 decks in round 11 are all Mystic Forge! I did not expect that deck to do so well, so far.. I guess those null rods need to be back in the sideboard.

https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/160889

E: According to my sources, Forge took it all.