Nowadays MTG is more about Johnny Newbie getting to cast his or her monsters and nobody is able to say "no" effectively- counters are expensive and landkill neutered, but Stax takes us back to the old days, and most people playing Legacy will appreciate the fuller range of styles afforded by Legacy. In the days when the stack mattered, and Planeswalkers did not exist, creatures were mediocrem, and not everything was about turning creatures sideways every sodding game, Stax and other Prison strategies were seen as a reasonable way to play. Move over blue decks, consistency has to be shared around a bit more now.įinally, Stax represents old school MTG.
Many decks get "free wins" and this one gets more than its fair share.Īnother point is the the London mulligan has benefited the deck tremendously, giving a much needed boost, and a bigger boost than that afforded to Burn, Miracles et al. If the opponents cannot cast anything, they cannot win, at least most of the time- this is Legacy after all. On a more practical level Stax has many more lock pieces than other sol land decks decks, leading to games where opponents get to literally play 0-2 spells. Well, partly this is down to taste- Stax runs long, a disadvantage in terms of draws and the ability to scout, but also more of a game. Of course, he goes in practically any deck with sol lands, so it is reasonable to ask "why play Stax over X sol land deck?". Incidentally, anyone looking to pop artifacts like Lotus Petal or Lion's Eye Diamond on their way to storm or whatever combo is not going to be happy if you can drop this early along with another hate piece.
This guy offers any Stompy, Stax, MUD, 12 Post or, indeed, almost any Sol-land strategy the power to access sideboard cards, and the power to lock out the game with Mycosynth Lattice.
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