I've played both formats and I prefer Modern to Legacy by quite a long shot, don't see why people are all focused in legacy, must be all the blue lovers I guess.
I think a couple early Jund decks I saw were up near 900$ to throw together. However most of the solid decks out there if they avoid goyf are fairly moderate at around 300-600$ which honestly is fairly good when you compare it to Legacy where just a land base could run you 300-skys the limit. I just have to look back to Standard a year ago to Caw-Blade and say 800$ standard deck and go yeah Modern as a non-rotating format seems pretty decent in the that price range for decks.
Guess why. Goyf. Oh but they can reprint goyf while they can't reprint duals.
Without fow (and bs to search for it), I hear losing on turns 1-3 against combo is fun and nice. Then you put your sideboard hate but if you don't draw it in your opening 7 you're... doomed.
Without circumventing the reserve list and reprinting cards, the only way Legacy can grow is proxies. How many of those limited cards have been ruined or destroyed? How many are sitting in peoples collections never played or forgotten about? According to some larger shops across America, they believe close to 60% of Legacy and Vintage staples are in the UK and Japan. Add in the damaged or lost cards and that doesnt leave many cards for the American players to use.
Wizards doesn't want legacy to grow (well, they say they can't due to the reserved list). That's why they made Modern.
I dont know if Legacy is more popular. Many just cant afford to get into the format at a competitive level. I am not saying Modern is any more competitive for different reasons but SCGs has more or less picked their pony, and that pony is Legacy, and they probably have to ride it to the end. Legacies player pool is limited by the number cards on the reserve list and SCG and Wotc knows it. Either Legacy is going to have to go the route of Vintage and allow proxies or die a slow death. Either way it opens the door for Modern.
Proxies? I don't think so. There are enough cards out there for legacy to have a decent number of players. The problem is that number can't grow bigger than what it is now, more or less.
Couple months ago people were saying legacy was so much better than modern. I'm surprised to see these replies. Guess people are getting bored of brainstorm, fow, and turn2 combo kills against nonfow decks.
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They haven't because they know it's useless to reprint those and not the other staples. People are still gonna need the ones in the reserved list.
Guess why. Goyf. Oh but they can reprint goyf while they can't reprint duals.
Wizards doesn't want legacy to grow (well, they say they can't due to the reserved list). That's why they made Modern.
Proxies? I don't think so. There are enough cards out there for legacy to have a decent number of players. The problem is that number can't grow bigger than what it is now, more or less.