I feel like artifact decks are now irrelevant in legacy and are reserved exclusively for modern or occasionally standard. Is it time to sell all those mox opals and affinity cards? Have there been...any new developments with artifacts that make it successful?
Legacy is a funny format. I tend to believe the format is mostly played on the kitchen table, therefore it is hard to tell what is hot and what is not. Sure we have legacy tournaments but there isn't enough legacy tournaments today like there was 10+ years ago. So I question all data on what's hot, when it comes to Legacy popularity.
Affinity is one of those decks types that players will flock to... So Mox Opals and other 'affinity cards' will have sell/trade value.
I think the Developing Tread many have a few answers your looking for:
There is a new deck calles Steel Stompy putting up some good results and showing up more and more.
Take a look at that deck, to me it looks really fun and strong to play. It plays Mox Opal so if you want to play that card maybe this deck is something for you.
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There is a new deck calles Steel Stompy putting up some good results and showing up more and more.
Take a look at that deck, to me it looks really fun and strong to play. It plays Mox Opal so if you want to play that card maybe this deck is something for you.
When I searched for "steel stompy" here I got no threads about it explicitly. Do you have a link to anything with its deck or primer?
There is a new deck calles Steel Stompy putting up some good results and showing up more and more.
Take a look at that deck, to me it looks really fun and strong to play. It plays Mox Opal so if you want to play that card maybe this deck is something for you.
When I searched for "steel stompy" here I got no threads about it explicitly. Do you have a link to anything with its deck or primer?
Of course I got a link for you.
I forgot to put that one in there sorry.
That looks pretty good and I conveniently already have the bulk of those cards, so I guess it's time to take it for a test run :). One thing that's annoying though is it's called "steel stompy" but there's no darksteel colossus.
The Stompy term has come to mean Chalice decks with some aggro dudes, but I always thought Stompy just meant creatures, as in Sea Stompy, Tangle Stompy et al from the turn if the century. Now it means Chalice and a few dudes. Dragon Stompy hardly plays loads of dudes, and often no dragons, but Soldier Stompy does what it says on the tin I guess.
Sol Affinity or Chalice Affinity or Chalice robots would be a better name in many ways. You don't hear of Merfolk being called Merfolk Stompy, but it also runs Chalice.
Name aside artifacts are relevant in Legacy beyond Mox D, Chrome mox et al. One of the SCG events has a brown Stax player who has placed highly a couple of times. One was top 8 in 500 plus player event iirc, and the deck was nothing but artifacts. Mud still gets some play. Affinity has only been missing one super hate card that gets free wins, and they have found it to make Steel Stompy (hint, it ends with "of the void" and is the same super hate card used in Merfolk, Soldier Stompy et al).
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The difference between a Legacy T1 deck and T1.5 deck is the popularity of the current decks in the meta. Popularity ebbs and flows Artifacts will return one day just not today.
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Affinity is one of those decks types that players will flock to... So Mox Opals and other 'affinity cards' will have sell/trade value.
I think the Developing Tread many have a few answers your looking for:
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/legacy-type-1-5/developing-legacy
Take a look at that deck, to me it looks really fun and strong to play. It plays Mox Opal so if you want to play that card maybe this deck is something for you.
Modern - Burn
EDH - Neheb the Eternal
When I searched for "steel stompy" here I got no threads about it explicitly. Do you have a link to anything with its deck or primer?
Of course I got a link for you.
I forgot to put that one in there sorry.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MTGLegacy/comments/7r1oqb/video_steel_stompy_frankfurt_list_decksideboard/
Modern - Burn
EDH - Neheb the Eternal
Sol Affinity or Chalice Affinity or Chalice robots would be a better name in many ways. You don't hear of Merfolk being called Merfolk Stompy, but it also runs Chalice.
Name aside artifacts are relevant in Legacy beyond Mox D, Chrome mox et al. One of the SCG events has a brown Stax player who has placed highly a couple of times. One was top 8 in 500 plus player event iirc, and the deck was nothing but artifacts. Mud still gets some play. Affinity has only been missing one super hate card that gets free wins, and they have found it to make Steel Stompy (hint, it ends with "of the void" and is the same super hate card used in Merfolk, Soldier Stompy et al).
I say if you got all the cards lying around go for it! It might be the deck for you
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