
Deck tech
Legacy Deck Tech: Izzet Delver
Today, we dissect Legacy's Izzet Delver, which won the Legacy Showcase with plenty of new additions from Modern Horizons II!
By Humberto, 06/15/21, translated by Humberto - 0 comments
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Delver Decks
. In a general context, the way Delver decks are used to constantly transition between proactive and reactive plays makes this category of deck extremely challenging to pilot, but very rewarding when piloted the right way. Understanding when you need to be the beatdown, when you need to respond to what your opponent is playing, when to protect your threats, among other things, makes these decks a great experience for its players, Whether to get good results or to improve your experience and understanding of the game or a specific format. When it comes to formats, despite not being a format that I actively play (especially due to the price tag of its staples), Legacy is one of my favorite formats to play and watch due to the significant amount of powerful cards and impactful interactions existing in the format. There is no other format with a great player base where you can play with Force of Will, Wasteland, powerful cantrips like Brainstorm and Ponder, and other powerful spells from other archetypes such as Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis, Ancient Tomb, Green Sun's Zenith, among others. Because of that, I see Legacy as one of the most exciting formats to play, as it's about having meaningful access to the best cards in the entire game and making the best use of them. And the icing on the cake is that Delver, my favorite archetype, is the best deck of the format. Or rather, Delver is the โfun policeโ of the format, the deck that manages to hold the unfair decks while playing well against the fair decks, and thus became the best archetype of the Legacy Metagame in the last eight years, losing this spot only when a truly broken deck appears in the format, when the broken deck is not a variant of Delver itself using one or another unfair card. After all, Legacy is a format with infinite interactions, and it's impossible to keep track of all of them when creating a new card for a new set. It's also not possible to understand the full potential of a card before its release, before the collective mind of the community does its job of trying to break formats with each new release.Ad
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to win the Legacy Showcase Challenge this weekend, using a total of eleven new Modern Horizons cards, all of which are of great use for the archetype. The objective of Izzet Delver, like the other variants of the archetype, is to play a low-cost threat or two and keep them in play while trying to disrupt the opponent's plans with low-cost disruptions like counters and removals. Each Delver variant has its pros and cons, but Modern Horizons II brought in enough cards that the Izzet version can easily be considered the best version due to the consistency of threats the deck now has, which has surpassed the creatures of the Temur version, along with a more robust manabase, less susceptible to cards like Wasteland. Another advantage of the Izzet version is the ability to consistently play Expressive Iteration, which proved to be a strong card within all formats in which it is legal as a great way to obtain selection card and card advantage at a low cost. That said, I think we must dissect the deck to understand exactly how it works, and how it got straight to the top of the format:Maindeck

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Performance Analysis
spectacular
and pretty fun to play. It captures the very essence of what a deck with Delver of Secrets aspires to be and adds consistency and value thanks to new cards, creating a true game-winning machine. I played several matches in Tournament Practice, until I got to the point where I felt safe enough to play a League with that list. That done, I ended the League as follows: 2-0 vs. Burn 2-1 vs. GW Depths 2-1 vs. Izzet Delver 1-2 vs. Bant Snow 2-0 vs. Show And Tell I finished the league with a result of 4-1. One particular feeling I had while piloting the deck is that it seems to be a step above the other decks in the format, or that the metagame still feels unprepared for it. I say this mainly because I'm not familiar with Legacy and haven't played the format actively since 2018, and yet I managed to get very positive results with the deck, even when making occasional embarrassing mistakes, such as putting a Daze on exile and Delver of Secrets in hand with Expressive Iteration or sequencing the wrong top with Ponder in a game.Ad
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