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The End of Delver's Legacy
After a decade as the format's most iconic creature and the pillar of a deck that defines the Metagame, has Delver of Secrets become obsolete for Legacy?
By Humberto, 09/29/21, translated by Humberto - 0 comments
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Has Delver of Secrets become obsolete for Legacy?
The Historical Context
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staple
, a must-have. Since then, Legacy's Delver decks have gained several elements over the years: Young Pyromancer, Gurmag Angler, True-Name Nemesis, Deathrite Shaman, Wrenn and Six, Sprite Dragon, Monastery Swiftspear, Dreadhorde Arcanist, Oko, Thief of Crowns, among others, had their place in the archetype among the most diverse variants and were, or are all cards that define very well the different windows of opportunity and flexibility that the deck is willing to have. But on no occasion did these decks stop using or even reduce the number Delver copies on the list because it was still one of the pillars of the deck and the threat you could use to win the game on its own against the right matchups. There were always four copies of Delver, there was no reason for you to play with less than that. And then Modern Horizons II arrived, and it changed the whole structure of how Delver decks are built in Legacy.Modern Horizons II and Power Creep
F.I.R.E.
philosophy was adopted by Wizards of the Coast, which culminated in a mix of Standard sets that increased power level in a way we haven't seen since the famous Urza Block, considered by many to be the most broken block in the game's entire history. While the rotation and, in (not so) extreme cases, bannings help adjust Standard, the impact of such increase caused by the F.I.R.E. philosophy can be felt in eternal formats permanently, since there is no rotation to "correct" these "mistakes", and since these cards are often not made and designed for these formats, they end up creating situations where they become instant Staples or even break these formats entirely by unplanned interactions with an old package of cards, as Valki, God of Lies did before the errata in Cascade mechanics or as Underworld Breach interacted with Lion's Eye Diamond and Brain Freeze. However, these new cards will be, when they do not dominate these eternal formats, forcing their adaptation with the inclusion of these new cards, something that has always occurred in a format like Legacy: decks like Merfolks were once considered the best deck of the format, the archetypes were different before Tarmogoyf or Delver of Secrets, Thoughtseize replaced Duress when it was released, Ponder and Dark Confidant became large Staples, cards like Terravore, Vendilion Clique, Young Pyromancer, Leovold, Emissary of Trest, and Baleful Strix were once staples, but have become obsolete according to how more powerful cards were emerging and the Metagame was changing.Ad

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Delver and Power Creep


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The Value of Interaction
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The Advantages of not playing Delver
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The Advantages of playing Delver
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