The Eternal Weekend Meta Is Taking Shape

Eternal Weekend is coming. So... what are you playing? Zac and Phil break down the latest Legacy results from Buffalo Chicken Dip , looking at the decklists and trying to figure out what the current metagame actually looks like heading into Eternal Weekend. On paper, the format looks pretty diverse. We've got: Sneak & Show Blue-Red Delver Beanstalk Black Saga Storm Dimir Doomsday But once you start looking at the actual cards being played, things get a lot more interesting. Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student is everywhere. Daze continues to show up across multiple shells. Flow State has become a major engine for tempo decks, while Stock Up fills a similar role in bigger-mana strategies. And Orcish Bowmasters continues to dictate the terms of interaction. Phil's argument is that the Legacy metagame may look like a collection of different archetypes while actually functioning around a surprisingly small collection of cards . We also talk about: Sneak & Show's new Flashback technology Whether Flashback belongs in Legacy The eternal debate over Daze The strange rise and fall of Bilbo Blue-Red Delver Prismari Command vs. Brazen Borrower Beanstalk's incredibly low-risk engine Black Saga Storm D…