Eternal Durdles

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eternaldurdles/subscribe Eternal Durdles is a weekly Magic: the Gathering podcast focusing on the Legacy format. Hosted by long-time MTG veterans Zac Clark and Phil Blechman.

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  Eternal Durdles

  The Classic Legacy Cards You NEED to Know

  Aug 21, 202633 min

  What cards do you actually need to know if you're getting into Classic? We're starting a new series looking at the cards that define Eternal Durdles' various Legacy-era formats, beginning with Classic . Zac and Phil go through a compiled list of commonly played and powerful cards in the format, looking at everything from planeswalkers and creatures to spells, artifacts, enchantments, and lands. The goal is simple: give you a radar for the cards you're going to see—and the cards you should keep an eye out for when you're buying collections or digging through bulk. Along the way, we talk about: Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Elspeth and Gideon Dark Confidant, Emrakul and Eternal Witness Tarmogoyf and Knight of the Reliquary Stoneforge Mystic and Sword of Fire and Ice Vendilion Clique Cabal Therapy, Duress and Hymn to Tourach Brainstorm, Force of Will, Daze and Lightning Bolt Wrath of God and Damnation Aether Vial, Chalice of the Void and Grindstone Counterbalance and Sylvan Library Academy Ruins, Ancient Tomb and Dark Depths Dual lands, fetches, Wasteland and Tabernacle And the absolutely gorgeous Bands-with-Other-Legends lands We also get into one of our favorite parts of playing older formats: finding playable cards for pennies in bulk bins. Because sometimes the best part of building a new deck isn't buying the cards. It's finding them. 00:00 — The Classic Staples List 01:03 — Planeswalkers & Classic Creatures 05:53 — Stoneforge Mystic, Vendilion Clique & Equipment 07:27 — Sorceries: Therapy, Duress & Hymn 09:45 — Instants: Brainstorm, Force & the Countermagic Suite 12:17 — Artifacts & the Classic Tribal Decks 15:38 — Enchantments: Blood Moon, Counterbalance & Sylvan Library 17:30 — The Most Beautiful Bad Lands in Magic 23:01 — Academy Ruins, Dark Depths & Turbo Depths 28:40 — The Classic Treasure Hunt The 28:40 chapter is a particularly good ending because the conversation comes back around to the actual purpose of the list: using it as a shopping/collection-building guide and finding these cards in bulk. Timestamps

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  Eternal Durdles

  The Classic Legacy Cards You NEED to Know

  Aug 21, 202633 min

  What cards do you actually need to know if you're getting into Classic? We're starting a new series looking at the cards that define Eternal Durdles' various Legacy-era formats, beginning with Classic . Zac and Phil go through a compiled list of commonly played and powerful cards in the format, looking at everything from planeswalkers and creatures to spells, artifacts, enchantments, and lands. The goal is simple: give you a radar for the cards you're going to see—and the cards you should keep an eye out for when you're buying collections or digging through bulk. Along the way, we talk about: Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Elspeth and Gideon Dark Confidant, Emrakul and Eternal Witness Tarmogoyf and Knight of the Reliquary Stoneforge Mystic and Sword of Fire and Ice Vendilion Clique Cabal Therapy, Duress and Hymn to Tourach Brainstorm, Force of Will, Daze and Lightning Bolt Wrath of God and Damnation Aether Vial, Chalice of the Void and Grindstone Counterbalance and Sylvan Library Academy Ruins, Ancient Tomb and Dark Depths Dual lands, fetches, Wasteland and Tabernacle And the absolutely gorgeous Bands-with-Other-Legends lands We also get into one of our favorite parts of playing older formats: finding playable cards for pennies in bulk bins. Because sometimes the best part of building a new deck isn't buying the cards. It's finding them. 00:00 — The Classic Staples List 01:03 — Planeswalkers & Classic Creatures 05:53 — Stoneforge Mystic, Vendilion Clique & Equipment 07:27 — Sorceries: Therapy, Duress & Hymn 09:45 — Instants: Brainstorm, Force & the Countermagic Suite 12:17 — Artifacts & the Classic Tribal Decks 15:38 — Enchantments: Blood Moon, Counterbalance & Sylvan Library 17:30 — The Most Beautiful Bad Lands in Magic 23:01 — Academy Ruins, Dark Depths & Turbo Depths 28:40 — The Classic Treasure Hunt The 28:40 chapter is a particularly good ending because the conversation comes back around to the actual purpose of the list: using it as a shopping/collection-building guide and finding these cards in bulk. Timestamps

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  Eternal Durdles

  The Best Deck for Eternal Weekend?

  Aug 20, 202630 min

  Are you prepared to die on Turn Two? With Eternal Weekend approaching, Zac and Phil take a look at the Legacy metagame and ask a very important question: what decks are actually going to define the tournament? While everyone is talking about Bilbo, Karn, and the other obvious threats, Phil thinks there's a deck that isn't getting nearly enough attention: Surveillance Cam Combo. The deck combines Goblin Welder + Surveillance Cam with a huge number of compact artifact interactions to create potentially infinite loops—and it can kill incredibly quickly while still having access to powerful cards like Urza's Saga, Emery, Loki, Force of Will, and Agatha's Soul Cauldron. We also discuss: The upcoming B&R window before Eternal Weekend Whether anything is likely to get banned Why Breakfast may be seriously underplayed The latest Breakfast lists and innovations Why Urza's Saga is so important to Breakfast The Surveillance Cam + Goblin Welder combo Infinite mana and damage loops Hawkeye's Bow Painter's Servant / Grindstone variants Why the deck has so few "bad" cards Why Surveillance Cam may be one of Legacy's best-kept secrets What you need to be prepared to beat at Eternal Weekend And the big takeaway: If Legacy is becoming a Turn-Two format, your deck needs to be able to interact on Turn Two. Start getting your reps in now. 00:00 — What Will Legacy Look Like at Eternal Weekend? 01:55 — Could the B&R Window Actually Change Anything? 06:42 — Breakfast Is WAY Too Underplayed 08:02 — The Two Best Decks for Eternal Weekend 12:37 — The Latest Breakfast List 19:01 — Is Surveillance Cam the Best Deck Nobody Talks About? 21:27 — How Surveillance Cam Combo Actually Works 24:18 — Why This Deck Has Almost No Bad Cards 27:23 — The Turn-Two Legacy Problem 28:21 — Start Your 100 Games NOW Timestamps

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  Eternal Durdles

  The Best Deck for Eternal Weekend?

  Aug 20, 202630 min

  Are you prepared to die on Turn Two? With Eternal Weekend approaching, Zac and Phil take a look at the Legacy metagame and ask a very important question: what decks are actually going to define the tournament? While everyone is talking about Bilbo, Karn, and the other obvious threats, Phil thinks there's a deck that isn't getting nearly enough attention: Surveillance Cam Combo. The deck combines Goblin Welder + Surveillance Cam with a huge number of compact artifact interactions to create potentially infinite loops—and it can kill incredibly quickly while still having access to powerful cards like Urza's Saga, Emery, Loki, Force of Will, and Agatha's Soul Cauldron. We also discuss: The upcoming B&R window before Eternal Weekend Whether anything is likely to get banned Why Breakfast may be seriously underplayed The latest Breakfast lists and innovations Why Urza's Saga is so important to Breakfast The Surveillance Cam + Goblin Welder combo Infinite mana and damage loops Hawkeye's Bow Painter's Servant / Grindstone variants Why the deck has so few "bad" cards Why Surveillance Cam may be one of Legacy's best-kept secrets What you need to be prepared to beat at Eternal Weekend And the big takeaway: If Legacy is becoming a Turn-Two format, your deck needs to be able to interact on Turn Two. Start getting your reps in now. 00:00 — What Will Legacy Look Like at Eternal Weekend? 01:55 — Could the B&R Window Actually Change Anything? 06:42 — Breakfast Is WAY Too Underplayed 08:02 — The Two Best Decks for Eternal Weekend 12:37 — The Latest Breakfast List 19:01 — Is Surveillance Cam the Best Deck Nobody Talks About? 21:27 — How Surveillance Cam Combo Actually Works 24:18 — Why This Deck Has Almost No Bad Cards 27:23 — The Turn-Two Legacy Problem 28:21 — Start Your 100 Games NOW Timestamps

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  Eternal Durdles

  We Just Played the First Peak Legacy Event

  Aug 19, 202634 min

  Peak Legacy is officially a paper format. On August 16th, we held the first-ever paper Peak Legacy event , bringing together 10 players and 8 different archetypes for a tournament that was as much about exploring an old format as it was about competing. The event was won by Grixis Control , featuring Baleful Strix, Gurmag Angler, Snapcaster Mage, Kolaghan's Command, and a pile of spicy one-ofs and unusual numbers. We break down the decks that showed up, including Grixis Delver, Infect, Dark Maverick, Goblin Stompy, Lands, Death & Taxes, and Phil's Blue-White Miracles list. But the most exciting part wasn't necessarily the winner. It was seeing what happens when you take a historical Legacy format and give players the time and incentive to explore it without another set immediately changing everything. We talk about: The first Peak Legacy paper event The winning Grixis Control deck Goblin Stompy and Goblin Caves Mulch Lands and modern deckbuilding ideas Two very different Death & Taxes builds Phil's Blue-White Miracles experiment Unexpectedly Absent Why Peak games feel so strategically deep Proxy-friendly Peak Legacy Building decks from bulk-bin discoveries The future of Peak Legacy paper events We're planning to keep the momentum going with more Peak Legacy events in NYC , with the goal of eventually getting close to a monthly event. If you're interested in Peak, Classic, Premodern, Pre-War, or other locked Legacy formats, subscribe to Returnal Durdles . This is where we're building that community.

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