Miracles | One of the most DOMINANT Legacy Decks Ever | Magic: the Gathering Deck History #35

[@Fellknauel]

the extremely-briefly-legal-in-standard rancor miracle infect deck remains one of my favorite decks of all time

[@snap1576]

Where can I find a list? Seems super interesting

[@TrumpLester]

Would you kindly inform us further?

[@funnymcfunfuns1455]

I didn't know that was a thing but I actually built a similar deck just for fun. 1st turn Glistener Elf, 2nd turn Revenge of the Hunted and Giant Growth for 10 trampling Infect. Throw in Mutagenic Growth and Invigorate, and you can hit for 16 poison on turn 2:)

[@NStripleseven]

@@funnymcfunfuns1455 w h o a

[@SirZapdos]

The 2013 deck features Energy Field and Rest in Peace, a very spicy combo. Energy Field prevents all damage dealt to you but gets sacrificed when any card goes to your graveyard. However, with Rest in Peace out, cards will never go to your graveyard. That means you'll never take damage, which means your opponents are helpless unless they can destroy enchantments. Plus the mainboard Rest in Peace comes with the upside of hosing graveyard-based strategies or any cards seeking to abuse Deathrite Shaman.

[@chrayez]

When I think of Miracle, I always think of that clip of Kibler losing to Bonfire.

[@KuroShiroKonohaTheAnim3Foo]

Man, here I was hoping the LSV miracle meme will be showcased here lol. Great vid as always Nizzahon!

[@heidilynnbatley141]

I love the subtle use of the singular.. miracle.. when it applies lmao. You're fun to listen to, nizza! Keep up the good work, and go sox!! 👏

[@NizzahonMagic]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@jordancourtney9142]

dang, avacyn restored is a decade old this year

[@kingginger3335]

You should do a series called "Nizza-pizza", where you build a Modern or Legacy deck and give us the "ingredients" to those decks. Meaning the deck list. I bet it would be really fun and drive more viewer's to your videos.

[@emperornapoleon6204]

Thanks, Nizza! I love the deck history videos: this is an excellent birthday gift!

[@NizzahonMagic]

Happy birthday!

[@emperornapoleon6204]

@@NizzahonMagic thank you, Nizzahon! Keep up the good work!

[@danielvanderklift5802]

A friend of mine who has been playing legacy for years now is trying to make miracles work like his life depends on it and he's useing aminatou the fate shifter

[@InsanityPlea100]

I wanna put standstill in a group hug edh deck and just use it to ruin 1 person's day, while making 2 friends.

[@ItsDangerousGoAlone]

You should do a top 10 on the top 10 cycles with 5 cards in then. Add up each of the 5 cards in a cycle points and see what is the top 10

[@christopheryoung2874]

right on!

[@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514]

Ahh........ Next time someone argues with me that mystic sanctuary made modern miracles oppressive, I'm pointing them to your vid. Deck didn't do anything in modern that was above the formats power. I am vindicated!

[@NizzahonMagic]

Yeah, it made the deck better for sure, but it isn't like it has become a major player in the format.

[@InsanityPlea100]

Most 'miracles' that occur in game are actually just well thought out processes rigging a situation in your favor. Wait... why does that actually feel like clever and subtle real life commentary...

[@kennydarmawan13]

I actually had an idea to revise the miracle mechanic. It's called Call. It's like Miracle, except it doesn't have to be the first card drawn, and that you can only cast it that way once a turn.

[@kennydarmawan13]

@KingShroom use a marker similar to Day and Night. Also, once a turn.

[@ich3730]

@@kennydarmawan13 so we invent a much more unintuitive version of an already existing, clean mechanic? xD Plus, where is the flavor? "Call"? Miracle is linked to being a lucky topdeck, actually feeling like its a MIRACLE if you topKEK your temporal mastery and now god gifts you a time walk from his personal collection to use in that moment.

[@kennydarmawan13]

@@ich3730 I thought mine is cleaner and more balanced, if not less predictable.

[@fiofio601]

2012/2013 is a piece of art. I still play it in EDH.

[@outtatime9836]

Might build a modern version with the reality ship. Seems okie

[@kh1129]

Did you forget about all those Bonfire of the Damned decks or did they just suck?

[@TempestDacine]

Bonfire was just thrown into red decks not really a miracle strategy but a powerful board wipe that got really efficient if u miracled it.

[@NizzahonMagic]

A deck with bonfire in it isn't automatically a Miracle deck.

[@kh1129]

@@NizzahonMagic It still would have been nice if you touched upon it. You've discussed Dredge decks that didn't even run a single card with the dredge mechanic in your Dredge video. I'm sure Bonfire would easily be one of the best Miracle cards using your scoring system.

[@NizzahonMagic]

@@kh1129 The difference is that the dredge decks in that video are direct descendants of actual dredge decks and used the same type of strategy. Bonfire decks were not at all like actual Miracle decks. They just ran a card WITH miracle. They didn't manipulate the library to abuse them, which is key.

[@nharviala]

My biggest question is, why didn't Legacy decks swap out the banned top for Mirri's Guile? It's less flexible, sure, but it's the constant Top effect, that lets you still control the top of your deck, without even needing to add more mana.

[@NizzahonMagic]

That is a pretty huge downgrade. It could help set up miracles, but it wasn't very good with counterbalance, since you want to activate it in response to a spell. Top could also draw for you. Going Green also wasn't a great option for a deck that was UW control at it's core.

[@erenjager4698]

Great video. One of my fav legacy decks. If only I could afford legacy 😭

[@willythewyno]

I voted for this!

[@manuelo1738]

Make one on high tide

[@Arethusa01]

When they thought it would take a miracle to pull the alternate cost.

[@karameljunction1808]

Dang too bad! I am too late! I thought I’d be able to catch the new video tonight!

[@JuanWonOne]

I like living in Australia, I'm living one day in the future. This video came 1 day early.

[@andreaatti8540]

Someone could explain me better how the machanics works? How do you demonstrate that the miracle card you are playing is the first drew in the turn and not a card that you had in hand before?

[@arditi69]

When you draw, don’t put it into your hand immediately, look at it and show your opponent if it’s a miracle

[@dickjohnson9996]

I JUST learned that you can cast sorcery miracles at instant speed if you draw it during your opponent's turn, this makes me fucking angry. People at the LGS when I first started playing told me I couldn't >:-( Until just now I thought you couldn't cast sorcery miracles as instants, it literally changes everything, what the fuck, magic. I literally don't put some in my EDH decks because of it. It doesn't even mention this on gatherer, so I never had reason to question it. Wow. Im genuinely mad.

[@gigawarman12]

Yes

[@TiwazPagan-if3og]

In an online system such as Arena or MTGO I'd say it's probably fine because the system probably "checks" that it was indeed the first card drawn within a turn. In real life this mechanic seems seriously flawed, because what's honestly keeping a person from lying about it being the first card drawn within a turn - absolutely nothing you're hoping that the player has honest integrity, and good sportsmanship.

[@JohnChronakis]

Please repost this in 9 months so it'll be a proper Christmas miracle

[@OrbGoblin]

This deck makes me question how magnets work...

[@sshim950]

: )

[@chrisschweitzer5558]

I miss Top so much.

[@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514]

My fav archetype of all time! Briefly playable in modern even....... Until WotC caved to man-babies amd banned mystic sanctuary. Bastards

[@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514]

Since paper magic is dead, top needs unbanned in all formats!

[@ich3730]

idk there is more EDH players then arena whales xD

[@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514]

@@ich3730 yea...... But top ain't banned in edh.

[@NizzahonMagic]

They won't unban it in Legacy, Counter-Top combo still too strong.