How about cheating out a Rot Hulk
9) Breena, the Demagogue : Growing your army off other players attacking each other is great
Here, its a little more forgivable, because Roshans ability is obviously meant to give the Assassin type to your face-down creatures, but he still seriously dilutes the Assassin kindred theme with that ability
This sets up the Dondozo train, which will hopefully be doing a consistent 150200 damage each turn with very little your opponent can do to stop it other than removing Energy cards
Thats not gatekeeping so much as economics, unfortunately. Who Legacy is for Players who love technical play and powerful interactions Folks who enjoy high agency and big brains Anyone with access to a Legacy community (its regional) Vintage Vintage is the closest Magic gets to anything goes, with two important caveats: It has a small banned list It uses a restricted list, meaning certain cards are limited to one copy per deck This is the home of iconic power and absurd starts
(For more on linear and its opposite modular, check out my column "Come Together") I bring up linear-ness because it's something designers have to think about with threshold mechanics
