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Michael LeVine
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Scientist and enjoyer of old Magic cards
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First week on Loam Pox. 3-1 at Gamestoria weekly, 3-0-1 at the Hex USW weekly, 5-2 in the Sunday Legacy challenge. 11-3-1 in matches, 25-7 in games. This deck is so fucking great.
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Just want to point out that I was playing MTG when MTG announced her resignation. Also, Loam Pox rocks.
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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A child dressed up for Halloween walks by with his parents (also dressed up). My wife says “aw, he’s Spiderman”. I correct her, “no, he’s Spider-Punk”. The mom excitedly shouts “exactly!”. Thanks Universes Beyond!
October 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Also release the hybrids and let me play Dovescape Rocco and Dovescape Heliod
October 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Going all-in on the Pox life. Thanks @toamichael.bsky.social!
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Didn’t realize the Friday event was a three star event. If only I had started the main event 5-0…
www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=7514...
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Hey @cardtitan.bsky.social why are the Friday trials missing from mtgtop8?
October 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Just ban Tamiyo, TOR, and Thassa’s Oracle. Legacy will be awesome.
akaleth.bsky.social Evan Lewis @akaleth.bsky.social · Oct 12
I know everyone is exhausted by B&R talk, but it's kind of a huge bummer that 5/8 of the top 8 is the same between this year and the last. We really need to turn a new leaf in 2026, and I hope it starts with axing no less than Tamiyo and The One Ring.
cardtitan.bsky.social Card Titan @cardtitan.bsky.social · Oct 12
Congrats to our 2025 NA Legacy Champs Top 8!

#EternalWeekend
October 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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LOAM POX IN ETERNAL WEEKEND TOP 8!
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October 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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cardtitan.bsky.social Card Titan @cardtitan.bsky.social · Oct 12
Congrats to our 2025 NA Legacy Champs Top 8!

#EternalWeekend
October 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Squandered my bye to start at 1-3, pushed to 5-3, but punted the win in the last round to go 5-4 and not make day 2. Played Mono-Black “Scam” with a green splash for Once Upon a Time and Collector Ouphe in the sideboard.

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October 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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5-0 in the Legacy Trial so I get a nice round 1 bye at the North American Legacy Championship tomorrow! Reanimator is for weaklings 😈
October 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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I did it because the sweatshirt is hilarious
cardtitan.bsky.social Card Titan @cardtitan.bsky.social · Sep 10
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September 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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lol legacy challenge top 8 @fireshoes.bsky.social
4-0 into 4-2 lost to the same dimir reanimator player last round of swiss and in top 8 😢
September 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Literally going to kill Eternal Weekend attendance, I may even skip if I’m being honest
fireshoes.bsky.social Robert Taylor 🔥 @fireshoes.bsky.social · Jun 30
Legacy section by Carmen (no changes)
Legacy Written by Carmen Klomparens No changes It's been a few months since we last took action in Legacy. Back in March, the only real way to engage with the Legacy format was by playing a form of combo, prison, or Eldrazi. At the time, our intent was explicitly to remove the negative play patterns of Sowing Mycospawn and take Dimir Reanimator down a peg. Thus far, the results have been mixed to positive. Since the banning of Sowing Mycospawn , Eldrazi decks have more or less vanished from the metagame, with Mystic Forge artifact combo taking its place as the most popular colorless deck. Dimir Reanimator, on the other hand, has remained the most played deck in the format, albeit at a lower win rate and smaller share of the metagame. In a lot of ways, this is the process working as intended. Ultimately, Eternal formats are a place where people want to feel like they can put a bunch of time into collecting all of the cards for a deck and know that it will be viable for a long time. Given that the most recent Legacy Showcase on Magic Online had an extremely diverse Top 8, with the lone copy of Dimir Reanimator going out in the quarterfinals, it feels like Legacy players have directions to go if they want to be successful without playing Daze and Entomb together. It is hard for us to disentangle if the reason that Dimir is showing up at a high rate is because it is the best deck or if Legacy is delivering on its promise of allowing players to play with the same cards year over year. One divisive topic in Legacy is the existence of the Oops! All Spells deck. Oops! All Spells is a deck that exists on the back of technicalities and technically complex rules interactions. The deck gets its name by not playing any cards that are lands on their front side, then maximizing what it can get out of that restriction. In its initial configuration, it uses Balustrade Spy or Undercity Informer to mill its entire deck, recur some creatures like Narcomoeba and Poxwalkers , and use those creatures to fuel the flashback cost of Dread Return , targeting Thassa's Oracle to win immediately. After sideboarding, the deck can dodge graveyard hate by using Goblin Charbelcher to reveal 40 or 50 cards and kill the opponent in one giant shot. As the deck has evolved over time, cards like Jack-o'-Lantern and Memory's Journey have helped the deck become more resilient to interaction. To some, this deck can be particularly frustrating to lose to as it feels like it's abusing Magic's game engine more than it is playing a game of Magic. To other people, it's an illustration of why Magic's game engine is cool. The deck is doing a bunch of things that "shouldn't" be allowed and rewards having a deep knowledge of the rules and cards in Magic. It puts us in a difficult position of trying to arbitrate whether we think it has a positive or negative impact on the environment. Unlike other archetypes, so much of why this deck exists is because of one-of-a-kind cards that run the risk of killing the deck completely if we were to address the archetype. For now, the deck is showing up at a range that is acceptable for decks in the format and has a win rate that is within permissible ranges, which has us reluctant to make a change. Given the strong negative reaction some players have to playing against this deck and how hard it can be to adapt to, the bar it has to clear for us to take action against it is lower than some other decks, but for now, we're happy to let such a unique deck have a place to exist within Magic.
June 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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lol wotc trying to kill legacy huh
June 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Brunch and legacy with @michaelvlevine.bsky.social in Greenpoint!
June 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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MY BROTHER GOT CACTUAR’D AT PRERELEASE 😂
June 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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I have watched every episode of Doctor Who, including the reconstructions that are just still frames and audio. What the hell just happened? Why why why why
May 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Oops
May 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Me and @nathanlipetz.bsky.social talking in the Oops discord in December. Oops becoming so good was the reason I switched from Red to Blue Painter.
May 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Currently trapped on an Amtrak train from Boston to NYC due to a power outage. I’m observing three types of people - those working, those drinking, and those doing both.
May 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Five rounds vs five blue decks. Only lost to Sultai Beans. All of the fun I used to have playing Oops, but the dragons really warm my Timmy heart. Thanks for the deck inspiration @crucibleofwords.bsky.social!
April 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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This top 4 does not inspire confidence in the format. Are we at “Ban Dark Ritual” now? My Korean FBBs will be sad and Helm would finally be dead for good, but I see something in common here 😢
fireshoes.bsky.social Robert Taylor 🔥 @fireshoes.bsky.social · Apr 27
Legacy Challenge Top 8 decklists for Saturday night, April 26 (36 players) #mtg #mtgLegacy

Mono-Black Reanimator takes it down! 🧟

Beseech Belcher in 2nd 💣

Oops! gets 3rd, 4th, and 8th 🫢🫢🫢
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April 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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That can’t be a real name
April 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM