Of Vials and Pods: The Decklist

The list you have all been waiting for! Hereby I present your noncompetitive Legacy deck of choice, Vial Pod:

3 Island
3 Forest
1 Plains
4 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Windswept Heath
2 Flooded Strand
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Verdant Catacombs
4 Misty Rainforest

2 Dismember
4 Birthing Pod
4 Aether Vial
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
2 Eladamri’s Call

2 Birds of Paradise
4 Noble Hierarch

2 Phantasmal Image
1 Scavenging Ooze

1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Eternal Witness

1 Vengevine
1 Phyrexian Metamorph

1 Karmic Guide
1 Acidic Slime
1 Reveillark

1 Sun Titan
1 Consecrated Sphinx

This is the current list, although Alex ended up not being able to play it in Lille.  The core is basically all Mana Dudes and a little necessary permission (mostly to have more time). The creature base is very flexible.

CMC 1
Birds of ParadiseNoble Hierarch: This is a mana hungry deck, and you want to be able to hardcast stuff. These also Pod into Phantasmal Images in no time.

CMC 2
Phantasmal ImageScavenging Ooze: Images are central to the deck and there should possibly 3. Sometimes, you even want one to die. Ooze is a Catchall against Reanimator. It beats down nicely and even gains life.

CMC 3
Kira, Great Glass-SpinnerKitchen FinksEternal Witness: Kira is exceptionally good against spot removal and annoying as hell. Finks are basically made for this deck. Witness is pure value in this deck.

CMC 4
VengevinePhyrexian Metamorph: Vine can often be podded and then rebought with Mana Dudes. It’s Hastiness is also surprisingly relevant. Don’t forget that you can cast Vine, and if they counter it, just cast a Mana Dude and get it back from the Graveyard. Metamorph is great for copying Swords and hitting them with a bird.

CMC 5
Karmic GuideAcidic SlimeReveillark: Vialing Karmic Guide, then podding it to get a Sun Titan is just soooo filthy. Slime is another Catchall answer and can be very surprising when Vial’d in to block something big. Reveillark gets back basically everything short of a Titan or Sphinx or Vine.

CMC 6
Sun TitanConsecrated Sphinx: Titan gets back Images, yadda yadda. Sphinx refills your hand if they can’t handle it immediately. That’s what Vials on six counters are for.
For the sideboard, you can go wild and think about stuff like Linvala, Keeper of Silence, Trygon Predator, Snapcaster Mage, Xantid Swarm or Dosan the Falling Leaf, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Harmonic Sliver, Yixlid Jailer, Kataki, War’s Wage, Thrun, the Last Troll, Sower of Temptation, Peacekeeper, Mulldrifter, The Mimeoplasm… the possibilities are endless, as long as you do not want to play a competitive Legacy deck.

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