The M&B Problem

Minsc and Boo, Timeless Heroes have become a force...in U/x decks. Because of course. We can't have nice things in Legacy unless they help Blue decks. 

But it creates a problem for me, because I was using Abrupt Decay as my removal spell of choice for cards like Teferi and Narset-both still very important cards to deal with! But it doesn't deal with Minsc and Boo.

The issue is that a 4/4 with trample and haste every turn for zero mana is a problem. Among other things, of course. And I'm mean it's not like M&B can just draw more cards and deal damage to me to solve a pro-what's that? It can? 

OOoooookay. 

Here's where I butt up against the fundamental problem with Legacy: so long as the Xerox package exists (Brainstorm, Ponder, Expressive Iteration/Preordain, Fetchlands, Daze) the options for Blue decks are limitless and the options for non-Blue decks are restricted. That's an issue for me, because it's boring. It seems like I'm looking at playing a Xerox package deck or an anti-Xerox deck. 

But there's no way to properly build an anti-Xerox deck because the Xerox decks can do anything! They can be U/R Delver, they can be U/W/x Control decks and the axis to beat either of these things are different. They use the graveyard until they don't, they use creatures until they don't; the options are extremely open to them and weaknesses to any build are very easy to shore up.

I'm considering cutting Grist to make room for copies of Plague Engineer. A proactive naming of Hamster could be helpful and a 2/2 deathtouch isn't a bizarre idea. It doesn't feel right but that might just be me. 

I almost don't want to go to Friday night Legacy because I know I'm going to face decks that have no vulnerabilities to exploit. I don't feel like playing UR Delver-because it's a known quantity. The plays are the same. The puzzle is solved. 

Not sure what to do about that. But I'm going to give it another swing tomorrow anyway.