Howdy folks, it’s Joe again with another edition of The Rise and Fall of the Czech Republic: An Introspective Historical Look at Republics! Or rather, a little Legacy. I’m sure we’ll get that right someday. Anyways, this week we’re looking at a variation of Czech Pile (otherwise known as 4C Leovold or 4C Control) that literally killed it in an MTGO Legacy Challenge, piloted by the user Clashed to finish 7-0. It’s a version of the deck that uses as well as in addition to the normal core of the deck. We picked up this deck and ran through five matches and
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