Intuition is one of my favorite cards in Legacy. Back when I was first becoming interested in the format, there were all manner of Intuition combo and control decks, utilizing it as both a tutor and a value engine. It’s been quite some time since we’ve seen an Intuition deck, but as Miracles and other controlling and midrange strategies crowd out the more unfair decks, it may be time for this powerful card to make a return:

Sultai Midrange - Legacy | LincolnThree, 5-0 Legacy League

• Creatures (10)
• 3 Baleful Strix
• 3 Snapcaster Mage
• 4 Deathrite Shaman

• Planeswalkers (5)
• 1 Garruk Relentless
• 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 2 Liliana of the Veil

• Instants (18)
• 1 Intuition
• 3 Crop Rotation
• 3 Force of Will
• 3 Stifle
• 4 Abrupt Decay
• 4 Brainstorm

• Sorceries (3)
• 1 Collective Brutality
• 1 Life from the Loam
• 1 Ponder

• Artifacts (1)
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top

• Lands (24)
• 1 Forest
• 1 Island
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Bayou
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Cabal Pit
• 1 Cephalid Coliseum
• 1 Dark Depths
• 1 Karakas
• 1 Thespian's Stage
• 2 Tropical Island
• 2 Underground Sea
• 3 Misty Rainforest
• 3 Polluted Delta
• 4 Wasteland

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Collective Brutality
• 1 Crop Rotation
• 1 Life from the Loam
• 1 Golgari Charm
• 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
• 1 Maelstrom Pulse
• 1 Nissa, Vital Force
• 1 Null Rod
• 1 Pernicious Deed
• 1 Pithing Needle
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 2 Surgical Extraction
• 2 Thoughtseize

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The interesting thing about this deck is that it utilizes Crop Rotation in creative ways. It functions as a removal spell via Cabal Pit, combo hate via Bojuka Bog and Karakas, and a win condition via Dark Depths and Thespian's Stage. On top of all that, you can just find extra copies of Wasteland to disrupt your opponent’s mana. You could go even deeper and play value lands like Tower of the Magistrate and more out of the sideboard.

Garruk Relentless is also an interesting card given the prevalence of Deathrite Shaman in the format. Deathtouch creatures are particularly relevant right now, as is the ability to ensure that you win the fight over Deathrite Shaman.

Intuition is interesting in this list for a number of reasons. You’ve got the ability to find key Stifles, Force of Wills, and Baleful Strixes a well as various Life from the Loam Packages. Loam is great in this deck for a myriad of reasons, like recurring Wastelands or Cabal Pits, stocking your hand for Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Liliana of the Veil, and recurring Wasteland in midrange mirrors.

All in all, it’s interesting to see this sort of hybrid between Sultai Midrange variants and Lands. In a format where linear decks are as powerful as they are, it’s hard to say that this deck might be better than Lands, but it certainly softens some of the polarized matchups and gives you the ability to interact more effectively with the stack.