TES Matchup Battles: Initiative

Matchup Battles

Initiative is a new Legacy deck built around the Dungeons and Initiative mechanic. A mono-white Stompy deck was born when two new white creatures - [[White Plume Adventurer]], [[Seasoned Dungeoneer]] - both of which have the Initiative mechanic were printed. These creatures with the combination of other disruptive creatures to maintain Initiative is what makes Read More »

The ABC’s of TES: Interaction

The ABCs of TES

Combo decks in Legacy often get called non-interactive. With Storm, this could not be further from the truth. Usually, between four and eight slots are devoted to interacting in some way with the opponent. The EPIC Storm has played a variety of interaction pieces over the years and understanding how they work against multiple types Read More »

Coming from Competitive 60-Card Magic to cEDH – Quick Guide on Why & How

https://twitter.com/unhingedbasic/status/1599163162137624576 Competitive EDH (cEDH, pronounced Seee-Dee-H) is the competitive-player-driven project to use the rules and card pool just as they are in regular Commander (EDH) in games of four players who are all trying approximately their hardest to win the game. Today, I'm going to make the case for more competitive 60-card players (a term Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Initiative

Matchup Mulligan

Final The EPIC Gamble Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Wishclaw Talisman|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Ad Nauseam|]] [[Underground Sea|]] [[Burning Wish|]] [[Chain of Vapor|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan Even if you're fortune enough to receive a turn in the Storm mirror against a faster variant, you would then need Read More »

Through the Looking Glass: Initiative with Peter van der Ham

Through the Looking Glass

Special Guest A few words on Peter van der Ham: (Twitter: @PVDH_Magic | MTGO: Maraxus_of_NL) Peter "PVDH" van der Ham, from the small town of Gorinchem in the Netherlands, has been playing Magic the Gathering since 1999 and Legacy competitively since 2007. While a big aficionado of casting free blue spells and closing out a Read More »

Get DRESSED UP for Eternal Weekend — The EPIC Storm v13.5

Dress Down TES

the epic Storm .dek (MTGO) | .txt (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Main Deck 4 [[Brainstorm]] 4 [[Veil of Summer]] 4 [[Mishra's Bauble]] 4 [[Wishclaw Talisman]] 4 [[Burning Wish]] 3 [[Galvanic Relay]] 1 [[Ad Nauseam]] 1 [[Echo of Eons]] 4 [[Rite of Flame]] 4 [[Dark Ritual]] 4 [[Lion's Eye Diamond]] 4 [[Lotus Petal]] 4 [[Mox Read More »

TES Infernal Tutoring #59

Infernal Tutoring

Every so often, Legacy reaches beyond its devoted player base and draws the attention of other Magic players to this awesome format. Now is one of those times. Eternal Weekend is back! Wizards of the Coast announced the return of the beloved in-person events this year (mostly in-person, sorry Europe). Players often see success in Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: The EPIC Gamble

Matchup Battles

The EPIC Gamble is virtually a mono-red Storm deck. The only non-red card in the main deck is [[Echo of Eons]] and some sideboard cards that they can [[Burning Wish]] for. The deck is comprised of rituals, card generation, and tutors. The recipe of a typical storm deck, but the main difference is being mono Read More »