Matchup Mulligan: 4c Loam
Dredge Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the play) Keep or Mulligan? Keep This isn’t a fast hand, which is an issue. That said, you’re on the play with a discard spell on the first turn which should buy you a little bit of time. What’s interesting with this hand to me is that it ...
Read MoreTES Infernal Tutoring #23
We are back with this month’s Infernal Tutoring article! As always, the Legacy Metagame is evolving. Miracles beat Storm in the finals at Eternal Weekend, with a top eight consisting of Sneak And Show, Czech Pile, Turbo Depths, Grixis Control, Elves, and Turbo Depths. Grixis Delver beat ...
Read MoreReflections of 2018
Hey everyone! As the year comes to an end, I’d like to reflect on where this year has gone. It’s been quite the year for Magic and Legacy. We’ve had the bannings of Gitaxian Probe and Deathrite Shaman that have changed the format and changed our decklist. Looking back at ...
Read MoreThrough the Looking Glass: BR Reanimator with Eric Landon
Special thanks to Eric Landon for his contributions to today’s article.BR Reanimator is not only one of the most popular fast combo decks in today’s metagame, but it is also known as one of the worst matchups for The EPIC Storm. For this month’s edition of Through the Looking ...
Read MoreTES Matchup Battles: Grixis Control
Grixis Control was the most played Legacy deck at Pro Tour 25th Anniversary a couple months ago. One of the reasons it’s so popular is due to it having a slightly higher than 50% matchup against most decks in the field. It plays out like a classic Jund-style deck. These type of decks tend to...
Read MoreCombating Miracles
I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve written a long-winded article, so here it goes! Whether you want to believe it or not, Miracles is currently the best deck in Legacy again. Many Legacy stalwarts feel this way, not to mention the metagame data backs this up between my ...
Read MoreMatchup Mulligan: Dredge
Grixis Control Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the draw) Keep or Mulligan? Keep I would likely keep this hand, but I wouldn’t just jam on the first turn if I drew a land. I would cast Duress. Your opponent likely has Flusterstorm, Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, and Force of Will, ...
Read MoreTES Infernal Tutoring #22
With the release of Guilds of Ravnica, Legacy received one of the most powerful removal spells ever, Assassin’s Trophy. As I was playing leagues, I was really hoping to run into this card more to see it in action. In this version of the list, there are two Past in Flames in the sideboard, ...
Read MoreA Deep Dive into Burning Wish
Today, we’re going to deviate a bit from our normal overview article format, and instead do a deep dive into something I’ve been wishing to write about for a while. The desire to share this has simply been…burning within me.. I think you can see where I’m going with ...
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