TES Matchup Battles: Landstill

Matchup Battles

UX Landstill has been one of the older decks of the Legacy format. Being around for nearly two decades, older than many players, but has been getting less popular over the past several years. Landstill is a blue-based control deck that gets its name from the combination of Standstill and manlands. This "combo" in play Read More »

TES 2018 — Deck Showcase

TES 2018 Deck Showcase

Main Deck: Dividers: Sideboard: Changes since 2017 No Gitaxian Probe! — ...or Cabal Therapy. Thoughtseize was added! New Empty the Warrens signature — thicker marker, large, centered. New Rite of Flame signature — thicker marker, large, centered. Hello Word! Meet Hope of Ghirapur. — It's actually insanely good. Playing all four Chrome Mox. All signed fetchlands! — Scalding Read More »

Modern UR Storm 2018 — Deck Showcase

Modern 2018 Deck Showcase

Main Deck: Dividers: Sideboard: Changes since 2017 All Japanese foil! — ...and mostly signed. Tried to go for original sets on most things. — I'm not rich. No Remand — I'm a firm believer that it's bad in the metagame. Where's Blood Moon? — No longer viable in a world with Field of Ruin & Assassin's Trophy. Read More »

Godo 2018 — Deck Showcase

Godo 2018 Deck Showcase

General & Tokens: Deck: Changes since 2017 Godo was signed! Experimental Frenzy is nuts — It's insanely good. Blood Sun — No cute tricks, just locking fools. Karn, Scion of Urza — Might've been made for this deck. The First Eruption is perfect! — Comes down to clear mana dorks, accelerates you into Godo on curve, and then Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: 4c Loam

Matchup Mulligan

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 More »

Through the Looking Glass: BR Reanimator with Eric Landon

Through the Looking Glass

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 Glass, we brought on BR Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Grixis Control

Matchup Battles

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 More »