A Storm of Fire & Ice — Modern Gifts Storm Guide

Despite the recent appearance of Gruul Storm in Modern, it has been a couple years since Izzet [[Gifts Ungiven]]-based Storm has had much in the way of results. One part of this is the lack of new cards from the past few years of sets. For instance, the most significant new addition to the deck Read More »

A Return to Green

Plateau and Taiga Hero Image

It has been a few weeks since the banning of [[Expressive Iteration]] and [[White Plume Adventurer]]. In that time, the Legacy Showcase Qualifier happened. With our own Bryant Cook qualified for the tournament, locking in a list became important. Bryant played the list below to a ninth-place finish on breakers. the epic Storm .dek (MTGO) Read More »

Peering Into Pioneer Lotus Field Combo

Pioneer Lotus Field Combo

As the Pioneer format has come into its own over the past couple years, one deck in particular has been at the top as the premier combo deck of the format. That deck is Lotus Field Combo. The main engine in the deck is to get a [[Lotus Field]] into play and then create a Read More »

Expressive Iteration and White Plume Adventurer are Banned!

White Plume Banned

On Monday, March 5th, Wizards of the Coast finally posted a ban update for Legacy. [[Expressive Iteration]] and [[White Plume Adventurer]] were banned in an attempt to bring URx Delver and Initiative decks more in line with the format. These are good changes and will change the Legacy metagame and how The EPIC Storm prepares Read More »

Gruul Storm Primer: Everything You Need to Know!

GruulBreach

GRUUL STORM Even though it has been a few years since being at the top of the metagame, a [[Pyretic Ritual]] and [[Desperate Ritual]]-based Storm inModern is back and faster than ever in its new Gruul-based form! Instead of relying on the engine of [[Gifts Ungiven]] and [[Past in Flames]] to give us everything, we Read More »

Eternal Weekend Recap — 2022

Eternal Weekend. This is often the pinnacle of participation for eternal format Magic players. The events certainly have a allure to them, drawing in players from across the globe to compete more vehemently than even competitors in the Magic Pro League. I have participated in a handful of these events in the past few years, Read More »

Pauper Cycle Storm Primer

Cycle Storm

Welcome to Pauper, the format with most of the fun fast mana of Legacy, but without the unfun answers like [[Force of Will]], [[Chalice of the Void]], and [[Thalia, Guardian of Thraben]]. The Storm mechanic has had a complicated history in Pauper, with most of the Storm cards that can directly win the game, like Read More »

The EPIC Gamble

Gamble

What is The EPIC Gamble? [[Gamble|]] [[Lion’s Eye Diamond|]] [[Echo of Eons|]] The EPIC Gamble is primarily a red Ruby Storm deck that can support a splash color of one’s preference with relative ease. The play patterns are considerably different from previous iterations of Ruby Storm. No other Storm deck is designed to cast [[Echo Read More »

Eternal Weekend (11/19/2021) — 55th Place

EternalWeekend-Wasteland

My name is Aryaman Tummalapalli, and though I was born in India, I never really lived there, growing up mostly in Singapore, with stints in DC and Tokyo. I went to college in New York City, and I'm now a software engineer living in San Francisco. I have been playing Magic for almost six years Read More »

The Legacy Pit Open (09/19/2021) — 16th Place

Legacy Pit Open

In the weeks leading up to The Legacy Pit Open, I have been "heating-up" so-to-speak after a prolonged slump. With the addition of some powerful white cards to The EPIC Storm (TES), which you can read about below, I was feeling very confident heading into this weekend. I traveled down to the event with my Read More »