Breaking News: Infernal Tutoring is actually playing Infernal Tutor again! The EPIC Storm has recently undergone a large shift thanks to some dedicated testing focused on how to stay competitive in the current Legacy metagame. It all began with the adoption of Mishra’s Bauble over Ponder ...
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Reanimator is a type of deck that has seen play in every format since the early days of Magic’s history. The strategy is to put an expensive creature into the graveyard and then put it into play with cards like Reanimate, Exhume, and Animate Dead. The creatures they are trying to ...
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While The EPIC Storm might be one of the most powerful and fun decks in Legacy, Legacy is one of the most expensive formats in Magic and finding cards and games can be hard. Magic The Gathering: Online (MTGO) is the best way to play Legacy and solves both problems. MTGO Events Force of Will...
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Final 8-Cast Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) Dark Ritual Lotus Petal Mox Opal Lion’s Eye Diamond Rite of Flame Burning Wish Taiga Keep or Mulligan? Keep A common play-pattern as 8-Cast against The EPIC Storm is to play Chalice of the Void with one counter. The hand above is capable ...
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Special Guest A few words on John Shindledecker: (Twitter: @shindymtg | MTGO:shindy) John Shindledecker (“Shindy”) has been playing Magic since the age of 13 (original Theros). When I picked up Legacy for the first time a few years into my Magic career, I immediately fell in love ...
Read More A new The EPIC Storm build just dropped, and it’s hot! The team has been working on a few ideas to address the growing contingent of unfair Blue decks in the format. Legacy has seen UR Delver drop in popularity in favor of three or four other decks. RB Reanimator, Cephalid Breakfast, ...
Read More 8 Cast is a deck named appropriately for playing eight cards like Thoughtcast in four copies of Thoughtcast and four copies of Thought Monitor. It’s a slower artifact deck that aims to out card advantage the opponent with eight copies of cards that draw two cards, Emry, Lurker of the ...
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With the Legacy Showcase coming this weekend, understanding the metagame is critical. This is the start of a quarterly tier list article series. Methodology Everyone builds a tier list differently. I have chosen to build mine based on MTGO Challenge results (As collected by Joe Dyer and the ...
Read More Final Gruul Initiative Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) Ad Nauseam Brainstorm Lion’s Eye Diamond Mishra’s Bauble Mox Opal Dark Ritual Bloodstained Mire Keep or Mulligan? Keep The “old” Brainstorm plus Mishra’s Bauble trick! We’re going to use ...
Read More Special Guest A few words on Dmitriy Butakov: (Twitter: @butakov_mtg | MTGO:butakov) Dmitriy Butakov is a pro Magic player and two-time MOCS champion based out of Siberia. A long-time MTGO grinder, Dmitriy has four Legacy Challenge T8s this year, all on 8-Cast. What main deck tools does 8-Cast ...
Read More Is Legacy in a healthy place finally? It has been a long enough wait, but players have been generally excited to engage with the format again! With the changes brought about with the most recent Banned & Restricted announcement and the release of Phyrexia: All Will Be One, new life has been ...
Read More Since the initiative mechanic has been released there have been many different decks trying to utilize it. Mono-white, Esper control, mono-black, and now Gruul decks have attempted to leverage the mechanic. Gruul Initiative is a red-green stompy deck playing eight copies of initiative creatures ...
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