Through the Looking Glass: Moon Stompy with Zac Turgeon

Through the Looking Glass

Special thanks to Zac Turgeon for his contributions to today's article. Before the bannings of Deathrite Shaman and Gitaxian Probe, Moon Stompy was by far the most prominent prison strategy you would see in Legacy. With most fair decks having a very greedy manabase, Blood Moon was very, very good. However, I wouldn't expect to Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: RUG Delver

Matchup Battles

With the recent banning of Gitaxian Probe and Deathrite Shaman people have been moving away from Grixis Delver for the more traditional version of RUG Delver. RUG Delver is a tempo deck that tries to use all of its resources to keep the opponent from gaining traction to set up their game plan, and then Read More »

B&R Update – 07/02/2018 – Deathrite Shaman & Gitaxian Probe

B&R Announcement Announcement Date: July 2, 2018 Legacy: Deathrite Shaman and Gitaxian Probe are banned Effective Date: July 6, 2018 Magic Online Effective Date: July 5, 2018 The list of all banned and restricted cards, by format, is here. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE! While the bane of the Legacy format (Deathrite Shaman), has Read More »

Leaving A Legacy: 5K (06/30/2018) – 1st Place

...and to think on Wednesday afternoon I was telling Jerry Mee (host of Leaving A Legacy) I wasn't sure If I wanted to go.  I had just checked how long it would take me to get to Acton, MA from Syracuse, NY. In the northeast there's really only two seasons – winter & construction. Due Read More »

Reading the Ropes – Using Draw Spells

Hello everyone and welcome back to Reading the Ropes! In this article, we are going to cover the basics of getting the most mileage out of your draw spells. Knowing how to effectively use your draw spells can seem marginal, but over a large sample size can really increase your win percentage. It's an incredibly Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Death’s Shadow

Matchup Battles

Death's Shadow the card has existed for a long time, but never really saw much play until the past couple of years. It's really been a staple of the Modern format over the past 2-3 years, but recently it's been picking up in legacy. Because it's a fairly newer deck in legacy there isn't an Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: BR Reanimator

Matchup Mulligan

Moon Stompy Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the play) » Keep or Mulligan? Keep Most people correctly answered that this hand is a keep and that's great. However, about half of these individuals missed a crucial line. With your first Gitaxian Probe if you hit a blue-producing land, Chrome Mox, or Lotus Petal you likely Read More »