Understanding the mechanics and basic decisions with The EPIC Storm is only the first step in achieving mastery. One of the strengths of the deck is it’s supreme flexibility and ability to play multiple different games, depending on what is needed in the moment. Understanding what the ...
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Special Guest A few words from Roland Chang: (Twitter: @RolandMTG) Hi, I’m Roland – Eternal specialist, 2005 Vintage & 2006 Legacy World Champion. I’m deeply involved in community building for Eternal constructed formats in the NYC area, connecting with players from all ...
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The loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen. -Oxford Dictionary Opportunity cost is a term normally associated with finance and investing. In Magic: The Gathering, opportunity cost has deck building and playing applications. While playing, it tends to be ...
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Interacting with The EPIC Storm does not always happen directly on the stack. Often opponents will bring lock pieces and other hateful permanents to the table in an attempt to slow TES down or prevent it from winning at all. These cards present the Storm player with two main options: remove the ...
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Initiative is a new Legacy deck built around the Dungeons and Initiative mechanic. A mono-white Stompy deck was born when two new white creatures – White Plume Adventurer, Seasoned Dungeoneer – both of which have the Initiative mechanic were printed. These creatures with the ...
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Engines Ad Nauseam The goal of any engine card in a Storm deck is the same: to draw cards and generate card advantage. One of the reasons why The EPIC Storm is so powerful is because it has a myriad of engines to choose from for the right situation. Picking the right one in any...
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Special Guest A few words on Callum Smith Callum Smith is a casual-competitive player from London, England. He’s a host on the Everyday Eternal podcast and these days lover of all things with the artifact type. How has Urza’s Saga changed the approach of Painter? Does Urza’s ...
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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 ...
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The EPIC Syndicate was supposed to get together the night before to test for the event, because that’s what real teams do. That’s not what we did, the team has good intentions which eventually lead to us just playing Elder Dragon Highlander and Skittles. It went way later than we ...
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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 ...
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Welcome to Innistrad: Midnight Hunt! Like many recent Standard sets, there are not a lot of cards that directly impact Legacy. There are a couple of unique cards that in the right environment could be considered in protection or engine slots. The set also provides red decks with an anti Storm ...
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Special Guest A few words on Matthew Vook (TWITTER: @Ozymandias172| MTGO: Ozymandias17) Matthew Vook is the finalist of SCG DC Legacy 2017, the winner of SCG Baltimore Legacy 2018, and the 2019 MTGO Legacy Format Champion. He has numerous MTGO Legacy Challenge top8s and several wins primarily ...
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