Matchup Mulligan: Death’s Shadow III

Matchup Mulligan

Final Lands Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Brainstorm|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Urza's Bauble|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Infernal Tutor|]] [[Rite of Flame|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan Lands decks are back to playing [[Sphere of Resistance]], and in these matchups often mulligan aggressively for hands that can cast it on the first turn. Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Lands III

Matchup Mulligan

Final Rakdos Reanimator Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Burning Wish|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Volcanic Island|]] [[Veil of Summer|]] [[Ad Nauseam|]] [[Thoughtseize|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan What does this hand do? You're not even remotely close to casting [[Ad Nauseam]], you don't have the mana to cast either [[Thoughtseize]] Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: BR Reanimator III

Matchup Mulligan

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 of Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: 8-Cast II

Matchup Mulligan

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 [[Lion's Eye Diamond]] to help cast our [[Ad Nauseam]] by abusing the stack. The Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Gruul Initiative

Matchup Mulligan

Final Cephalid Breakfast Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Lotus Petal|]] [[Lotus Petal|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Badlands|]] [[Mox Opal|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan While the pair of [[Mishra's Bauble]] represents a pair of redraws, we need a hand with more of a plan against a powerhouse deck such as Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Cephalid Breakfast

Matchup Mulligan

Final The EPIC Storm Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Ad Nauseam|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Silence|]] [[Burning Wish|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan What does this hand actually do? That's typically an initial step in determining whether a hand is a mulligan or not. We have Metalcraft for Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: The EPIC Storm II

Matchup Mulligan

Final Doomsday Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Thoughtseize|]] [[Burning Wish|]] [[Wishclaw Talisman|]] [[Orim's Chant|]] [[Scrubland|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] [[Lotus Petal|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep Speed isn't everything! Players focus too much on this. The hand we're presented with is resistant to a discard spell and can fight through their 7-to-8 [[Force of Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Doomsday II

Matchup Mulligan

Final Initiative Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Burning Wish|]] [[Rite of Flame|]] [[Crash|]] [[Chain of Vapor|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Brainstorm|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan While tempting due to the [[Crash]] and [[Chain of Vapor]], we just need to send this hand back. We can't cast any spells! Sure, we Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Initiative

Matchup Mulligan

Final The EPIC Gamble Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Wishclaw Talisman|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Ad Nauseam|]] [[Underground Sea|]] [[Burning Wish|]] [[Chain of Vapor|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan Even if you're fortune enough to receive a turn in the Storm mirror against a faster variant, you would then need Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: The EPIC Gamble

Matchup Mulligan

Final 4c Minsc Control Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Chrome Mox|]] [[Brainstorm|]] [[Burning Wish|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan In the previous article, we discussed the importance of stability as well as leveraging [[Galvanic Relay]]. With this hand we're forced to play out a Read More »