Grixis Phoenix Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the play) Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan If you were smart enough to ignore my sideboarding advice and decided to keep in Empty the Warrens, I think this is a soft keep. The issue is that the Arclight Phoenix decks have anywhere between three and five answers ...
Read More Turbo Depths Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the draw) Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan Yes, we’re on the draw and have roughly 17 live draws (9 that flat out win the game), which is about 33% to win the game for every draw step. The big issue here is that we’re on the draw and that discard...
Read More 4c Loam Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the draw) Keep or Mulligan? Keep I’m a little shocked by the number of people that thought this hand was a mulligan. Burning Wish represents both an answer to Chalice of the Void (assuming you draw another Mountain or fetchland) as well as an answer ...
Read More Dredge Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the play) Keep or Mulligan? Keep This isn’t a fast hand, which is an issue. That said, you’re on the play with a discard spell on the first turn which should buy you a little bit of time. What’s interesting with this hand to me is that it ...
Read More Grixis Control Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the draw) Keep or Mulligan? Keep I would likely keep this hand, but I wouldn’t just jam on the first turn if I drew a land. I would cast Duress. Your opponent likely has Flusterstorm, Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, and Force of Will, ...
Read More Death’s Shadow Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the play) Keep or Mulligan? Keep I would hope most people would keep this, but recently I’ve found less experienced players addressing their concerns about keeping “no-land hands” against blue decks. I think this comes from the Ad ...
Read More Burn Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the draw) Keep or Mulligan? Keep I read a lot of back and forth on this hand. While I’m not sure of a definite answer, I’d probably keep it knowing I had a scry and a draw step to help fix things. The downside is the earliest you can...
Read More RUG Delver Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the play) Keep or Mulligan? Keep I’m a risk taker, you need to find a land and then either a black or red card off of Brainstorm. I like my chances for this (I’ll be honest, I don’t know the exact odds.), there’s also other ...
Read More BR Reanimator Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the draw) Keep or Mulligan? Most people correctly answered that this was a keep. This article’s theme will be “Do not live in fear”, and this is a great example of that. While your opponent could have a discard spell or ...
Read More 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, ...
Read More Elves Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the draw) Keep or Mulligan? I read a few responses saying they thought this hand was a mulligan due to multiple copies of Chrome Mox, no blue source, and no real business spell. Well, I disagree. The blue source can be issues by drawing any land either fron ...
Read More Eldrazi Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the play) Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan The crowd seemed to be split 50/50 on this decision, which is good, it means people are thinking about these! That said, to me, it’s a Mulligan. If you were to keep this hand, the correct line of play would be to ...
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