Matchup Mulligan: Maverick II

Matchup Mulligan

Final BUG Ninjas Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Mox Opal|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Chrome Mox|]] [[Veil of Summer|]] [[Rite of Flame|]] [[Rite of Flame|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep It might seem crazy, but this hand is fine and goes back to needing to draw an action spell (34 percent) Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: BUG Ninjas

Matchup Battles

BUG Ninjas is a fairly new deck that takes advantage the Ninjutsu ability, using [[Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow]] and [[Ingenious Infiltrator]]. This allows the deck to draw multiple cards a turn to overwhelm the opponent in card advantage. In order to do this as early as possible, they play cards like [[Ornithopter]] and [[Changeling Outcast]] Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: BUG Ninjas

Matchup Mulligan

Final Goblins Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Defense Grid|]] [[Ad Nauseam|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Chain of Vapor|]] [[Chrome Mox|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Wishclaw Talisman|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan This hand is very close, but ultimately a little too risky. With Goblins often playing cards such as [[Chalice of the Void]], you can't rely Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Goblins

Matchup Battles

Goblins is a deck that has been around since the earliest days of Magic's history. It has always played a role in older formats ranging from fringe playable to being the best deck in Legacy. Goblins is a tribal deck that focuses on using goblin creatures that can play lots of different roles in a Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Goblins

Matchup Mulligan

Final Titanic Dryad Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play — mulliganed twice) [[Mox Opal|]] [[Chain of Vapor|]] [[Brainstorm|]] [[Wishclaw Talisman|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Chrome Mox|]] [[Lotus Petal|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep This isn't an ideal keep my any means, but it has potential, and if you've read enough of these, you know that Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Titanic Dryad

Matchup Battles

Titanic Dryad is a new Legacy deck because of the recent printing of [[Dryad of the Ilysian Grove]]. The deck's objective is to cast [[Primeval Titan]] to tutor for [[Field of the Dead]] and [[Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle]] and then use [[Dryad of the Ilysian Grove]] to make all of the lands mountains. This gives Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Titanic Dryad

Matchup Mulligan

Final UG Omni-Tell Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Ad Nauseam|]] [[Veil of Summer|]] [[Chrome Mox|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Brainstorm|]] [[Ponder|]] [[Veil of Summer|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan This hand is a bit of a trap, but it's very tempting though! You're on the draw, so you have an extra look at a Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: UG Omni-Tell

Matchup Battles

UG Omni-Tell is a blue-based combo deck that utilizes [[Show and Tell]] and [[Eureka]] to put expensive permanents like [[Omniscience]], [[Griselbrand]], and [[Emrakul, the Aeons Torn]] into play in order to win the game. With the recent printings of [[Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath]], [[Ice-Fang Coatl]], and [[Veil of Summer]], the deck now tends lean Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: UG Omni-Tell

Matchup Mulligan

Final Grixis Delver Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Ad Nauseam|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Lotus Petal|]] [[Echo of Eons|]] [[Veil of Summer|]] [[Chrome Mox|]] [[Wishclaw Talisman|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep I had a number of responses that this hand was a mulligan. I'm going to guess that the individuals that wanted to ship Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Grixis Delver II

Matchup Mulligan

Final Doomsday Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Hope of Ghirapur|]] [[Echo of Eons|]] [[Wishclaw Talisman|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Veil of Summer|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep This is an obvious risk versus reward hand. This is actually something we discussed in the previous "Matchup Mulligan" with the Read More »