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Metalcrafting the Perfect Bauble
For the past six months, The EPIC Storm (TES) team has been experimenting with many lists cutting [[Rite of Flame]]. extra lands, main deck copies of [[Carpet of Flowers]], and more moxen were all underwhelming and [[Rite of Flame]] was slotted back in. Recently, however, [[Mishra's Bauble]] has taken those [[Rite of Flame]] slots and Read More »
Sideboarding in the New Legacy
Legacy recently had one of the most monumental shifts in the format: the bannings of [[Dreadhorde Arcanist]], [[Oko, Thief of Crowns]], and [[Arcum's Astrolabe]]. The two weeks since this banning have been a flurry of brewing and seeing resurgences of older strategies that have been dormant during the height of FIRE-era Legacy. Some of these Read More »
Beyond Rite of Flame
Over time, it is common for decks to evolve and cut cards that were once essential to their strategy. The EPIC Storm cut [[Infernal Tutor]] for [[Wishclaw Talisman]] to great success in 2019. Identifying cards that can seem to be linchpins, but can be upgraded is essential to evolving and continuing to improve in new Read More »
Deep Analysis EP. 1: The EPIC Storm vs. Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Deep Analysis Ep. 1: The EPIC Storm vs. Ad Nauseam Tendrils and a brief history of storm in Legacy featuring Brian Coval, Daniel D'Amato, and Alex McKinley Read More »
Sideboard Theory: Extirpate and Surgical Extraction
Before we dive into this article I want to introduce myself. My name is Steve Vultaggio. I am a 25-year-old Masters student living in New Orleans. Who Dat! Originally, I am from Boston, Massachusetts and am a life long Bruins and Patriots fan. I have been playing Magic the Gathering since 2000, and my first Read More »
Bayou vs. Taiga
Alex McKinley is a guest writer on theepicstorm.com With the advent of playing green and Abrupt Decay returning to be the standard, let us take a look at a different take of the mana base for Green TES: A change of the green dual, Taiga and a shift in fetch lands to help accommodate it. Read More »
Eternal Weekend (10/21/17) – 23rd Place
Warning: I didn’t realize I would be writing a tournament report until the very later rounds of the tournament, so I didn't keep detailed notes in my earlier matches, and as you can imagine after playing 11 rounds in a day my memory was beginning to get fuzzy about the beginning rounds. Deck List Main Read More »
Matchup Mulligan: Storm
Hey! We're back with the second Matchup Mulligan! Let's dive in. This series will go over 10 opening hands, 5 pre-board and 5 post-board with the same numbers for being on the play or drawing first. The hands are not random, they've been sculpted by me for the purpose of these exercises. Pre-board Hand 1: Read More »
