Beyond Rite of Flame

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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 »

Matchup Mulligan: Rainbow Depths

Matchup Mulligan

Final Mono-Green Cloudpost Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Taiga|]] [[Polluted Delta|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Chrome Mox|]] [[Ad Nauseam|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep Think of how Mono-Green Cloudpost tries to attack The EPIC Storm, its generally with [[Pithing Needle]], [[Force of Vigor]], and [[Mindbreak Trap]]. This hand is actually Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Mono-Green Cloudpost

Matchup Battles

Mono-Green Cloudpost is a ramp deck that takes advantage of [[Cloudpost]], [[Glimmerpost]], and [[Vesuva]] to produce large amounts of mana to cast Eldrazi creatures and [[Primeval Titan]]. The deck plays cards like [[Expedition Map]] and [[Crop Rotation]] to find the key lands. With the recent printing of [[Elvish Reclaimer]], the deck has yet another card Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Mono-Green Cloudpost

Matchup Mulligan

Final Maverick Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Abrupt Decay|]] [[Echo of Eons|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Polluted Delta|]] [[Volcanic Island|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] [[Swamp|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep It might be crazy, but I believe this hand is fine. You have an answer to either [[Collector Ouphe]] or [[Thalia, Guardian of Thraben]] with mana Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Maverick II

Matchup Battles

Maverick is a green-white-based creature deck. The creatures are used to be disruptive, aggressive, and to combat the opponent's strategy. Maverick plays many different creatures, so it plays four copies of [[Green Sun's Zenith]] to help find the appropriate creature for any given situation. Maverick has been popular with every different color as a splash. Read More »

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 »