Matchup Mulligan: Orzhov Death & Taxes

Matchup Mulligan

Final Temur Rhinos Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Mox Opal|]] [[Rite of Flame|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Thoughtseize|]] [[Empty the Warrens|]] [[Beseech the Mirror|]] [[Chrome Mox|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep It's very risky, but as I said in the last article, you need to take big swings in bad matchups. Against the deck Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Temur Rhinos

Matchup Battles

Temur Rhinos is a deck aimed at assembling a pair of [[Rhino Token]] from [[Crashing Footfalls]] by the first or second turn. [[Crashing Footfalls]] can't be cast off suspend by that early, but instead is cast off of a cascade trigger from [[Shardless Agent]] and [[Violent Outburst]]. The only card that you can cascade into Read More »

Card Review: Beseech the Mirror

Beseech Review

The original Throne of Eldraine gave us [[Wishclaw Talisman]], a card that has turned out to be hugely impactful for how The EPIC Storm has been built ever since. Wilds of Eldraine, Magic's newest expansion has yet another busted tutor effect. Meet [[Beseech the Mirror]]: Beseech the Mirror [[Beseech the Mirror|]] [[Beseech the Mirror]] Sorcery Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Temur Rhinos

Matchup Mulligan

Final Death's Shadow Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Burning Wish|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Echo of Eons|]] [[Echo of Eons|]] [[Veil of Summer|]] [[Abrupt Decay|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep This hand is surprisingly resilient to both countermagic and discard spells due to having a pair of [[Lion's Eye Diamond]] Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Death’s Shadow III

Matchup Battles

Death's Shadow is a UB deck that is centered around playing cards that cause you to lose life in order to play an early and big [[Death's Shadow]]. There isn't much of a comprimise in the rest of the deck since most of the Legacy staples already do damage to yourself or have an exact Read More »

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 »

TES Matchup Battles: Reanimator II

Matchup Battles

Reanimator is a type of deck that has seen play in every format since the early days of Magic's history. The strategy is to put an expensive creature into the graveyard and then put it into play with cards like [[Reanimate]], [[Exhume]], and [[Animate Dead]]. The creatures they are trying to reanimate are [[Griselbrand]] and 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 »