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 »

Through the Looking Glass: BR Reanimator with John Shindledecker

Through the Looking Glass

Special Guest A few words on John Shindledecker: (Twitter: @shindymtg | MTGO:shindy) John Shindledecker ("Shindy") has been playing Magic since the age of 13 (original Theros). When I picked up Legacy for the first time a few years into my Magic career, I immediately fell in love with the Reanimator archetype. A veteran of the Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: 8 Cast II

Matchup Battles

8 Cast is a deck named appropriately for playing eight cards like [[Thoughtcast]] in four copies of [[Thoughtcast]] and four copies of [[Thought Monitor]]. It's a slower artifact deck that aims to out card advantage the opponent with eight copies of cards that draw two cards, [[Emry, Lurker of the Loch]], [[Sai, Master Thopterist]], and Read More »

The EPIC Legacy Tier List — Q2 ’23

Tier List

With the Legacy Showcase coming this weekend, understanding the metagame is critical. This is the start of a quarterly tier list article series. Methodology Everyone builds a tier list differently. I have chosen to build mine based on MTGO Challenge results (As collected by Joe Dyer and the Legacy Data Collection Discord). A data driven Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: 8-Cast II

Matchup Mulligan

Final Gruul Initiative Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Ad Nauseam|]] [[Brainstorm|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep The "old" [[Brainstorm]] plus [[Mishra's Bauble]] trick! We're going to use [[Lion's Eye Diamond]] to help cast our [[Ad Nauseam]] by abusing the stack. The Read More »

Through the Looking Glass: 8-Cast with Dmitriy Butakov

Through the Looking Glass

Special Guest A few words on Dmitriy Butakov: (Twitter: @butakov_mtg | MTGO:butakov) Dmitriy Butakov is a pro Magic player and two-time MOCS champion based out of Siberia. A long-time MTGO grinder, Dmitriy has four Legacy Challenge T8s this year, all on 8-Cast. What main deck tools does 8-Cast have to interact with The EPIC Storm? Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Gruul Initiative

Matchup Battles

Since the initiative mechanic has been released there have been many different decks trying to utilize it. Mono-white, Esper control, mono-black, and now Gruul decks have attempted to leverage the mechanic. Gruul Initiative is a red-green stompy deck playing eight copies of initiative creatures and [[Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes]] to present a fast clock Read More »