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 »

A Storm of Fire & Ice — Modern Gifts Storm Guide

Despite the recent appearance of Gruul Storm in Modern, it has been a couple years since Izzet [[Gifts Ungiven]]-based Storm has had much in the way of results. One part of this is the lack of new cards from the past few years of sets. For instance, the most significant new addition to the deck Read More »

A Return to Green

Plateau and Taiga Hero Image

It has been a few weeks since the banning of [[Expressive Iteration]] and [[White Plume Adventurer]]. In that time, the Legacy Showcase Qualifier happened. With our own Bryant Cook qualified for the tournament, locking in a list became important. Bryant played the list below to a ninth-place finish on breakers. the epic Storm .dek (MTGO) Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Gruul Initiative

Matchup Mulligan

Final Cephalid Breakfast Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Lotus Petal|]] [[Lotus Petal|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Badlands|]] [[Mox Opal|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan While the pair of [[Mishra's Bauble]] represents a pair of redraws, we need a hand with more of a plan against a powerhouse deck such as Read More »

Through the Looking Glass: Gruul Initiative with Andrew Ahern

Through the Looking Glass

Special Guest A few words on Andrew Ahern: Andrew Ahern is a NYC-metro area local who has been playing Legacy since 2018. An avid deckbuilder (his first Legacy deck was a [[Worldgorger Dragon]] homebrew), Andrew has become locally famous his pile of Gruul cards that (until recently) haven't been available on MTGO. That pile has Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Cephalid Breakfast

Matchup Battles

Cephalid Breakfast is an Esper combo deck that is based around [[Cephalid Illusionist]]. When [[Cephalid Illusionist]] is targeted by either a [[Shuko]] or [[Nomads en-Kor]] then three cards will be milled into the graveyard. This will be repeated until the entire deck has been milled into the graveyard. In the process three copies of [[Narcomoeba]] Read More »

Peering Into Pioneer Lotus Field Combo

Pioneer Lotus Field Combo

As the Pioneer format has come into its own over the past couple years, one deck in particular has been at the top as the premier combo deck of the format. That deck is Lotus Field Combo. The main engine in the deck is to get a [[Lotus Field]] into play and then create a Read More »