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 »

TES Matchup Battles: 8 Cast II

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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 »

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 »

TES Matchup Battles: Gruul Initiative

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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 »

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 »

TES Matchup Battles: Cephalid Breakfast

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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 »

Matchup Mulligan: Cephalid Breakfast

Matchup Mulligan

Final The EPIC Storm Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Ad Nauseam|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Silence|]] [[Burning Wish|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan What does this hand actually do? That's typically an initial step in determining whether a hand is a mulligan or not. We have Metalcraft for Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: The EPIC Storm II

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The EPIC Storm is a Storm variant that has had a constant evolving decklist. The current form leans into [[Galvanic Relay]] while also being focused on artifacts and [[Wishclaw Talisman]]. Being a [[Galvanic Relay]] deck gives The EPIC Storm the ability to play through counterspells and have more payoff cards instead of needing eight slots Read More »