TES Matchup Battles: Aluren

Matchup Battles

Aluren is a creature-based deck trying to abuse Aluren. They can do this by playing creatures for free and at instant speed to generate card and mana advantage or by winning through a combo. There are two different combinations that win the game with an Aluren in play. The first is with Cavern ...

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Through the Looking Glass: Sagavan with Matthew Vook

Through the Looking Glass

Special Guest A few words on Matthew Vook (TWITTER: @Ozymandias172| MTGO: Ozymandias17) Matthew Vook is the finalist of SCG DC Legacy 2017, the winner of SCG Baltimore Legacy 2018, and the 2019 MTGO Legacy Format Champion. He has numerous MTGO Legacy Challenge top8s and several wins primarily ...

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TES Matchup Battles: Jeskai Ragavan

Matchup Battles

Jeskai Ragavan is a midrange deck made up of counterspells, removal spells, and cheap creatures with the main one being Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer. Ever since its printing, many decks have been trying to use Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, and the Jeskai shell seems to be doing it the best. Jeskai ...

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The Legacy Pit Open (09/19/2021) — 16th Place

Legacy Pit Open

In the weeks leading up to The Legacy Pit Open, I have been “heating-up” so-to-speak after a prolonged slump. With the addition of some powerful white cards to The EPIC Storm (TES), which you can read about below, I was feeling very confident heading into this weekend. I traveled ...

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TES Matchup Battles: Madness

Matchup Battles

Madness is a deck looking to abuse the Madness mechanic, discarding cards from their hand. The goal is to try to get cards like Blazing Rootwalla, Hollow One, and Anje’s Ravager into play for free or cheaply. They can do this quickly by using cheap discard effects to get these creatures ...

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Matchup Mulligan: Madness

Matchup Mulligan

Final Bant Control Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) Echo of Eons Lion’s Eye Diamond Lotus Petal Brainstorm Mox Opal Burning Wish Galvanic Relay Keep or Mulligan? Keep This hand looks much better than it actually is, there’s some natural friction happening that may not be ...

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TES Matchup Battles: Bant Control

Matchup Battles

Bant Control is an iteration of the previous Snow Control decks that’s using green for cards like Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath, Endurance, Ice-Fang Coatl, and other sideboard cards. The recent printing of Endurance has pushed these previous Snow Control decks from Jeskai or four ...

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