Traditionally in Legacy, any playable combo deck must be able to beat a Force of Will. Some combo decks play Force of Will like Sneak & Show and Doomsday. Storm decks of the past have avoided playing the best counter spell in Magic for a few reasons. Lion’s Eye Diamond and Infernal ...
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Final Dimir ReScaminator Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) Echo of Eons Lotus Petal Mox Opal Echo of Eons Lion’s Eye Diamond Volcanic Island Galvanic Relay Keep or Mulligan? Keep I can’t imagine sending this hand back! There’s the fear of Grief discarding Lion’s Eye ...
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Special Guest Michael Reed (Twitter: Eureka22422 | Spotify: Legacy Small Talk | MTGO: Eureka22422) I’m Michael Reed from Saint Louis. I almost exclusively play Legacy, which I started playing around 2010. Originally picking up Merfolk as a budget-friendly deck, I have mostly played Dark ...
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The EPIC Storm puts two pilots into a Challenge Top 8! What a fantastic headline, right? There is a lot to unpack with that title though. Let’s start basic. Daybreak Games, the company that manages the MTGO client, added several evening Challenge events (using US-based time zones) for the ...
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This is part of an approximately quarterly tier list article series. Methodology Everyone builds a tier list differently. I built mine based on Magic: The Gathering™ Online (MTGO) Challenge results (As collected by Joe Dyer and the Legacy Data Collection Discord). A data-driven approach ...
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Final Dredge Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) Mox Opal Lotus Petal Brainstorm Echo of Eons Chrome Mox Commercial District Burning Wish Keep or Mulligan? Keep You don’t need Lion’s Eye Diamond! Cast Lotus Petal, Mox Opal, and then Chrome Mox. With the Imprint trigger on the ...
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Special Guest Brian Coval (Twitter: BoshNRoll | Youtube: BoshNRoll | MTGO: BoshNRoll) Brian “BoshNRoll” Coval releases YouTube videos every weekday and specializes in non-rotating “Eternal” constructed formats (Vintage, Legacy, Modern, cEDH, Pioneer, Pauper). He is a ...
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SCG CON Philadelphia has never looked so good! Our very own Bryant Cook rose to the challenge and put up a Top 8 finish on March 10th. The deck he played? The EPIC Storm, of course! Let’s break down the updates to the deck and why. Since the release of Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM),...
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The loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.-Oxford Dictionary Opportunity cost is a term normally associated with finance and investing. In Magic: The Gathering, opportunity cost has deck building and playing applications. While playing, it tends to be ...
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Final Sultai Beanstalk Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) Gaea’s Will Dark Ritual Dark Ritual Beseech the Mirror Thoughtseize Bloodstained Mire Misty Rainforest Keep or Mulligan? Keep An important aspect to the Sultai Beanstalk matchup is understanding you have plenty of time. They ...
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The first 2024 set release Murders at Karlov Manor. It was a fairly benign release with little initial fanfare in eternal formats aside from Pick Your Poison. But that all quickly changed! There are eternal format playable cards like Leyline of the Guildpact in Temur Rhinos, Cryptic Coat in ...
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Last year, I set out to write a comprehensive primer for The EPIC Storm (TES). I could not have anticipated how much the deck would change after just one set release. Beseech the Mirror obsoleted the primary engine of the deck and added several more, almost transforming TES entirely. Check out ...
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