Peer into the Abyss might surprise as a candidate for inclusion in The EPIC Storm. At seven mana, one might think that any line involving it would be prohibitively expensive and casting Ad Nauseam to unreliable. The second point certainly is valid, and thus, it would be relegated to being ...
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Wow, it doesn’t seem like five years (to the day) has passed since theepicstorm.com was launched. Actually, five years ago was the last time the New York Mets were good — so… this seems about right. What a journey it has been!I’d like to start off by thanking everyone ...
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Special Guest A few words on Rich Cali (Twitter: @learntolove66 | MTGO: learntolove6) Rich is a Legacy lover from upstate New York who loves to play fair blue decks. He has two SCG Open top 8s with one win, and numerous high-level Magic Online results. How do you feel about Grixis Delver in the ...
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Final Doomsday Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) Lion’s Eye Diamond Lion’s Eye Diamond Hope of Ghirapur Echo of Eons Wishclaw Talisman Dark Ritual Veil of Summer Keep or Mulligan? Keep This is an obvious risk versus reward hand. This is actually something we discussed in the ...
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Welcome back Legacy Storm Players! This month the Infernal Tutoring Series is celebrating its 40th article! In March 2016, Alexandre Richardson published the very first Infernal Tutoring. Since then, Infernal Tutoring has had Anthony LaVerde (our guest today!) and Alex McKinley as authors — ...
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The Doomsday deck has been around for many years with several different variations. It has won with cards like Tendrils of Agony and Laboratory Maniac, but with the recent printing of Thassa’s Oracle, it has since taken that spot as the best win condition. The goal of the deck is cast ...
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Final Eldrazi Ramp Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) Echo of Eons Abrupt Decay Lion’s Eye Diamond Chrome Mox Volcanic Island Rite of Flame Abrupt Decay Keep or Mulligan? Keep One of the themes of the Eldrazi Ramp article was risk versus reward. This hand is exactly that and how TES ...
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Special Guest A few words on Ethan Formichella (Twitter: @monkeyscantcry | MTGO: MONKEYSCANTCRY) Ethan started playing Magic with the release of Apocalypse, and fell in love with Storm strategies starting with the Heartbeat of Spring + Mind’s Desire deck in the old Extended format. He ...
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Powerful cards seem like they come out every set, and Ikoria: Lair of the Behemoths is no exception! Lurrus of the Dream-Den will provide incredible value for TES and be a nightmare for opponents to deal with. Being able to rebuy cheap permanents every turn while being able to be cast off of ...
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Since our last article, the Legacy metagame has had another big shift with the banning of Underworld Breach! Wizards of the Coast stated this as the reason for the banning, “In many cases, we’d allow a new breakout combo deck some time to see if the metagame can adapt. But as these ...
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Eldrazi and Ramp decks have existed in Legacy ever since the printings of Cloudpost, Glimmerpost, and the Eldrazi cards. Eldrazi Ramp has always been a small percentage of the metagame, but over the past year, it has picked up in popularity. The goal is to assemble these posts along with ...
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Underworld Breach is banned! Though it was in Legacy for just a short time, it proved to be an incredibly dominant and format warping card. Obviously my analysis of the card and its power level were flawed, but some of the ideas were correct. Underworld Breach was not a Yawgmoth’s Will in ...
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