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 with fair midrange decks. Which are the main Read More »

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 Ragavan also plays some other new Read More »

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 down to the event with my Read More »

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 into play on the Read More »

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 completely obvious. You have three zero Read More »

Through the Looking Glass: Madness with Phil Gallagher

Through the Looking Glass

Special Guest A few words on Phillip Gallagher (@ThrabenU):Phil Gallagher teaches Latin near Charlotte, North Carolina. While he originally made a name for himself playing D&T, these days he is more focused on producing more varied Legacy content. He drops daily content on his YouTube channel (ThrabenU), owns Thraben University, and is a host of Read More »

Through the Looking Glass: Bant Control with Anuraag

Through the Looking Glass

Special Guest A few words on Anuraag Das (TWITTER: @ANZIDMTG | MTGO: ANZID) Anuraag Das is a Twitch streamer, podcaster, commentator, content creator for Channel Fireball, and Legacy enthusiast. Anuraag may be best known as a Miracles pilot but can more often be found playing five-color control brews on stream. With the release of Modern Read More »

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 colors to Bant colors. As other Legacy decks evolve and Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Bant Control

Matchup Mulligan

Final UR Delver Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Galvanic Relay|]] [[Galvanic Relay|]] [[Abrupt Decay|]] [[Aeve, Progenitor Ooze|]] [[Volcanic Island|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep This hand isn't perfect, but we do have [[Abrupt Decay]] to slow the game down. I would lead the game on the pair of Read More »