TES Matchup Battles: Landstill

Matchup Battles

UX Landstill has been one of the older decks of the Legacy format. Being around for nearly two decades, older than many players, but has been getting less popular over the past several years. Landstill is a blue-based control deck that gets its name from the combination of Standstill and ...

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Matchup Mulligan: 4c Loam

Matchup Mulligan

Dredge Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the play) Keep or Mulligan? Keep This isn’t a fast hand, which is an issue. That said, you’re on the play with a discard spell on the first turn which should buy you a little bit of time. What’s interesting with this hand to me is that it ...

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Through the Looking Glass: BR Reanimator with Eric Landon

Through the Looking Glass

Special thanks to Eric Landon for his contributions to today’s article.BR Reanimator is not only one of the most popular fast combo decks in today’s metagame, but it is also known as one of the worst matchups for The EPIC Storm. For this month’s edition of Through the Looking ...

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TES Matchup Battles: Grixis Control

Matchup Battles

Grixis Control was the most played Legacy deck at Pro Tour 25th Anniversary a couple months ago. One of the reasons it’s so popular is due to it having a slightly higher than 50% matchup against most decks in the field. It plays out like a classic Jund-style deck. These type of decks tend to...

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Matchup Mulligan: Dredge

Matchup Mulligan

Grixis Control Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the draw) Keep or Mulligan? Keep I would likely keep this hand, but I wouldn’t just jam on the first turn if I drew a land. I would cast Duress. Your opponent likely has Flusterstorm, Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, and Force of Will, ...

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Through the Looking Glass: Grixis Control with Brian Braun-Duin

Through the Looking Glass

Special thanks to Brian Braun-Duin for his contributions to today’s article.Grixis Control has been one of, if not the most popular deck in legacy for a while now. It’s strong combination of discard spells and countermagic can be a challenge for The EPIC Storm to win through. This ...

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Matchup Mulligan: Grixis Control

Matchup Mulligan

Death’s Shadow Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the play) Keep or Mulligan? Keep I would hope most people would keep this, but recently I’ve found less experienced players addressing their concerns about keeping “no-land hands” against blue decks. I think this comes from the Ad ...

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