Matchup Mulligan: London Mulligan

Matchup Mulligan

Miracles II Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the play) » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan With either mulligan rule (Vancouver or London), I'd mulligan this. It just doesn't do anything despite having one of your best cards for the match-up in Hope of Ghirapur. Hope of Ghirapur essentially negates Spell Pierce, Flusterstorm, and Force of Negation Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: 4c Control II

Matchup Battles

4c Control is a control deck that's trying to use all of the best disruptive cards like Thoughtseize, Force of Will, Snapcaster Mage, and planeswalkers. There are many flavors of 4c Control, but with the recent printing of Wrenn and Six most are traditional Grixis Control decks, but splashing cards like Wrenn and Six and Read More »

Pondering Policy: Communication and Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Pondering Policy

On this edition of Pondering Policy, we will be tackling some popular communication questions and what tournament policy considers "sporting" and "unsporting" behavior. Communication Policy (MTR 4.1-4.8) While the Magic Tournament Rules delve into specific definitions for different types of information and how they need to be communicated, our focus today will be on more Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Grixis Delver II

Matchup Battles

Grixis Delver's primary game plan is to stick an early threat, such as Delver of Secrets or Young Pyromancer, and use cards like Daze and Wasteland to disrupt the opponent’s initial development while killing the opponent quickly. There are, and have been, many different flavors of Delver of Secrets decks ever since its printing quite Read More »

Through the Looking Glass: Miracles II with Lawrence Harmon

Through the Looking Glass

Special Guest A few words on Lawrence Harmon (@LawrenceHarmon on Twitter): He is known for frequenting the MODO Legacy queues with various Brainstorm shells. Known as the progenitor of Accumulated Knowledge Miracles, he loves tuning and finding edges in deck building. Lawrence does some occasional writing about various formats at thirstforknowledge.home.blog Miracles has gone through many Read More »