Through the Looking Glass: RUG Delver with Eric Vergo

Through the Looking Glass

Special thanks to Eric Vergo for his contributions to today's article. Since July's bannings of Deathrite Shaman and Gitaxian Probe, RUG Delver has returned as one of the most played decks in the format. With having a wide array of countermagic and mana denial, RUG Delver can be very challenging to play against, especially with Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Burn

Matchup Mulligan

RUG Delver Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the play) » Keep or Mulligan? Keep I'm a risk taker, you need to find a land and then either a black or red card off of Brainstorm. I like my chances for this (I'll be honest, I don't know the exact odds.), there's also other scenarios that Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: RUG Delver

Matchup Mulligan

BR Reanimator Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the draw) » Keep or Mulligan?   Most people correctly answered that this was a keep. This article's theme will be "Do not live in fear", and this is a great example of that. While your opponent could have a discard spell or even Chancellor of the Annex, Read More »

Through the Looking Glass: Moon Stompy with Zac Turgeon

Through the Looking Glass

Special thanks to Zac Turgeon for his contributions to today's article. Before the bannings of Deathrite Shaman and Gitaxian Probe, Moon Stompy was by far the most prominent prison strategy you would see in Legacy. With most fair decks having a very greedy manabase, Blood Moon was very, very good. However, I wouldn't expect to Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: RUG Delver

Matchup Battles

With the recent banning of Gitaxian Probe and Deathrite Shaman people have been moving away from Grixis Delver for the more traditional version of RUG Delver. RUG Delver is a tempo deck that tries to use all of its resources to keep the opponent from gaining traction to set up their game plan, and then Read More »

Leaving A Legacy: 5K (06/30/2018) – 1st Place

...and to think on Wednesday afternoon I was telling Jerry Mee (host of Leaving A Legacy) I wasn't sure If I wanted to go.  I had just checked how long it would take me to get to Acton, MA from Syracuse, NY. In the northeast there's really only two seasons – winter & construction. Due Read More »