Matchup Mulligan: 8-Cast II

Matchup Mulligan

Final Gruul Initiative Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Ad Nauseam|]] [[Brainstorm|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep The "old" [[Brainstorm]] plus [[Mishra's Bauble]] trick! We're going to use [[Lion's Eye Diamond]] to help cast our [[Ad Nauseam]] by abusing the stack. The Read More »

Through the Looking Glass: 8-Cast with Dmitriy Butakov

Through the Looking Glass

Special Guest A few words on Dmitriy Butakov: (Twitter: @butakov_mtg | MTGO:butakov) Dmitriy Butakov is a pro Magic player and two-time MOCS champion based out of Siberia. A long-time MTGO grinder, Dmitriy has four Legacy Challenge T8s this year, all on 8-Cast. What main deck tools does 8-Cast have to interact with The EPIC Storm? Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Gruul Initiative

Matchup Battles

Since the initiative mechanic has been released there have been many different decks trying to utilize it. Mono-white, Esper control, mono-black, and now Gruul decks have attempted to leverage the mechanic. Gruul Initiative is a red-green stompy deck playing eight copies of initiative creatures and [[Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes]] to present a fast clock Read More »

A Return to Green

Plateau and Taiga Hero Image

It has been a few weeks since the banning of [[Expressive Iteration]] and [[White Plume Adventurer]]. In that time, the Legacy Showcase Qualifier happened. With our own Bryant Cook qualified for the tournament, locking in a list became important. Bryant played the list below to a ninth-place finish on breakers. the epic Storm .dek (MTGO) Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Gruul Initiative

Matchup Mulligan

Final Cephalid Breakfast Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Lotus Petal|]] [[Lotus Petal|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Badlands|]] [[Mox Opal|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan While the pair of [[Mishra's Bauble]] represents a pair of redraws, we need a hand with more of a plan against a powerhouse deck such as Read More »

Through the Looking Glass: Gruul Initiative with Andrew Ahern

Through the Looking Glass

Special Guest A few words on Andrew Ahern: Andrew Ahern is a NYC-metro area local who has been playing Legacy since 2018. An avid deckbuilder (his first Legacy deck was a [[Worldgorger Dragon]] homebrew), Andrew has become locally famous his pile of Gruul cards that (until recently) haven't been available on MTGO. That pile has Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Cephalid Breakfast

Matchup Battles

Cephalid Breakfast is an Esper combo deck that is based around [[Cephalid Illusionist]]. When [[Cephalid Illusionist]] is targeted by either a [[Shuko]] or [[Nomads en-Kor]] then three cards will be milled into the graveyard. This will be repeated until the entire deck has been milled into the graveyard. In the process three copies of [[Narcomoeba]] Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Cephalid Breakfast

Matchup Mulligan

Final The EPIC Storm Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Ad Nauseam|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Silence|]] [[Burning Wish|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan What does this hand actually do? That's typically an initial step in determining whether a hand is a mulligan or not. We have Metalcraft for Read More »