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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Goblins is one of the most historic legacy decks because it has existed since the inception of legacy. Goblins has significantly decreased in popularity over the past several years due to the printing of Deathrite Shaman, and a few other cards, but since its banning people have been trying it ...
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When people think about the types of cards that The EPIC Storm plays, rarely will people mention removal spells. The deck has played a variety of removal over the years, including bounce spells, spot removal, and mass removal. In the current iteration of the sideboard, let’s take a look ...
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Bryant Cook providing an update on The EPIC Storm (v5.6) after Star City Games: Baltimore, MD.
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Esper Stoneblade and other Stoneblade variations have been around for a long time ever since the printing of Stoneforge Mystic and Jace, the Mind Sculptor. It has gone through waves of success from being one of the best decks, down to pretty bad, and then back up to good again. Because of the ...
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Bryant Cook providing an update on his Modern list after Star City Games: Syracuse.
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Bryant Cook providing an update on his list after Grand Prix: Richmond.
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This might sound a bit counter-intuitive, but there is a possibility, as a storm player, that playing MTGO can make you worse at piloting your deck in paper (yep, I said it). Now, don’t get me wrong, I think that playing MTGO is one of the most important things any magic player can do. It...
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4c Loam is an aggro-control deck capable of both board control and an aggressive clock. It is centered around using lands and Life from the Loam, hence the name of the deck. Because of this, it is considered one of the midrange decks in Legacy being able to play a longer game, but also play...
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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, ...
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Bryant Cook providing an update on his list after his SCG: Open Series win.
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Death’s Shadow the card has existed for a long time, but never really saw much play until the past couple of years. It’s really been a staple of the Modern format over the past 2-3 years, but recently it’s been picking up in legacy. Because it’s a fairly newer deck in ...
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