Special Guest A few words on Cyrus Corman-Gill (Twitter: @cyruscg | MTGO: CyrusCG) Cyrus has been playing Magic since 2005, and Legacy since 2016. Playing Ad Nauseam Tendrils, they won Grand Prix Atlanta in 2019 and SCG Las Vegas in 2018. In addition, they have top 8’d Eternal Weekend in both ...
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Goldfishing is the most common practice given to new Storm players. This is the practice of playing against an opponent as if they do not take any game actions. Knowing how to execute a storm combo should be the easiest part of any game and thus makes goldfishing a great place to start. The combo...
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Sneak & Show is a deck that focuses on casting and abusing Show and Tell and Sneak Attack in combination with Griselbrand, and Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. Emrakul, the Aeons Torn making the opponent sacrifice six permanents, or Griselbrand drawing many cards to find an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn ...
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Current Legacy is at a healthy and exciting place at the moment. While not perfect, Kamigawa Neon Dynasty injected a much-needed boost of new design for the format to play with. Real choices in deck selection is happening on the Control front. Hidetsugu Consumes All might be the underdog boost ...
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Special Guest A few words on Jerry Mee Jerry Mee is a Boston, Massachuetts-based legacy player who has been playing the format since it was called Type 1.5. His competitive Legacy finishes include SCG Top 8 and Top 8 at GP Niagara. Jerry’s main focus is on building the Legacy community, and has ...
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Welcome to The ABC’s of TES! After the addition of Wishclaw Talisman in late 2019, The EPIC Storm (TES) changed so greatly that lots of the beginner materials no longer applied. This article series is an introduction for new players to the deck and even if one has been playing for a ...
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Final Painter Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) Dark Ritual Rite of Flame Lion’s Eye Diamond Lion’s Eye Diamond Lotus Petal Mox Opal Lotus Petal Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan While you are a deck that is roughly 34 percent to hit an action spell every single draw step, almost 50 ...
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Welcome to a New World Order for Legacy that ushers in our 50th episode of Infernal Tutoring! The recent Banned and Restricted announcement from Wizards of the Coast removed Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer from our beloved format and serves as a pushing-off point for a fresh start. Despite this being ...
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Painter is a deck that revolves around the card Painter’s Servant and Grindstone. Painter’s Servant chooses a color, and then all cards become that color. When you then activate Grindstone, you can continue repeating the process because the cards share at least one color since they ...
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Special Guest A few words on Callum Smith Callum Smith is a casual-competitive player from London, England. He’s a host on the Everyday Eternal podcast and these days lover of all things with the artifact type. How has Urza’s Saga changed the approach of Painter? Does Urza’s ...
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Final 8-Cast Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) Dark Ritual Dark Ritual Ad Nauseam Underground Sea Lotus Petal Orim’s Chant Galvanic Relay Keep or Mulligan? Keep While this hand doesn’t beat their Chalice of the Void draws, it certainly can combat the eight “Force ...
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Welcome to Pauper, the format with most of the fun fast mana of Legacy, but without the unfun answers like Force of Will, Chalice of the Void, and Thalia, Guardian of Thraben. The Storm mechanic has had a complicated history in Pauper, with most of the Storm cards that can directly win the ...
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