Reading the Ropes – Getting More Mileage from Tutors
At this point in the series, I feel that I’ve covered a lot of the very basic concepts that go into piloting The EPIC Storm, and so now it is time to start looking at some more complicated or unorthodox ideas. The next few articles will touch on some ideas that might seem innocuous, but...
Read MoreLegacy League – Anthony LaVerde – 09/29/18
Anthony LaVerde plays a Legacy Constructed League on Magic: The Gathering Online
Read MoreTES Infernal Tutoring #21
Welcome back to the Infernal Tutoring series! Hello Legacy Storm players! We are back with this month’s Infernal Tutoring article! Since my introductory article, we’ve seen some interesting changes in the Legacy metagame. Death’s Shadow has come out of the woodwork as the premier delver deck, ...
Read MoreLegacy League – Bryant Cook – 09/25/18
Bryant Cook plays a Legacy Constructed League on Magic: The Gathering Online
Read MoreCard Considerations: Removal
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 ...
Read MoreTES Matchup Battles: Esper Stoneblade
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 ...
Read MoreThrough the Looking Glass: Death’s Shadow with Ben Friedman
Special thanks to Ben Friedman for his contributions to today’s article.Death’s Shadow has been an existing deck in legacy for quite some time now, however, it’s popularity has spiked immensely since its showing at Pro Tour 25th Anniversary. For this month’s edition of ...
Read MoreMatchup Mulligan: Death’s Shadow
Burn Final Hand Answer Hand 10: (on the draw) Keep or Mulligan? Keep I read a lot of back and forth on this hand. While I’m not sure of a definite answer, I’d probably keep it knowing I had a scry and a draw step to help fix things. The downside is the earliest you can...
Read MoreTES Tutoring Session – Ben Reid – 9/03/18
Bryant Cook has a TES Tutoring Session with Ben Reid on Magic: The Gathering Online
Read MoreDeck List Update – 9/03/18 – Post-GP:Richmond
Bryant Cook providing an update on his list after Grand Prix: Richmond.
Read MorePlaying in Paper
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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