Since our last article, the Legacy format has managed to dodge another Banned & Restricted announcement, which is pretty miraculous given the track record of this previous year. As far as The EPIC Storm goes, the deck lists have been mostly the same — with the exception of one crazy list ...
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Special Guest A few words on Kellen Pastore (MTGO: kelmasterp, Twitter: @THEODDENGINEER) Kellen Pastore is a former Platinum Pro. He is known for his love of Aggro decks in all formats. Historically, he has played Death & Taxes, until Legacy got too strong for the deck. He Top 8’d two ...
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Empty the Warrens has been a defining card of The EPIC Storm for most of it’s existence. There were points in time where there were up to four copies in the 75. More recently, there is only one copy of Empty the Warrens in TES and it is used only about five percent of the...
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Final UG Omni-Tell Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) Ad Nauseam Veil of Summer Chrome Mox Mox Opal Brainstorm Ponder Veil of Summer Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan This hand is a bit of a trap, but it’s very tempting though! You’re on the draw, so you have an extra look at a land....
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Since our last article, the Legacy metagame has had another big shift with the banning and changes to the Companion mechanic. Since so much of the Legacy metagame warped around those cards, things are still in the process of stabilizing. The EPIC Storm has mostly stayed the same since the ...
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Final Grixis Delver Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) Ad Nauseam Dark Ritual Lotus Petal Echo of Eons Veil of Summer Chrome Mox Wishclaw Talisman Keep or Mulligan? Keep I had a number of responses that this hand was a mulligan. I’m going to guess that the individuals that wanted to ...
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Special Guest A few words on Aldrich Saplan (Twitter: @Dopedafi | MTGO: Dopedafi | Instagram: drizz_707) Aldrich Saplan is a longtime MTG competitor from the Bay Area in California where he grew up and has lived his whole life. He’s been playing since Ice Age and loves to play aggressive tempo ...
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Peer into the Abyss might surprise as a candidate for inclusion in The EPIC Storm. At seven mana, one might think that any line involving it would be prohibitively expensive and casting Ad Nauseam to unreliable. The second point certainly is valid, and thus, it would be relegated to being ...
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Special Guest A few words on Rich Cali (Twitter: @learntolove66 | MTGO: learntolove6) Rich is a Legacy lover from upstate New York who loves to play fair blue decks. He has two SCG Open top 8s with one win, and numerous high-level Magic Online results. How do you feel about Grixis Delver in the ...
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Final Doomsday Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) Lion’s Eye Diamond Lion’s Eye Diamond Hope of Ghirapur Echo of Eons Wishclaw Talisman Dark Ritual Veil of Summer Keep or Mulligan? Keep This is an obvious risk versus reward hand. This is actually something we discussed in the ...
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Welcome back Legacy Storm Players! This month the Infernal Tutoring Series is celebrating its 40th article! In March 2016, Alexandre Richardson published the very first Infernal Tutoring. Since then, Infernal Tutoring has had Anthony LaVerde (our guest today!) and Alex McKinley as authors — ...
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Final Eldrazi Ramp Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) Echo of Eons Abrupt Decay Lion’s Eye Diamond Chrome Mox Volcanic Island Rite of Flame Abrupt Decay Keep or Mulligan? Keep One of the themes of the Eldrazi Ramp article was risk versus reward. This hand is exactly that and how TES ...
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