Special Guest A few words on Jarvis Yu: (Twitter: @jkyu06 | MTGO: Samwise_GeeGee) Jarvis Yu works during the day as a mathematical statistician for the United States government. He has four Grand Prix Top 8’s (Seattle 2015 (Legacy), Columbus 2016 (Legacy), New Jersey 2017 (Standard), ...
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Breaking News: Infernal Tutoring is actually playing Infernal Tutor again! The EPIC Storm has recently undergone a large shift thanks to some dedicated testing focused on how to stay competitive in the current Legacy metagame. It all began with the adoption of Mishra’s Bauble over Ponder ...
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As many of us acutely know for a while now, Storm-based decks have been on the decline for years in Modern with the main exception being the brief rise early this year of Gruul Storm utilizing the power of Underworld Breach, Goblin Anarchomancer and Dragon’s Rage Channeler. While it has already ...
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While The EPIC Storm might be one of the most powerful and fun decks in Legacy, Legacy is one of the most expensive formats in Magic and finding cards and games can be hard. Magic The Gathering: Online (MTGO) is the best way to play Legacy and solves both problems. MTGO Events Force of Will...
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Final 8-Cast Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) Dark Ritual Lotus Petal Mox Opal Lion’s Eye Diamond Rite of Flame Burning Wish Taiga Keep or Mulligan? Keep A common play-pattern as 8-Cast against The EPIC Storm is to play Chalice of the Void with one counter. The hand above is capable ...
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Special Guest A few words on John Shindledecker: (Twitter: @shindymtg | MTGO:shindy) John Shindledecker (“Shindy”) has been playing Magic since the age of 13 (original Theros). When I picked up Legacy for the first time a few years into my Magic career, I immediately fell in love ...
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A new The EPIC Storm build just dropped, and it’s hot! The team has been working on a few ideas to address the growing contingent of unfair Blue decks in the format. Legacy has seen UR Delver drop in popularity in favor of three or four other decks. RB Reanimator, Cephalid Breakfast, ...
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With the Legacy Showcase coming this weekend, understanding the metagame is critical. This is the start of a quarterly tier list article series. Methodology Everyone builds a tier list differently. I have chosen to build mine based on MTGO Challenge results (As collected by Joe Dyer and the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Is Legacy in a healthy place finally? It has been a long enough wait, but players have been generally excited to engage with the format again! With the changes brought about with the most recent Banned & Restricted announcement and the release of Phyrexia: All Will Be One, new life has been ...
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Despite the recent appearance of Gruul Storm in Modern, it has been a couple years since Izzet Gifts Ungiven-based Storm has had much in the way of results. One part of this is the lack of new cards from the past few years of sets. For instance, the most significant new addition to the deck...
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