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Card Review: Beseech the Mirror

Beseech Review

The original Throne of Eldraine gave us Wishclaw Talisman, a card that has turned out to be hugely impactful for how The EPIC Storm has been built ever since. Wilds of Eldraine, Magic‘s newest expansion has yet another busted tutor effect. Meet Beseech the Mirror: Beseech the Mirror ...

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Matchup Mulligan: Temur Rhinos

Matchup Mulligan

Final Death’s Shadow Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) Burning Wish Lion’s Eye Diamond Lion’s Eye Diamond Echo of Eons Echo of Eons Veil of Summer Abrupt Decay Keep or Mulligan? Keep This hand is surprisingly resilient to both countermagic and discard spells due to having ...

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How to Desire

How to Desire

After 20 years, Mind’s Desire has been unbanned in Legacy! After being legal in the format for only a few months, this powerful Storm spell has been released into Legacy. Previously, we thought that even if unbanned, Mind’s Desire might not even be good enough to play and was just ...

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Matchup Mulligan: Death’s Shadow III

Matchup Mulligan

Final Lands Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) Brainstorm Mox Opal Mishra’s Bauble Urza’s Bauble Dark Ritual Infernal Tutor Rite of Flame Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan Lands decks are back to playing Sphere of Resistance, and in these matchups often mulligan aggressively for hands ...

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Matchup Mulligan: Lands III

Matchup Mulligan

Final Rakdos Reanimator Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) Burning Wish Lion’s Eye Diamond Lion’s Eye Diamond Volcanic Island Veil of Summer Ad Nauseam Thoughtseize Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan What does this hand do? You’re not even remotely close to casting Ad Nauseam, you ...

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Matchup Mulligan: BR Reanimator III

Matchup Mulligan

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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Matchup Mulligan: 8-Cast II

Matchup Mulligan

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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Matchup Mulligan: Gruul Initiative

Matchup Mulligan

Final Cephalid Breakfast Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) Lotus Petal Lotus Petal Dark Ritual Mishra’s Bauble Mishra’s Bauble Badlands Mox Opal Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan While the pair of Mishra’s Bauble represents a pair of redraws, we need a hand with more of a plan ...

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Matchup Mulligan: Cephalid Breakfast

Matchup Mulligan

Final The EPIC Storm Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) Ad Nauseam Mishra’s Bauble Mishra’s Bauble Mox Opal Dark Ritual Silence Burning Wish Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan What does this hand actually do? That’s typically an initial step in determining whether a hand is a ...

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Matchup Mulligan: The EPIC Storm II

Matchup Mulligan

Final Doomsday Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) Thoughtseize Burning Wish Wishclaw Talisman Orim’s Chant Scrubland Bloodstained Mire Lotus Petal Keep or Mulligan? Keep Speed isn’t everything! Players focus too much on this. The hand we’re presented with is resistant to a ...

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Matchup Mulligan: Doomsday II

Matchup Mulligan

Final Initiative Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) Burning Wish Rite of Flame Crash Chain of Vapor Lion’s Eye Diamond Mox Opal Brainstorm Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan While tempting due to the Crash and Chain of Vapor, we just need to send this hand back. We can’t cast any ...

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Matchup Mulligan: Initiative

Matchup Mulligan

Final The EPIC Gamble Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) Wishclaw Talisman Lion’s Eye Diamond Lion’s Eye Diamond Ad Nauseam Underground Sea Burning Wish Chain of Vapor Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan Even if you’re fortune enough to receive a turn in the Storm mirror against a ...

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