TES Matchup Battles: Death’s Shadow II

Matchup Battles

Death's Shadow plays similar to a [[Delver of Secrets]] style deck, but with [[Death's Shadow]] in that role. It is a blue-black deck that plays creature removal, discard spells, counterspells, and creatures,such as [[Death's Shadow]], that can win the game quickly. In order to play [[Death's Shadow]], the deck relies on [[Watery Grave]] instead of Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Jeskai Control

Matchup Battles

Jeskai Control plays all of the typical control cards in counterspells, card draw, planeswalkers, and removal spells. The deck, which ultimately wins the game with [[Monastery Mentor]], has become the main control deck of the format since the printing of [[Expressive Iteration]] and [[Prismatic Ending]]. These new cards give Jeskai the tools it needs to Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Moon Stompy II

Matchup Battles

Moon Stompy is named after playing [[Magus of the Moon]] and [[Blood Moon]] with aggressive creatures like [[Legion Warboss]] and [[Goblin Rabblemaster]]. In addition to turning off the opponent's lands, Moon Stompy also uses [[Chalice of the Void]] and [[Trinisphere]] to prevent the opponent from casting spells. Their deck making it difficult for the opponent Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Elves II

Matchup Battles

Elves is an creature based combo deck, obviously built around the Elf creature type. The main cards it's trying to abuse are [[Glimpse of Nature]], [[Gaea's Cradle]], and [[Natural Order]]. They also play a tutor package with [[Natural Order]] and [[Glimpse of Nature]] to search for any disruptive creatures or other elves to develop their Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Elves

Matchup Mulligan

Final Ad Nauseam Tendrils Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Veil of Summer|]] [[Veil of Summer|]] [[Veil of Summer|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Lotus Petal|]] [[Taiga|]] [[Brainstorm|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep "This hand doesn't do anything!" Exactly. We're not looking to be proactive when the opportunity presents itself. A better way of looking at Read More »

Through the Looking Glass: Elves with Newton Hang

Through the Looking Glass

Special Guest A few words on Newton Hang (Twitter: hello_newton | MTGO: hellonewton) By day, Newton Hang works as an Electrical Engineer in Aerospace. By night, he plays Magic: The Gathering as a hobby. He notably won the Legacy Showcase Qualifier to qualify for the 2020 MOCS with his signature “Reclaimer Elves” deck. Despite primarily Read More »

Legacy Showcase – 01/17/21 – Round 4 vs. BladeofIce with Elves

TES vs. Elves | Ad Nauseam against Collector Ouphe

the epic Storm .dek (MTGO) | .txt (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Main Deck 4 [[Burning Wish]] 4 [[Wishclaw Talisman]] 4 [[Brainstorm]] 4 [[Ponder]] 1 [[Tendrils of Agony]] 1 [[Ad Nauseam]] 1 [[Echo of Eons]] 4 [[Veil of Summer]] 2 [[Defense Grid]] 4 [[Rite of Flame]] 4 [[Dark Ritual]] 4 [[Lion's Eye Diamond]] 4 [[Lotus Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Rainbow Depths

Matchup Mulligan

Final Mono-Green Cloudpost Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Taiga|]] [[Polluted Delta|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Chrome Mox|]] [[Ad Nauseam|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep Think of how Mono-Green Cloudpost tries to attack The EPIC Storm, its generally with [[Pithing Needle]], [[Force of Vigor]], and [[Mindbreak Trap]]. This hand is actually Read More »

Legacy Challenge – 12/20/20 – Round 7 vs. reiderrabbit with Elves

TES vs. Elves | Wishclaw Talisman against Thoughtseize

the epic Storm .dek (MTGO) | .txt (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Main Deck 4 [[Burning Wish]] 4 [[Wishclaw Talisman]] 4 [[Brainstorm]] 4 [[Ponder]] 1 [[Tendrils of Agony]] 1 [[Ad Nauseam]] 1 [[Echo of Eons]] 4 [[Veil of Summer]] 2 [[Defense Grid]] 4 [[Rite of Flame]] 4 [[Dark Ritual]] 4 [[Lion's Eye Diamond]] 4 [[Lotus Read More »