Matchup Mulligan: Dredge II

Matchup Mulligan

Final Sultai Beanstalk Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Gaea's Will|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Beseech the Mirror|]] [[Thoughtseize|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] [[Misty Rainforest|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep An important aspect to the Sultai Beanstalk matchup is understanding you have plenty of time. They won't kill you quickly, so you can remove all Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Sultai Beanstalk

Matchup Mulligan

Final Boros Initiative Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Beseech the Mirror|]] [[Underground Sea|]] [[Misty Rainforest|]] [[Misty Rainforest|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan This hand is a trap! It looks good, but it's actually mediocre. To understand why, think about how the game plays out. On your Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Boros Initiative

Matchup Battles

Boros Initiative is a fast and aggressive creature-based deck. The entire deck revolves around getting aggressive and disruptive creatures into play as fast as possible. This means the deck is comprised of mostly fast mana and creatures. These creatures are divided into two categories, fast clock and disruptive. The fast clock piece is the namesake Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Boros Initiative

Matchup Mulligan

Final Painter Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Lotus Petal|]] [[Beseech the Mirror|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Scalding Tarn|]] [[Galvanic Relay|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] [[Beseech the Mirror|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan This hand needs to draw exactly [[Dark Ritual]] to function while still losing to [[Mindbreak Trap]] or [[Surgical Extraction]]. The rest of the hand Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Painter II

Matchup Battles

Painter is a deck that revolves around the card [[Painter’s Servant]] and [[Grindstone]]. [[Painter’s Servant]] chooses a color, and then all cards become that color. When you then activate [[Grindstone]], you can continue repeating the process because the cards share at least one color since they are all the same color. The process will repeat Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Painter III

Matchup Mulligan

Final Orzhov Death & Taxes Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Beseech the Mirror|]] [[Chrome Mox|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Mishra's Bauble|]] [[Underground Sea|]] [[Gaea's Will|]] [[Volcanic Island|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan This hand is incredibly risky, let's assume our opponent doesn't have [[Deafening Silence]] or even [[Mindbreak Trap]] and that they likely kept Read More »

Through the Looking Glass: Mono-Red Painter with Robert Russo

Through the Looking Glass

Special Guest A few words from Rob: (YouTube: Light_Walker) Hey everyone, I’m Rob, otherwise known as Light_Walker on YouTube. I’ve been playing Magic for about eight years now, but I realized pretty quickly that Legacy was where I wanted to be. I love the cards, and I love the community. I enjoy draft and have Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Orzhov Death & Taxes

Matchup Battles

Orzhov Death & Taxes has the same core deck as mono white Death and & Taxes, but since the printing of [[Orcish Bowmasters]] it has made splash black most of the time. There are many decks in Legacy that draw cards or have one toughness creatures, so [[Orcish Bowmasters]] has quickly become a staple of Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Orzhov Death & Taxes

Matchup Mulligan

Final Temur Rhinos Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Mox Opal|]] [[Rite of Flame|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Thoughtseize|]] [[Empty the Warrens|]] [[Beseech the Mirror|]] [[Chrome Mox|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep It's very risky, but as I said in the last article, you need to take big swings in bad matchups. Against the deck Read More »

Through the Looking Glass: Orzhov Death & Taxes with Roland Chang

Through the Looking Glass

Special Guest A few words from Roland Chang: (Twitter: @RolandMTG) Hi, I'm Roland - Eternal specialist, 2005 Vintage & 2006 Legacy World Champion. I'm deeply involved in community building for Eternal constructed formats in the NYC area, connecting with players from all over the world, while competing or vending at most major paper Magic events. Read More »