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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 ...

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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 ...

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Card Review: Molten Collapse

Molten Collapse

Wizards of the Coast has gifted the Storm community once again with another removal spell! Over the years, my binder has become full of slight sidegrades to Abrupt Decay, Chain of Vapor, and Echoing Truth. Molten Collapse is the most recent removal spell in this long line of cards, and it has ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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TES Matchup Battles: Temur Rhinos

Matchup Battles

Temur Rhinos is a deck aimed at assembling a pair of Rhino Token from Crashing Footfalls by the first or second turn. Crashing Footfalls can’t be cast off suspend by that early, but instead is cast off of a cascade trigger from Shardless Agent and Violent Outburst. The only card that you ...

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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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TES Matchup Battles: Death’s Shadow III

Matchup Battles

Death’s Shadow is a UB deck that is centered around playing cards that cause you to lose life in order to play an early and big Death’s Shadow. There isn’t much of a comprimise in the rest of the deck since most of the Legacy staples already do damage to yourself or have an exact...

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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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