The EPIC Storm is a Storm variant that has had a constant evolving decklist. The current form leans into Galvanic Relay while also being focused on artifacts and Wishclaw Talisman. Being a Galvanic Relay deck gives The EPIC Storm the ability to play through counterspells and have more payoff ...
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GRUUL STORM Even though it has been a few years since being at the top of the metagame, a Pyretic Ritual and Desperate Ritual-based Storm inModern is back and faster than ever in its new Gruul-based form! Instead of relying on the engine of Gifts Ungiven and Past in Flames to give us ...
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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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Doomsday is a rather simple deck in concept. Cast a Doomsday to make your library five cards and then win with a Thassa’s Oracle. The actual execution can vary by scenario. For example, how much mana do you have? How many cards can you draw? Can you afford to pass the turn? Questions like ...
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Interacting with The EPIC Storm does not always happen directly on the stack. Often opponents will bring lock pieces and other hateful permanents to the table in an attempt to slow TES down or prevent it from winning at all. These cards present the Storm player with two main options: remove the ...
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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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Initiative is a new Legacy deck built around the Dungeons and Initiative mechanic. A mono-white Stompy deck was born when two new white creatures – White Plume Adventurer, Seasoned Dungeoneer – both of which have the Initiative mechanic were printed. These creatures with the ...
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Combo decks in Legacy often get called non-interactive. With Storm, this could not be further from the truth. Usually, between four and eight slots are devoted to interacting in some way with the opponent. The EPIC Storm has played a variety of interaction pieces over the years and ...
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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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The EPIC Gamble is virtually a mono-red Storm deck. The only non-red card in the main deck is Echo of Eons and some sideboard cards that they can Burning Wish for. The deck is comprised of rituals, card generation, and tutors. The recipe of a typical storm deck, but the main difference is being ...
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One of the most important skills in Magic is figuring out what one’s opponent has in hand. For The EPIC Storm, most games are played in the hand rather than the battlefield. Knowing what the opponent can have in their deck and what that means about there hand is often the difference ...
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Final 4c Minsc Control Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) Mishra’s Bauble Mishra’s Bauble Mishra’s Bauble Mox Opal Chrome Mox Brainstorm Burning Wish Keep or Mulligan? Mulligan In the previous article, we discussed the importance of stability as well as leveraging Galvanic ...
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