8 Thoughts about 8-Cast

Thought Monitor Hero Image

1. What is 8-Cast? [[Chalice of the Void|]] [[Thought Monitor|]] [[Force of Will|]] 8-Cast is the evolution to one of the scariest matchups for The EPIC Storm: Karn Echoes. Both are mono-blue artifact decks that play [[Force of Will]] and [[Chalice of the Void]]. Karn Echoes also played [[Karn, the Great Creator]], which is nearly Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Lands II

Matchup Mulligan

Final Aluren Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Ad Nauseam|]] [[Underground Sea|]] [[Burning Wish|]] [[Tendrils of Agony|]] [[Rite of Flame|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep What does this hand do well? It dodges Force of Vigor entirely. What it doesn't do well is beat four to seven "[[Force of Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Aluren

Matchup Mulligan

Final Madness Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Lotus Petal|]] [[Dark Ritual|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Wishclaw Talisman|]] [[Prismatic Ending|]] [[Ad Nauseam|]] [[Burning Wish|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep This is one of those hands where you need to just accept if your opponent has one of their two copies of [[Mindbreak Trap]]. Put Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Aluren

Matchup Battles

Aluren is a creature-based deck trying to abuse [[Aluren]]. They can do this by playing creatures for free and at instant speed to generate card and mana advantage or by winning through a combo. There are two different combinations that win the game with an [[Aluren]] in play. The first is with [[Cavern Harpy]] and Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Jeskai Ragavan

Matchup Battles

Jeskai Ragavan is a midrange deck made up of counterspells, removal spells, and cheap creatures with the main one being [[Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer]]. Ever since its printing, many decks have been trying to use [[Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer]], and the Jeskai shell seems to be doing it the best. Jeskai Ragavan also plays some other new Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Madness

Matchup Battles

Madness is a deck looking to abuse the Madness mechanic, discarding cards from their hand. The goal is to try to get cards like [[Blazing Rootwalla]], [[Hollow One]], and [[Anje's Ravager]] into play for free or cheaply. They can do this quickly by using cheap discard effects to get these creatures into play on the Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Madness

Matchup Mulligan

Final Bant Control Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the play) [[Echo of Eons|]] [[Lion's Eye Diamond|]] [[Lotus Petal|]] [[Brainstorm|]] [[Mox Opal|]] [[Burning Wish|]] [[Galvanic Relay|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep This hand looks much better than it actually is, there's some natural friction happening that may not be completely obvious. You have three zero Read More »

TES Matchup Battles: Bant Control

Matchup Battles

Bant Control is an iteration of the previous Snow Control decks that's using green for cards like [[Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath]], [[Endurance]], [[Ice-Fang Coatl]], and other sideboard cards. The recent printing of [[Endurance]] has pushed these previous Snow Control decks from Jeskai or four colors to Bant colors. As other Legacy decks evolve and Read More »

Matchup Mulligan: Bant Control

Matchup Mulligan

Final UR Delver Hand Answer Hand No. 10: (on the draw) [[Galvanic Relay|]] [[Galvanic Relay|]] [[Abrupt Decay|]] [[Aeve, Progenitor Ooze|]] [[Volcanic Island|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] [[Bloodstained Mire|]] » Keep or Mulligan? Keep This hand isn't perfect, but we do have [[Abrupt Decay]] to slow the game down. I would lead the game on the pair of Read More »