Mark Hinsz recounts this past weekend’s expeditions at Star City Games’ Open events, where he placed in the Top 8 in Standard and the Top 16 in Legacy.
Engineered Explosives
Mark Hinsz explores some uncharted opportunities Green Sun’s Zenith has in Legacy, pointing out silver bullets and worthy considerations that may help in those sigh-worthy matchups.
Mike Hawthorne places 34th place in SCG’s Open Legacy tournament in Indianapolis, piloting New Horizons. Recap his nine rounds, learn a bit on sideboarding, and see the tweaks he’d make to the deck.
Mike responds to the SCG and Wizards announcements, offers praise to the joy of playing Legacy’s Valakut Lands and makes calls for the upcoming SCG Legacy Open.
Jason Schousboe reacquaints himself with an old friend by taking Lands for a spin around the block, with the value-added Scapeshift and Valakut. See how he fared in this quixotic quest below.
Fifth Dawn was the third set in Mirrodin and was inexplicably focused on getting people to play all five colors. In the abstract, this is fine, but this was in a set full of artifacts that gave you advantages for running them. It would be like if Onslaught Block culminated in a set focused on super-powered spells instead of really good Tribal creatures…
Oh, wait.
Why read yet another article about Modern? Because Corbin Hosler digs deep into the format and comes back with some investments you definitely haven’t read about yet!
Gameplan and gamestate are two sides to the same coin. Neale breaks down all the best options among flexible spells, pulling a chaotic gamestate towards a clear gameplan! Find out how inside!
Continuing our exploration of Legacy and the Color Wheel, we’ll move onto the series’ second installment. You’ll find all the White cards you can comfortably prepare to see in Legacy alongside the most prominent decklists harnessing the color.
Wanting to give the newest and mono-Blackiest cards a chance to shine, Gregory Marques walks us through his current project.
Today we look into the Mono-Blue strategy from its enemy’s perspective. We’ll figure out how to fight, what actually matters as the enemy of the strategy, and take back what was stolen. Welcome to The Way of the Warrior where we Don’t MUC Around.
Mike Hawthorne runs us through the strength and synergy of Legacy’s New Horizons, giving us a map of the deck’s abilities and interactions.