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Huge congrats to Togores! A bit belated, I know, but I haven't been on the source in a while. I just watched that final, what a masterful match! I'm glad that such a powerful moment is recorded.

I hit one spell once, but never straight whiffed. I have 39 hits, a few more than you. Running the math: I'm assuming that it takes 3 non-spells to cast Pieces and Pieces itself, so we can exclude...

You're right, the match vs RUG was not very representative. I think that the turn 2 Pieces was a good showcase of how it can be used to set up turn 3, but correct this is a Grinding Station build...

Well that depends on what list you start with! :wink: How about I just copy my deck?

1 Island
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Bloodstained Mire
4 Polluted Delta
1 Swamp
1 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea...

I'm going to play a list with 4 tonight in a weekly tournament. I'll report back with results. In testing it's been good.

Why does sorcery speed matter that much for Storm? Like at best if it were instant, you would cast Pieces of the Puzzle EOT to try to tap them out of Pierce / Flusterstorm mana which doesn't seem...

I mix it up regularly, but last time I played storm I was trying sideboards like the ones from MKM.

2 Flusterstorm
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Abrupt Decay
1 Carpet of Flowers
1...

I also don't have hard stats, but I can remember losing 2 games out of the 15+ times I've played the mirror since mid-Treasure Cruise season. Human memory is faulty of course, could be a couple...

Totally agreed. I hear a lot of people on this board say they hate the storm mirror. I get that the first couple of turns are extremely draw dependent, but if neither person has an unbelievable draw,...

I find that the matchup is actually quite easy. Their deck sometimes nut draws you, but most of the time, discard allows you to disrupt their combo until you kill them or take their disruption and...

2 ToA / 1 PiF vs. 2 PiF / 1 ToA is about the same against decks that mostly interact with counterspells, but I think drawing PiF tends to be better against the field so I favor that in the main. The...

I played in the CardKingdom 1K Legacy tournament on Saturday with Storm. Dropped at X-2 after picking up my second loss round 6. Jumping in here mostly to share my experience with Empty and Grim...

I'm not sure where you got the impression Ad Naus is bad against Miracles. That's one of the matchups where it's great, even if you have a bunch of 4-drops in your deck.



Agreed that Ad Naus is...

In theory it's not a great matchup, but I've played it probably 5 times in the past 8 months or so and I believe won all but one. Its difficulty has to be overstated. It can be a blowout, but I build...

The CardKingdom stream featured me playing Grinding Station this week http://www.twitch.tv/cardkingdom/v/11459796?t=03%3A05

I made a huge punt game 1. I could have potentially recovered by...

Ah, I didn't realize that's what motivated the change in the Grinding Station list. Very interesting!



Agreed, and the name makes sense.



You'll have to be a bit more specific about what...

I don't agree with this either. A particularly memorable use for me was against Koby at the last SCG Seattle Invitational. I Ritualed out a Grim Tutor with a Thalia in play to get Dread of Night,...

It seems interesting. Definitely wants to be in a build with Empty. I can see this in a Grinding Station-style deck, but I'm not convinced that's better than a traditional ANT build except against...

I'm going to claim that I've played Teferi's Realm in more tournaments than anyone in this thread. Also, Teferi's Realm in German is Teferi's Reich, which is awesome. Unfortunately, the card is just...

Also you almost always need to fetch the green source to cast a spell on a turn before you go off in matchups where it's relevant. You can wait to fetch the Volcanic until you go off, so it's...

Thanks! With less Deathrite than before, Past in Flames is even better than it always has been. Normally I'm a little unhappy about some part of my list after a tournament, but this one is pretty...

Thanks! That's perfect, my 1000th post is about doing well in a tournament with a deck I love. Tristan (5th finisher) and I were talking a bit about your list, I think we both based ours on your list...

I got 3rd at the Legacy PIQ in Portland today! There were 3 storm decks in the top 8, and more at X-2. But yet again, Miracles took the entire finals. :frown:

Tournament report to come.

Awesome article! Hopefully that can go up on the OP.

I think you need to remove some of the personal-opinion stuff from the article though. For some things, Grim Tutor in particular, even if you...

I played against Omni with Flusterstorms in my board twice in the past week. The match I lost, I didn't draw Flusterstorm but instead drew plenty of discard. Dig was able to find him protection or...