So Many Insane Plays — Deconstructing Combo versus Control

Vintage, the broken format of Magic, is packed with turns that can make an average spellslinger explode with options. Today’s article sees Stephen walk us through a three-game set between Grim Long and Meandeck Gifts. His analysis, as always, is exhaustive — and the matchup truly defines the column title of “So Many Insane Plays.”

There is a joke in Vintage that the early game is the coin flip, the mid-game the mulligan, and the late game the first turn. The combo decks have…

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