AuthorChristopher Coppola

Thursday, July 1st – Legacy veteran Christopher Coppola questions the recent banning of Mystical Tutor and refutes the arguments given in the official explanation.

Thursday, January 29th – Looking ahead to GP: Chicago, Christopher Coppola puts the current diversity of Legacy in context, analyzes current metagame trends, and makes some predictions about the major archetypes at the tournament.

Friday, January 2nd – Christopher Coppola comments on the Worlds Legacy deck choices, and examines the trends they reflect in current Legacy tournaments.

Wednesday, November 26th – Christopher Coppola gives a set of starting decklists for testing, and discusses the format for those beginning their preparation for GP: Chicago.

Friday, October 24th – Christopher Coppola reports on his performance at the Source Tournament and discusses some major changes to the Goblin archetype.

Friday, September 26th – Shards of Alara represents a new era for design and the power level of creatures and lands. Christopher Coppola looks back to Invasion and the evolution of modern design and considers what this means for the future of Legacy.

Monday, August 25th – Legacy is adapting to popular cards like Counterbalance, and hybridization is becoming much more common. Christopher Coppola investigates the proliferation of Standstill and why this may be occurring.

Monday, July 28th – Christopher Coppola analyzes the Top 8 results of fourteen large tournaments and discusses the current state of the format.

Monday, June 30th – Christopher Coppola analyzes where Legacy is today, looks back at the path it took to get here, and predicts what the future has in store for Threshold and the rest of the format.

Monday, June 2nd – Christopher Coppola takes a look at some less-commonly played decks and explores their strengths.

Monday, May 5th – Christopher Coppola analyzes the deck thinning properties of fetchlands and dispels some misconceptions about their effects.

Monday, April 7th – Christopher Coppola looks at recent developments in Threshold design and discusses playing with multiple splashes.

Monday, March 10th – Christopher Coppola updates his standing banned list recommendations and discusses the reasons for the changes.

Monday, February 11th – Today’s article addresses a commonly made mistake – incorrect mulliganing. The underused resource of mulliganing has effects on design, and Chris talks about and how to avoid it both as a player and a deckbuilder.

Christopher Coppola continues his discussion of UGB Threshold, talks about the threshold mirror, and gives some sideboarding plans for a few common matchups.