The New Standard Watch List
Which cards are poised for big breakout success once Battle for Zendikar is unleashed? Anthony Lowry previews some of the best early format strategies for success before #SCGMKE!
An Invitational Epilogue
While Anthony had high hopes for the Season Three Invitational and took some big risks in order to try and capitalize on the state of the Legacy format, there are lessons to be learned even when things don’t quite go your way – and those lessons can thankfully be shared.
An Invitational Prologue
Sometimes the best thing to think about is what you should be doing at a Magic event, not what the generic “someone” should be doing. With that in mind, Anthony Lowry looks at his preparations for the Season Three Invitational!
The Modern Landscape
Modern has proven to be a rapidly shifting and dynamic format – but we’re used to it only shifting when a lot of attention is paid to it. Anthony catches up with recent developments in the Modern metagame before this weekend’s Modern Open in Charlotte!
Staying A Step Ahead In Standard
Standard is a highly dynamic format at the moment, full of powerful cards and decks that gain a significant advantage if you play them into the right metagame. Staying ahead is key, and Anthony Lowry looks at how to do just that for #GPLondon this weekend.
Mono-Red Is Busted, Stoneforge Mystic Sucks
It’s been an exciting weekend as we watched #PTOrigins and #SCGRegionals unfold, and Anthony Lowry reflects on the whole thing while looking forward to #SCGDC this weekend as well!
Lowry’s Lists: SCG Regionals
With this weekend’s #SCGRegionals right in his own backyard, Anthony Lowry is excited – both for the event and the plethora of great options he’s got brewing up for Standard this weekend!
A Level-Headed Approach to GR Dragons
Metagaming is all about figuring out the right level to shoot for and then hitting it, and Anthony Lowry looks at whether it’s worth building your deck around opponents playing Languish at this point in the metagame.
Seeing Stars
Anthony Lowry loves Chandra, but today’s 75 is not about the Fire of Kaladesh – in fact, there’s nary a red card to be found. Check out his pair of decklists featuring Starfield of Nyx and test ’em out for #SCGCHI this weekend!
I’m Kiki For CoCo-Twin!
It’s amazing how complicated a Modern deck can be if you let it, and Anthony’s new favorite deck in the format is a complex mix of nested dependencies and hidden opportunity costs that is just a real deckbuilder’s paradise to work on.
Lowry’s Lists: Magic Origins
Magic Origins is a deckbuilder’s cornucopia, and Anthony Lowry takes a meander through the set spoiled so far in order to find homes for some of the cards that interest him the most.
How Avaricious Are You?
Anthony has been working on G/R Dragons ever since Thunderbreak Regent got spoiled, and he looks at whether or not the deck is well-positioned for Grand Prix Providence this weekend – as well as another spoiled Dragon that is weighing on his mind!
Lighting Up Columbus
Preparing for the Invitational is hard to do at the best of times, and Standard is dynamically in flux on a week-to-week basis, so it was harder this time than usual. Anthony still rose to the challenge, though, and ended up very satisfied with the decks he brought to compete.
The Modern Burn Primer: Part 2
Lots of games will be won and lost depending on how you’ve chosen to use and build your sideboard! Let Anthony explain just how intricate the Burn sideboarding science is before Grand Prix Charlotte and this weekend’s #SCGINVI!
The Modern Burn Primer: Part 1
Anthony Lowry steps into the flames so that you can have a great understanding for playing (and playing against) Burn at the #SCGINVI in Columbus and at Grand Prix Charlotte!