Amulet Titan From Start To Finish
A lot of decks are totally defenseless against this archetype, and Ari Lax thinks it’s ready to become much more important! Players just need to learn to play it! He’s helping you do exactly that today!
AuthorAri Lax
Ari Lax has been a Pro Tour mainstay for nearly the last decade. Over that time he has accumulated nine Grand Prix top eights and won Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir in 2014. Despite a long time affinity for combo decks, he approaches the game in methodical fashion, always looking for decks that play better than he does and make winning easy.
Every Standard Deck And Why You Shouldn’t Play Any Of Them
Ari Lax pays grudging tribute to a Standard metagame that wound up interesting (but not too interesting!) with a range of curiously flawed decks.
Hardened Scales Affinity: A Primer And Evaluation
Hardened Scales Affinity has caught the attention of Ari Lax! Today he offers a primer on Magic Online’s breakout Modern deck.
7 Lies You Believe About Modern
Is there truly a top tier in Modern now? Was there ever? Do tournaments have metagames unto themselves? Ari Lax is cutting through the fabrications and simplifications to get to The Truth!
Jeskai Is Still Garbage. Play This Deck Instead.
Count PT Champion Ari Lax among those not in the Jeskai Control camp! He’s a much bigger fan of the other control strategy, and this is his guide to piloting it!
Modern Hate Cards: Spells, Small Creatures, Graveyards
It’s the sequel to one of the most helpful Modern articles around! Are you sideboarding in hate but still losing? Why does this happen? Not all archetypes require the same hate, and Ari can help you figure it all out here!
Modern Hate Cards: Lands And Artifacts
Just playing any given hate card in your deck will lose more games than they win. Learn which tools to use against which decks so you can do what works at SCG Indianapolis!
The Guide To Modern’s Top Matchups
Ignore this one at your own peril! Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax is giving SCG Philadelphia’s Modern players the tools they need to succeed in one easy place!
4 Fun Fringe Favorites
Now these are some oddball Modern decks! Are you the designated Modern warrior for SCG Worcester this weekend? Make sure these are on your radar!
Deep Dive: G/U Infect
29 matches later, Ari Lax shares what he’s learned about G/U Infect in Modern! Come for the insights, stay for the results table!
Winning Small Ball Style In New Standard
There are new ways to fight the top tier of Standard, and Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax is ready to get you prepared! Get his lists and the strategies beyond!
Keep Good Hands For Your Deck In Modern
Ari Lax’s advice to stop keeping bad hands kicked up a bit of a fuss! Today he reverses the formula: what hands should your deck keep?
No Banned List…Standard?
Seven cards are on the Standard banned list, and Ari Lax finds the situation just a touch absurd. Today he explores what unbanning each card could do!
Don’t Keep Bad Hands In Modern
Got spells? Got lands? Good enough, right? Not in Modern! You need to have exact weapons at exact times, and Ari Lax explains why!
Finding The No Banned List Modern Meta Through The Versus Series
Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax uses the Versus Series experiments to try to pick the best decks to battle with at the very unique SCG CON No Banned List Modern event!