Video: Slivers In Modern!
Long before Humans decks took Modern by storm, there were Slivers! Watch Ari Lax pilot an updated version on Magic Online ahead of the SCG Season Two Invitational!
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.
Charting A Course To Modern: Let’s Break It
Chart a Course hasn’t made much of a splash in Standard, but we’re only now waking up to its true potential in Modern! Inspired by Gerry Thompson’s article last week, Ari Lax takes on the challenge ahead of the SCG Season Two Invitational!
Nine Cards You Should Play At SCG Baltimore This Weekend
SCG Baltimore features Standard, Modern, and Legacy action! If you’re looking for the one deck to crush your Team Constructed seat, Ari Lax doesn’t have it…but he does have well-positioned cards for the weekend that everyone is ignoring! Get the jump on the other squads!
The Rules Of Knowing The Rules
Three players were disqualified at Pro Tour Ixalan, and while Ari Lax wasn’t sad to see one of them go, the other two hold lessons for all tournament players! Get Ari Lax’s “rules” for knowing the Magic Tournament Rules!
Over/Under: PT Ixalan And SCG Regionals Edition
Over/Under returns! Ari Lax and Todd Anderson face down five numerical conundrums and make their call: Over or Under? They seem to be largely in agreement, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be correct. That’s why you get to weigh in!
Updating The Guide To Every Matchup In Modern
Ari Lax’s Modern Matchup Guide was an immensely popular article, but with SCG Regionals on the horizon, it’s due for a facelift! Learn which matchups have changed and how thanks to printings from Vizier of Remedies to Unclaimed Territory!
Brennan DeCandio Is A Nitwit: Build Overlapping Sideboards Already!
Brennan DeCandio’s misgivings about Modern touched a nerve with Ari Lax! Today he builds his case for Modern deckbuilding “the right way” with a few simple words of advice that we can all learn from!
Video: Opt Nauseam In Modern!
Sometimes a Magic Online session goes wrong, as Ari Lax found out when he tried Ad Nauseam with Opt in Modern ahead of SCG Cincinnati! Oh well. At least he got an easy win against Goat Tribal! Wait…Ari…you DID win against the Goat deck, right…?
Over/Under? Bets On Modern, Bannings, And Todd Stevens
It’s time to run some numbers! We’ve posed five tough questions about SCG Cincinnati and the Modern format to Ari Lax and Todd Anderson. Read their responses and vote for yourself: what are you putting your money down on?
My Latest Modern Excursions
With the calendar serving up seemingly nonstop Modern events for a while, Ari Lax is getting back into the groove! Get his survey of the Modern metagame, but be warned: he’s hardly unbiased…
Pirates And Dinosaurs: The Reality After Hope And Hype
While Ixalan previews were going around, competitive Magic players threw a Dinosaur- and Pirate-themed party. But morning has come, and Ari Lax draws lessons from how the hype met reality for next time! What’s missing to make these cards good enough?
Video: Abzan Tokens In Standard!
The Abzan Tokens strategy isn’t just for Sam Black anymore! Ari Lax takes a successful Magic Online list into the grinder ahead of the SCG Charlotte Standard Classic! Spoiler alert: This deck is pretty awesome!
What We Learned About Ixalan Standard
Ari Lax saw the signs of SCG Dallas’s dominant decks in Magic Online results last week! Get his insights into the cards that mattered and where the metagame goes from here!
Video: Esper Gideons In Modern!
What, exactly, does the planeswalker rule change coming with Ixalan mean for Modern? Ari Lax has the first possible answer: Gideons for days! Watch him put it into action on Magic Online!
Diving Down Into Ixalan
Ixalan becomes Standard-legal on Friday, and Saturday is SCG Dallas! Don’t miss Ari Lax’s intriguing explorations of Mono-Blue Winds, U/B Pirates, and Temur Pummeler!