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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.

Seriously, Just Play Living End

That’s Ari Lax’s free advice for the Modern portion of Grand Prix Las Vegas! Now, if you want the details and decklists that could propel you to Day 2 or maybe even the Top 8, that’s why you read his excellent (and hilarious) reasoning!

Arcane Selection: Lessons From Pro Tour Amonkhet Testing

Behind every deck brought to the Pro Tour lies a wasteland of discarded ideas. Ari Lax gives the control archetype he tested for PT Amonkhet a postmortem and shows how the lessons he learned can translate to your game!

Video: Grixis Death’s Shadow In Modern

With SCG Charlotte featuring a Modern Open, where better to look for a deck than the last Open’s winner? Ari Lax takes Brad Nelson’s triumphant Grixis Death’s Shadow deck to the Magic Online queues!

Video: Tasigur, The Golden Fang In Online Commander!

Ari Lax joins the Magic Online Commander phenomenon! He’s gone bold and blue-tiful with Tasigur, the Golden Fang, and he’s recorded three rounds for you to watch!

Exploring 1v1 Commander

It only took a few days on Magic Online to turn Commander on its head! We’ve had mid-week bans, a deck rising to the top, and even more mayhem! Ari Lax has analysis (and lists) for you here!

Video: Living End In Modern!

Seeking a powerful Modern strategy for SCG Baltimore? Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir champion Ari Lax showcases the power of Living End in three rounds on Magic Online!

Many Marvelous Options

There’s almost no wrong way to spin an Aetherworks Marvel! Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax spent lots of time with the archetypes and has developed a ton of info for those who want to win with or dodge the giant machine at SCG Louisville this weekend!

Do And Don’t: New Modern Recommendations

Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax checks the pulse of the Modern format! Things are radically different than they were a month ago, and your SCG Louisville Modern squad member needs to be ready for what the new format throws their way!

Video: Jeskai Control In Standard!

In today’s Magic Online video, Ari Lax uses Emma Handy’s latest Jeskai Control decklist to take on the Standard gauntlet ahead of the Grand Prix Richmond Pro Tour Qualifier!

Most And Least Favorite: Amonkhet Testing Edition

Pro Tour testing brings out Magical love-hate relationships like no other! Ari Lax shares his experiences from trying out Amonkhet. What’s it really like trying to work with Censor? Is Nissa, Steward of Elements any fun? And is he celebrating the return of Ishkanah, Grafwidow to the metagame?

Video: Restore Balance In Modern

Restore Balance was supposed to be a “fixed” Balance, but the only things Ari Lax wants to fix are his foes’ little red wagons! Watch him rampage through Modern on Magic Online!

Rebuilding Living End And Amonkhet Limited Land Counts

Between one-mana cycling creatures and As Foretold, Living End got some great potential upgrades with Amonkhet! Ari Lax rebuilds the Modern archetype from the manabase up for SCG Atlanta’s Modern Classic and follows with advice for getting the most out of your lands in Limited ahead of GP Richmond!

Video: U/B Faeries In Modern!

In a Modern format where players can fall to rampaging Dragons or epic sequences of sorcery, “death by Faeries” is a particularly cruel end…one that Ari Lax is inflicting on Magic Online ahead of SCG Atlanta’s Classic!

The Amonkhet Awards

At this point everyone has their Amonkhet favorites, but few are able to give them their proper and hilarious due like Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax! See how your picks did in these very prestigious Magic card honors!

Video: U/W Control In Modern!

U/W Control was a winning Team Modern archetype at GP San Antonio! Watch Ari Lax use the deck to put his Magic Online opponents on lockdown!