Video: Esper Zur in Modern
Esper Zur was a surprise quarterfinalist at the #SCGORL Modern Classic! Watch Ari Lax pilot the deck through a League and get his take on its chances at the #SCGDFW Open this weekend!
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.
Lessons From The Sidelines: #SCGORL
Want to see what a Pro Tour Champion sees when they watch SCGLive coverage? Want to know how Ari Lax sees the #SCGDFW Standard Classic metagame? You’re one click away from being way ahead of the curve!
Video: Naya Tokens in Standard
It’s your last chance for Standard tech ahead of #SCGORL and Ari Lax delivers! Check out his Naya Tokens list and watch him take it for a spin through a Magic Online League!
Trends From Legacy Weekend
A lot of Legacy happened last weekend, and this isn’t exactly the format we remember. Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax takes you through the important and the strange so that you’re prepared this Sunday at the #SCGORL Legacy Classic!
Video: Mono-White Eldrazi in Legacy
The Eldrazi invasion has left no format untouched! Ari Lax introduces the Eldrazi menace to Karakas and Thalia, Guardian of Thraben before sending them on a rampage through Legacy!
Video: Storm In Legacy
#GPCOL is on the way, and it marks the return of Legacy to competitive Magic! Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax is ready to make you better at Legacy (and all Magic) by giving you a glimpse into his mind as he pilots one of the hardest decks in all the land!
The Eldrazi Are The Heroes We Deserve
How far we’ve come in such a short time. Not long ago, the Eldrazi were the scourge of the tournament Magic scene, destroy formats everywhere! But now, as Pro Tour Champ Ari Lax points out, things are quite the contrary…
Video: Lingering Jeskai In Modern
Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax doesn’t think the greatest Nahiri, the Harbinger deck has been found yet. See the list he’s testing out for a run at #SCGATL’s Modern Classic this Sunday!
W/B Decks Are The Best In Standard
We’ve officially come full circle. The heavy favorite early on in the format is now refined enough for Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax to call it the deck to beat this weekend at #SCGATL!
All About Land Counts
Have you ever wondered why we play certain lands in certain kinds of decks? Do you know why you play seventeen lands in Limited? Or have you just memorized that it’s “correct”? Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax talks about how to optimize your mana the pro way!
Video: U/B Faeries In Modern
It wasn’t too many years ago that Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax was casting Bitterblossoms and making a good living doing it. After all this time, can the flying fae finally make their way back into the Modern forefront?
The Shadows Over Modern
We spent so much time looking at how the bans and unbans changed Modern that we forgot to focus on how high impact the latest set was! #GPCharlotte’s winning list may include Shadows over Innistrad, and Ari Lax is here to tell you why!
Video: Dredge In Modern
The momentum keeps on growing for Dredge in Modern! We’ve waited and we’ve waited for enough of its trademark cards to be legal. Is #GPCharlotte finally the weekend where it all comes together?
Video: Four-Color Rite In Standard
Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax wants to get all the value he can out of the closest thing this Standard has to the old Rally the Ancestors deck! Is this strategy still a sleeping giant just waiting to happen?
The Core Principles Of Shadows Over Innistrad Standard
Whether you’re battling in the #SCGINDY Standard Classic or not, this is the can’t-miss article of the season! Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax demonstrates positively everything you need to know about the way this Standard format functions!