Bonus Video: U/B Mill In Modern!
Think Ari is done? Guess again! #SCGMKE’s $5,000 Modern Premier IQ is sure to have some rogue brewers, and this one is for them!
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.
The Importance Of Scale In New Standard
Leave it to Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax to understand a format long before we even have the full picture of it! Read Ari’s incredible theory piece on Battle for Zendikar Standard and its pivotal differences to the Standard we’ve come to know until now!
Video: Naya Allies In Modern!
If Slivers can do it, which tribe is next on the warpath? Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax revisits Zendikar’s favorite group of explorers in time for #SCGWOR’s $5,000 Modern Premier IQ!
The Structure Of Battle For Zendikar
We may be a long way from knowing the entirety of Battle For Zendikar, but that doesn’t mean Magic’s smartest minds don’t know how things will play out! Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax shows you the future in this incredible analysis of what we know so far!
Video: Suicide Zoo In Modern
Want to get aggressive for #SCGCIN this weekend? Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax runs an unusual deck he uncovered in his #MTGChamps testing through its paces for the consideration of Modern aficionados everywhere!
Lessons From Worlds
While Worlds could have gone better for Ari, there’s still a lot he learned over a momentous weekend of Magic and he’s here to share his thoughts on multiple formats and how things will be shaken up by new rotations and the Vancouver Mulligan rule.
Sacrifices
What costs have to be paid to accomplish your goals? What do you have to give up along the way? What do you feed your Nantuko Husk for fun and profit? Ari answers all of these questions and more as he prepares for the World Championships this weekend.
Video: Naya Company In Modern
With #SCGCHAR bringing Modern back to the forefront of the Open Series this weekend, Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax explores the shifting Modern metagame with a sweet Naya beatdown deck.
Recent Event Lessons
Trying to figure out if you are still progressing or if you have hit a personal plateau can be hard, especially if you are still achieving successes in the meantime. With that in mind, Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax looks at his recent events to see where he’s at.
Video: Grixis Delver In Modern
Grixis may just be the best aggro, combo, and control deck in the Modern format – and to explore that theory, Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax picks up Grixis Delver to administer the beatdown and see what happens.
The Oddball Parade
While Ari will not be able to make it to all of the unusual events we’re seeing throughout the month of August, he has some words of advice for anyone playing Team Sealed, Legacy, or Vintage in coming weeks.
Video: G/R Devotion In Standard
Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax felt like he and his team had made a huge mistake after round one of #PTOrigins, but it turns out G/R Devotion is just a powerhouse. Ari updates the sideboard to suit the metagame and takes it out for another spin!
Pro Tour Magic Origins And My 2015 Season
While the story of #PTOrigins may feature the breakout decks of Mono-Red Aggro and U/R Thopters, Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax had very strong results just running good old G/R Devotion… and he looks back at his past year of Pro Tour and Grand Prix decisions as well.
Video: Magic Origins Draft!
With Magic Origins now on MTGO, Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax begins his Limited preparation for Pro Tour Magic Origins in today’s draft walkthrough videos!
Advantages In Magic Origins Standard
Standard is a format about exchanging resources or gaining edges, and Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax takes a granular look at how you can actually do that right now across different archetypes in order to succeed.