First Pick At Modern Masters
Five-time Grand Prix Top 8 competitor Ari Lax breaks down the Modern Masters Draft format just in time for Grand Prix Las Vegas. Be sure to check out this handy guide!
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.
Grand Prix Providence Report *2nd*
Ari Lax tells you about how he and his two friends from Michigan, Matt Mccullough and Alex John, made the finals of the Team Limited Grand Prix in Providence this past weekend.
Testing For Kansas City
Ari shares how his Modern testing for Grand Prix Kansas City has gone thus far. Gain some insight into the format before Modern Masters is released this Friday!
Five By Five
Today Grand Prix Nashville finalist Ari Lax has five Top 5 lists on five different topics for you to peruse, from Modern decks you should be playing to new rules brews.
Lessons And Progress
In the past year, Ari went from staring down a possible last Pro Tour to missing Platinum by a single match. Read about what he learned in that time to make progress as a player.
Going Deep In Standard
Ari shares some brews he’s come up with for Dragon’s Maze Standard that could be successful in the right metagame. Get some ideas for #SCGMA and #SCGNASH this weekend!
How To Crack A Grand Prix
Four-time GP Top 8 competitor Ari Lax shares why you should care about doing well at GPs and provides tips for how to be more prepared for them and other events like SCG Opens.
First Pick At Dragon’s Maze: Part 1
Prepare to play in StarCityGames.com’s first Team Sealed Open this weekend in Somerset, New Jersey by reading Ari Lax’s guide to Return to Ravnica-Gatecrash-Dragon’s Maze Limited.
First Pick At Dragon’s Maze: Part 2
If you’ve read Part 1, be sure to check out the second half of Ari Lax’s Dragon’s Maze Limited set review!
Good, Bad, Average
Ari analyzes some of the more hyped and more interesting cards from Dragon’s Maze by thinking about their best case, worst case, and average case scenarios in Standard.
Progressing Red
Take a look at how GP Nashville finalist Ari Lax went about testing red aggro decks and find out if you should play the archetype at #SCGSEA or #WMCQDC.
Building Red
If you’re looking to get aggressive this weekend at #SCGMD or #SCGMKE, be sure to read exactly how Ari would go about building a red deck for the current Standard metagame.
Exit Strategies
If you find yourself losing in Gatecrash Draft and don’t know why, Ari Lax might have the answer. What’s an exit strategy, and how is it affecting your Magic drafts?
RTR Block Limited: Past, Present, Future
GP Atlantic City Top 4 competitor Ari Lax compares Gatecrash and Return to Ravnica Draft to get a head start on understanding full block Draft with Dragon’s Maze.
I Just Played Jund
Ari Lax goes over the card choices of the B/W/G deck he played to a Top 64 finish at Grand Prix San Diego and shares his thoughts on Modern as a format.