SCG Baltimore *1st*!
Brad Nelson likes this result better than his last one! So what changed between Grand Prix Montreal and SCG Baltimore? He breaks down the fundamentals behind a result that perhaps only he found surprising!
AuthorBrad Nelson
2010 Player of the Year Brad Nelson started his Pro Tour career as FffreaK on Magic Online and quickly catapulted to the top of international Magic success. He won GP DC, the 2014 Star City Games Players' Championship, and was 2nd at PT Amsterdam. He conquered Grand Prix Omaha in 2017 without dropping a single match, one week after winning the SCG Tour event in Baltimore. He now lives in the Pacific Northwest producing top-notch video and article content.
Grand Prix Montreal *364th*!
For Brad Nelson, Grand Prix Montreal felt like a day at the office…which sure isn’t why he’s spent his life playing Magic! Standard seems sick again already, and Brad’s putting on his pharmacist coat to write some prescriptions!
Genesis – Just The Beginning
Brad Nelson might not have won Pro Tour Amonkhet, but he still rates it as the best Pro Tour he has ever been to! Why? Team and family! Today he shares how Team Genesis came together to prepare for the event and the family bonds that made it special.
Brad VS. Todd: U/R Delver VS. Elves
SCG Louisville has a lot of Legacy riding on it! What new decks will shoot to the top without Sensei’s Divining Top at the top tables? Brad Nelson and Todd Anderson are ready to find out! Join them!
Don’t Play Their Game!
Want to beat Mardu Vehicles in Standard? Brad Nelson sees players inadvertently playing into the feared deck’s hands! Today he shares sideboarding advice so you can make sure you face the matchup on your own terms!
Brad VS. Todd: Jund Aetherworks VS. R/U Reveler!
Brad Nelson is going big like Standard hasn’t seen in a while! But his Jund Aetherworks deck isn’t the only one looking to make splashy plays. Can Todd Anderson’s R/U Reveler deliver the pain instead with SCG Atlanta just around the corner?
Missed Opportunities
Brad Nelson had a Four-Color Saheeli primer lined up for today, but Felidar Guardian got emergency-banned yesterday! Instead, he talks about how this decision and others in recent years add up to a communication problem for Wizards of the Coast.
Amonkhet Shootouts, Old West Style!
Brad Nelson is ready for some gunslinging and genre-twisting in the Wild Wild West of new Standard, so saddle up with our honorary Virginian as he puts Amonkhet cards to the test! Who’ll reap a Bonanza when the Gunsmoke clears, and who’ll be Pushing Daisies after a Failure to Launch?
Schrodinger’s Amon-Cat
Felidar Guardian is like Schrodinger’s Cat: will it be “alive” or banned in the new Standard? Brad Nelson explains the numerous theories for how we got in this mess and offers Standard brews for both realities…and several others!
Magic: The Gideoning
Brad has some great new decks that feature everyone’s favorite planeswalker! Or least favorite, depending sort of where you stand at the moment. Just kidding! How can anyone not love Gideon?! I mean, he’s Gideon! Gideon, Gideon, Gideon, Gideon, Gideon, Gideon…
Walk Like An Egyptian
Cycling? Exert? Brad Nelson is drooling over these new (and old) mechanics! He’s ready to start fresh with Standard, building and theorizing with all Amonkhet has to offer!
Modern Mini-Masters VS: The Final Game!
It’s the last of our games between Brad Nelson and Jonathan Suarez! Brad has had a tough go of it so far. Will this be the game that lets him make it close?
Modern Mini-Masters VS: Game 4!
Just two games remain in this week’s Modern Mini-Masters VS! Is today the day Brad Nelson finally wins one against Jonathan Suarez?
Modern Mini-Masters VS: Game 3!
Modern Mini-Masters VS: Game 3 is here! Send the kids out of the room for this one, folks. Blink and you’ll miss it, but it’s brutal!
Modern Mini-Masters VS: Game 2!
Will the Modern Mini-Masters crushing continue? Will the first game’s winner taste defeat? And will Brad Nelson or Jonathan Suarez draw a foil Tarmogoyf?