Another Broken Standard Or Just One Of Rankle’s Pranks?
Is Rankle, Master of Pranks the next step in Zendikar Rising Standard’s metagame evolution? Bryan Gottlieb offers four possible paths.
AuthorBryan Gottlieb
A stalwart of the Northeast Magic scene, Bryan has been playing Magic for over twenty years. While he has seen his share of Grand Prix and Pro Tour success, he is better known in pro circles as a deckbuilder and theorist.
Introducing Oops All Lands To Zendikar Rising Standard
What has 40 lands and no regrets? Bryan Gottlieb and his latest list for Zendikar Rising Standard. This one must be seen to be believed.
Throwing Shade At Skyclave Shade’s Haters
Bryan Gottlieb brews five decks around Zendikar Rising’s spicy black two-drop, Skyclave Shade.
Is Emeria’s Call The Best Of The Five Mythic Modal DFCs For Zendikar Rising Standard?
Is Emeria’s Call the best modal DFC? Do Inscriptions rate? Sam Black, Bryan Gottlieb, and Ryan Overturf weigh in on Zendikar Rising’s hottest topics.
Is Phyrexian Tower The Most Broken Card To Build Around In Historic?
What We’d Play goes big for Historic! Ten SCG creators give their picks for the deck to run in the SCG Tour Championship Qualifier and beyond.
Potential Breakout Cards Surviving The Rotation To Zendikar Rising Standard
With half the sets of Standard rotating out, which remaining cards will take the spotlight with Zendikar Rising? Bryan Gottlieb shares his picks.
Should Wizards of the Coast Consider Moving Cards Like Mana Leak and Spell Pierce to White?
Join Bryan, Michael, and Ari as they answer burning questions from around the MTG community!
Three Lessons From Coverage Of Last Weekend’s SCG Tour Online Championship Qualifier
Every tournament provides an opportunity to learn something new, and Bryan Gottlieb shares what he learned from this past weekend’s events!
Can Anything Beat Sultai Ramp In Core Set 2021 Standard?
Sultai Ramp has proven itself to be the deck to beat in Standard, so the question is – can anything actually beat it?
All Signs Point To Lofty Denial In The New Standard
Is countermagic ready for a comeback in Standard? Bryan Gottlieb makes the case for Lofty Denial in the post-banning metagame.
How To Prevent Temur Reclamation From Taking Over Historic
Bryan Gottlieb has seen this film before, and he didn’t like the ending! He offers swift responses to Temur Reclamation in Historic.
Re-rolling The Stats On Rakdos Pyromancer (Lurrus) In Pioneer
Can Rakdos Pyromancer with Lurrus be a top tier Pioneer deck? Bryan Gottlieb thinks the answer could be yes.
Will Unbanning Oath Of Nissa Save Pioneer?
One banning in Modern and…an unbanning in Pioneer? Bryan Gottlieb, Dom Harvey, and Sam Black try to make sense of it in Fact or Fiction!
Overperformers And Underperformers From Core Set 2021 Thus Far
Bryan Gottlieb is busy sorting the dreams from the results in Core Set 2021 Standard! Which new cards flopped, and which became secret stars?
Standard Top 10: The Core Set 2021 Game-Changers
Which Core Set 2021 cards will have the biggest immediate impact in Standard? Bryan Gottlieb breaks down his Top 10!