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AuthorCedric Phillips

Cedric Phillips is the voice of the SCG Tour®, working as its Lead Broadcaster. His playing days are (mostly) behind him as he looks for ways to grow Magic outside of casting 2/2s for one mana.

Adventures In The Forgotten Realms First Impressions: Pioneer

Can Adventures in the Forgotten Realms revive interest in Pioneer? Five SCG creators sort through Magic’s newest set and find out.

With Such A Successful Weekend, Is Tainted Pact Historic’s Deck To Beat?

Tainted Pact decks dominated Historic during the May Strixhaven League Weekend. Will any of our SCG creators buck the trend?

Is Sultai Ramp (Yorion) The Deck To Beat In Strixhaven Standard?

Strixhaven Standard is underway, but has Magic’s newest set help to dethrone Sultai Ramp (Yorion)? Six SCG creators share their thoughts and decklists.

Ten Things I Like And Don’t Like, Including What’s Legal In Historic

Historic legality, Abundant Harvest in Modern, and Zaffai, Thunder Conductor? This week’s Ten Things by Cedric Phillips covers those topics and more!

Kaldheim Exit Interview: Pioneer

How did Kaldheim make its mark on Pioneer? SCG creators rate the most impactful cards and compare their Top 5 lists to their early predictions.

Kaldheim Exit Interview: Historic

After six weeks of Kaldheim in Historic, how did our creators’ early predictions pan out? World Champion PVDDR and other SCG creators look back.

Ten Things I Like And Don’t Like, Including Blade Splicer Over Everything

Blade Splicer in Vintage Cube, Selesnya Company in Modern, and NFTs? This week’s Ten Things by Cedric Phillips covers those topics and more!

Is The Pioneer Metagame As Wide Open As It Appears?

Pioneer seems like a wide-open format, but is a future best deck hiding in plain sight? Five SCG creators say what they’d play.

Is Modern Heliod, Sun-Crowned’s World And We’re Just Casting Spells In It?

Does Selesnya Company have Modern crushed? Six SCG creators respond to the post-MOCS metagame with their decks of choice.

Does Kaldheim Standard Actually Have A Deck To Beat?

With no clear front-runner in Kaldheim Standard, turn to the experts. World Champion PVDDR and five more SCG creators say what they’d play.

Ten Things I Like And Don’t Like, Including Time Spiral Remastered

Time Spiral Remastered, cash grabs, and the future of Organized Play? This week’s Ten Things by Cedric Phillips covers those topics and more!

Ten Things I Like And Don’t Like, Including Crossovers In Magic

Crossovers, Time Spiral Remastered preview season, and Gavin Verhey making white great again? This week’s Ten Things by Cedric Phillips covers those topics and more!

Is Five-Color Niv-Mizzet The Deck To Beat In Pioneer?

Is Five-Color Niv-Mizzet the new leading deck of Pioneer… or not even the best five-color deck in the format? Five SCG creators weigh in.

With Such A Successful Weekend, Is Selesnya Company Modern’s Deck To Beat?

Has Selesnya Company found its time to shine in Modern? Five SCG creators say what they’d play in the post-banning format.

With Pioneer In Complete Disarray, Is Mono-Green Devotion The Deck To Beat?

The Pioneer metagame is wide-open now that Uro and friends are gone, so what should you play? Our experts weigh in!