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AuthorChris Lansdell

A podcaster and writer, Chris Lansdell likes to have as much fun as possible at FNM and on the SCG Tour with his weird brews and his lands defiantly in front of his creatures.

Standard R/W Control

Our resident Monday brewer is back for more refreshing Standard list love! See Chris’s latest attempt at working for the good guys against the Eldrazi! For the sake of brewing and entertainment, Chris Lansdell will take the Oath!

Decks Built By Friends

We can’t do everything ourselves. Sometimes, it takes a good group to keep things together and to provide ideas you wouldn’t have thought up on your own. That’s why infamous brewer Chris Lansdell is telling you all about the the new brews his comrades have created for new Standard!

New Oath Of The Gatewatch Decks!

#SCGATL has barely finished and Chris Lansdell is already looking for new and exciting angles for #SCGCOL’s metagame! See the Standard mad scientist’s latest experiments!

On Bannings And Coverage

Chris Lansdell is in the mood for hot topics! Today he sounds off on the Modern ban controversy, event coverage optimization, player demographics, and everything else that will affect Magic in 2016!

The Many Uses Of Oaths And Eldrazi Displacer

Always the brewer, Chris Lansdell is hard at work on finding crazy things to do with Eldrazi Displacer! How many ways are there to abuse that blink effect in each format? Chris takes an Oath to do his best to find them all!

Chandra, Flamecaller And Reflector Mage

Chris Lansdell is in love with Oath of the Gatewatch’s hottest planeswalker! But it doesn’t stop there! He’s of the mind that Reflector Mage may be the best uncommon in the set! What are the odds this guy makes a Modern impression?

Magical Christmas Land

It is tradition in the Magic world to refer to ideal scenarios that can’t practically happen as Magical Christmas Land. But we in our infinite insensitivity forget that a real Magical Christmas Land exists, and it is a very strange place…

Food And Fun At #SCGINVI

Chris rarely gets to trade out his judge shirt for civilian clothes, but when he does, he makes it worth it! Read all about the incredible time he had spellslinging at #SCGINVI!

Modern Rules That Are Easy To Screw Up

Despite being part of your competition this weekend, Chris Lansdell is doing you a favor by telling you about all the #SCGINVI trouble you could run into if you aren’t up to speed on some weird Modern interactions!

Modern Selection

Chris Lansdell is hard at work on getting his choices locked in for his run at the #SCGINVI title in Vegas! He’s decided to play unfair Magic, and today, he’s breaking down the combo decks for #SCGDEN’s $5,000 Modern Premier IQ!

Jund Company

Chris Lansdell is hard at work on a deck that combines the sacrificial fun of Aristocrat decks with the reanimation value of Alesha, Who Smiles at Death! Help him complete the project before #SCGKC!

Finding A Home For Kiora

Why should Gideon and Ob have all the fun? Chris Lansdell is brewing up Standard and Modern decks for #SCGPHILLY, and they all contain the most unfairly snubbed planeswalker from Battle for Zendikar!

Brewing Mardu

While there has been a lot of talk about adding Mardu cards to the Jeskai deck, Chris Lansdell is mostly exited to just play more Mardu cards and is happy to leave the Jeskai Clan out of it entirely. Check out his build and give it a spin before #SCGStates this weekend!

Updating Rally The Ancestors

Rally the Ancestors surprised everyone with its crazy combo potential last season. Can the deck survive the rotation? Chris gives it a few options for survival!