Video: Sultai Reanimator In Standard
With the Season Three Invitational right around the corner, GerryT takes a look at one of the more unusual options in front of him as he explores Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy in a Sultai Whip shell!
AuthorGerry Thompson
Gerry Thompson is a Constructed specialist, Platinum pro, and former SCG Tour end boss. His career highlights include twelve Grand Prix Top 8s with two wins and seven SCG Invitational Top 8s with two wins. He won Pro Tour Amonkhet, lost in the finals of Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan, and made the Top 8 of Pro Tour Gatecrash. Many of the first SCG Tour records were set by him.
Daily Digest: Mortal Dredge
Looking for something new to spice up your Standard experience? Look no further than the B/G Graveyard deck, which we haven’t seen in a while – and may be the next new and interesting take on some of our old favorite cards!
Daily Digest: The Legion Of Doom
There is some wondering if next week’s trip through the metagame cycle will finally be control’s time to shine, and today’s deck is looking to jump ahead and answer that question with a pile of Planeswalkers!
The Sixteen Best Decks In Standard
While it’s hard to be sure, it looks like Standard may start cycling back through the previous iterations of its metagame rather than continuing to break out in new directions… so GerryT shares his look at the format’s top decks to prepare for your next event!
Daily Digest: The Calling
Heroic has been a powerful option that not a lot of people reach for in the current Standard format, but a new spin on the deck to speed it up and make it more aggressive might be just what the deck was missing as every other deck in the format has gone through its convoluted changes.
Daily Digest: Let’s Make A Deal
Abzan Aggro is Standard’s latest top dog, but can you push it a little bit further? Does its volume go to eleven? Dromoka’s Command is already one of the best cards in Standard, but it’s even better when it profitably clears your pact with a Demon!
Video: G/R Dragons
With Martin Juza’s G/R Dragons deck being the only non-white deck in the Grand Prix London Top Eight, GerryT updates it and puts it through its paces as he tries to figure out what’s next for the Standard format.
Daily Digest: Adapting The Best Deck
Another week of Magic Origin Standard, another week of huge metagame swings and an entirely different archetype taking home the trophy at Grand Prix London. Abzan Aggro dominated that event, fully updated to take down everything Standard could throw at it.
Daily Digest: The Best Underplayed Synergy In Standard
There’s nothing quite like rediscovering an archetype you hadn’t realized was missing, but today’s deck asks “Is Abzan really better than Jund?” We’re so used to playing Abzan it’s like we’ve forgotten there’s another option – definitely check it out!
Daily Digest: Abzan Aggro-er
The bigger the monster in your aggro decks, the better your aggro deck will be, right? Check out this new take on Abzan Aggro that uses huge Delve monsters to get big things into the Red Zone early!
Daily Digest: Massive Warriors
Kibler’s G/W deck dominated the metagame at Grand Prix San Diego… but the G/W deck tearing it up online is actually a Tribal Warriors build that you have to see to believe.
I Believe In G/R Devotion
GerryT is not one to look down his nose at a Grand Prix Top Sixteen finish, and he really likes his build of G/R Devotion for Grand Prix San Diego this past weekend and would run it back with just one card change. Check it out in time for #GPLondon this weekend!
Daily Digest: Same Shell, Different Colors
Yesterday’s Daily Digest looked at the winner of Grand Prix San Diego – but the runner-up made just as strong a run with another unexpected archetype, and today GerryT showcases that different build of Abzan Constellation for its power and consistency.
Video: G/W Constellation In Standard
With Abzan Constellation doing so well at Grand Prix San Diego, GerryT takes an look at one of his more intriguing builds of the Constellation deck to see if it’s worth playing right now.
Daily Digest: Clear Eyes, Full Hearts
Michael Majors didn’t get to play his first-pick deck choice at Grand Prix San Diego this weekend, but the “backup deck” seems to have worked out pretty well for him as his return luggage includes a trophy.