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AuthorIvan Jen

Ivan Jen has played Magic off and on since Fourth Edition and most recently restarted with Return to Ravnica. His main accomplishments are being the boogeyman opponent of his local game store and winning the Oakland Standard Open with Jeskai Heroic Combo.

The Industry Standard: Defeating Standard In Oakland

He came, he saw, he comboed. SCG is proud to welcome Ivan Jen, a man who doesn’t like to simply win, but win with flair! Ivan shares his thoughts on the crazy deck he used to bring Standard to its knees last weekend.

Meta-Tate: How I Plan to Hate Upheaval in Type II

4UU, Sorcery, Odyssey Rare Return all permanents to their owners’ hands. 1B, Enchantment, Odyssey Uncommon Discard two cards from your hand: Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token into play. Last week, I participated in some Type II action. Now usually, the games are fun and I do all right – however, the fortunes must…

Meta-Tate: Attrition through Marginalization

at-tri-tion: A reduction in numbers, usually as a result of resignation, retirement, or death Active There is a maxim in life that rings true in Magic: if you’re going down, take someone with you. Your hope is that pounding for pounding, you’ll eventually come out ahead. Here’s a simple example: Player 1: I attack with…

Meta-tate: Pondering The Extended Metagame

1, Artifact, Uncommon T: Remove the bottom card of target player’s graveyard from the game. 1, : Remove target card in any graveyard from the game and draw a card. Illus. George Pratt Before the advent of 6th Edition Rules, artifacts used to shut off when tapped. Cards such as were actually pretty useful in…