Adversarial Sequencing
Magic isn’t just about maximizing your cards’ impact. Minimizing the effectiveness of your opponent’s cards may be even more important! Jadine Klomparens gives examples from Standard ahead of Grand Prix Washington DC!
The Longtusk Cub Problem: Threat Assessment In Context
Jadine Klomparens knows Longtusk Cub. She’s played with it. She’s played against it a thousand times. But this time? It taught her a valuable lesson! Read up and get closer to Standard mastery before Grand Prix Washington DC!
Defeating Gifts Storm
After SCG Syracuse, Modern players are on notice: have a plan to defeat Gifts Storm, or lose to it! Jadine Klomparens offers a guide to the essential cards, theirs and yours, ahead of SCG Richmond!
Abzan Traverse For SCG Syracuse
The wide-open world of Modern offers plenty of options for SCG Syracuse, including Abzan Traverse! Jadine Klomparens offers her latest decklist and the cards you want (or don’t!) in key matchups!
The Viewer’s Guide To Pro Tour Hour Of Devastation
Pro Tours are fun to watch, but for the competitive player, they also offer plenty of lessons for future events! Jadine Klomparens has your guide to the Standard rounds and how the metagame might shake out!
Why W/U Monument Was The Best Deck For Week One
W/U Monument wasn’t a deck a few weeks ago. Then the Invitational happened. Now it’s for real! Expect to see it in the Standard portion of SCG Atlanta this weekend!
Can B/G Energy Survive?
Jadine crushed the Classic on Sunday, but she’s putting a critical eye towards some of Hour of Devastation’s new tools for taking the deck down! Can it stay alive under the new reign of Bolas?
The Evolution Of B/G Energy
As George Santayana wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Jadine Klomparens examines the history of the B/G Energy archetype for clues to its future at the SCG Season One Invitational!
Haymaker Magic
Sometimes, there’s a card you really don’t want to see across from you at the table. How did your opponent identify and build around that haymaker…and what can you do to beat it?
The Time Value Of Magic Cards
In yet another piece that establishes her as one of Magic’s top theory teachers in the game today, Jadine Klomparens talks about the game resource that too often takes a backseat to mana, life, and cards in hand: game timing! And we’re not talking about the round timer either…
Clock Versus Pressure
“Put pressure on your opponent.” “Put your opponent on a clock.” We’ve all heard those sayings, but Jadine Klomparens wants to put meaning back in them! Discover the fundamental difference ahead of SCG Charlotte!
Assessing Abzan Traverse
Pressed for testing time, Jadine Klomparens took Abzan Traverse to a Top 32 finish in the Open at SCG Baltimore! She shares the sources of her success, her mistakes, and the list she might run at an event before SCG Charlotte!
The Problems With Playing Midrange
SCG Louisville’s Standard players are going to have a heck of a time being stuck in the middle of giant combo and lightning-quick aggro if they want to midrange! Jadine Klomparens explains more on Standard’s new polar dynamics!
A Practical Guide To Matchup Analysis
Who’s the Beatdown? was an all-time great and influential Magic article…but it’s time to move on. Magic in 2017 requires a better and deeper understanding, and Jadine Klomparens has some important words for you: The rules have changed!
Where Is Standard Going?
Mardu Vehicles had a good show at SCG Atlanta, but how can you possibly be surprised? Jadine thinks it may be on its way out sooner rather than later! Get her breakdown here!