Battle For Zendikar: Blue!
The new format is here, and it is time to start innovating! Patrick Chapin kicks off the festivities with the many faces and facets of blue! Get ready for #SCGIndy now!
AuthorPatrick Chapin
Patrick Chapin, "The Innovator," is a member of the Hall of Fame class of 2012. The Pro Tour Journey into Nyx Champion and five-time Pro Tour Top 8 competitor is a renowned deckbuilder and author of both Next Level Magic and Next Level Deckbuilding.
How To Play Whatever Colors You Want
Patrick Chapin has extensive experience piecing together insane manabases and spells of every color and cost. Battle for Zendikar Standard may be his time to shine again…
Showing Off Your Prowess In Modern
Pro Tour Champion and Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin had a great run at GP Oklahoma City this past weekend! See the innovative new strategy he’s evolving! It could be the breakout deck of #SCGMKE’s $5,000 Modern Premier IQ this weekend!
Ob Nixilis Reignited!
Pro Tour Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin takes the latest planeswalkers and the latest manabase information from Battle for Zendikar and runs with them! See what amazing decks are already possible and why they’re destined for victories during next Standard season!
Gideon, Ally Of Zendikar
You don’t need the entire Battle For Zendikar spoiler to know the latest iteration of Gideon will have a huge impact on upcoming Standard! Pro Tour Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin provides you with endless ways to abuse white’s latest greatest weapon!
Analyzing The Standard Decks Of The 2015 World Championships
The World Championships this past weekend was really the pinnacle of this Standard format, and Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin is here to explore all the twists and nuanced turns of the event’s top-performing decklists.
Hangarback Jeskai
What is the next step in Hangarback Walker’s evolution? That next step is likely also the next evolution for the Standard format as a whole, and that is an important question ahead of both Worlds and the Season Three Invitational this weekend!
Magic Origins In Modern
We’ve seen how Magic Origins greatly shifted around the Standard format, but it’s doing the same to Modern too, just without us looking as closely at it. Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin checks in on the format to see where it’s at ahead of its return at Worlds next weekend.
The Rise Of Abzan Aggro
With Grand Prix London in the books, Patrick Chapin examines the Standard metagame and asks the question “so what’s next?” as players prepare for Worlds and the Season Three Invitational. Will Standard continue its wildly-shifting metagame trends, or have we seen everything at this point?
G/W Aggro Is Redefining Standard
At first no one took Brian Kibler’s G/W Aggro deck too seriously – then he went 9-1 at the Pro Tour. Just one week later, it was the deck to play at Grand Prix San Diego – will it be the deck of choice to play at Grand Prix London this weekend?
Abzan At Pro Tour Magic Origins
While there were a lot of potential options to choose for Pro Tour Magic Origins Patrick Chapin joined his teammate Matt Sperling in playing Abzan Control to try and run the field.
The New Sultai Control
Magic Origins Standard has shaped up nicely so far, and both #SCGCHI and #SCGRICH are bound to leave their impression on #PTOrigins. Check out all the latest tech that has caught The Innovator’s eye and test it out for #SCGRegionals this weekend!
Jace, Nissa, And Thopter Spy Network
With the first major results in at #SGCHI this weekend, Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin breaks down the top decks from that event and what we can expect of the format going forward to #SCGRICH this weekend and Pro Tour Magic Origins!
Magic Origins Set Review: Black And Green!
Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin completes his color-by-color brewing adventure through all of Magic Origins by examining the black and green cards, finishing out the rest of the set!
Magic Origins Set Review: White
Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin continues exploring post-Magic Origins Standard by brewing his way through reviewing the set, looking at all the interesting facets that might be the reason behind building the next great deck in the format.