What’s three-time Grand Prix Top 8 competitor Reid Duke’s personal favorite Magic card? Green Sun’s Zenith! Today he writes about how it will be revitalized in a big way with Avacyn Restored’s premium selection of green creatures.
While he usually pilots control, 2011 Magic Online champion Reid Duke is excited about some aggressive cards in Avacyn Restored! Also, if you’re going to Birmingham this weekend, you might want to check out his updated Grixis Control for Standard.
Continuing on his quest to find the perfect control deck for Standard, Reid Duke has 3 decks he’s been working on that fight the good fight against Delver: U/R, U/B, and Esper Control. Give control a spin at SCG Open Series: Phoenix!
If you’d like to play control at SCG Des Moines, then this is another must-read article from Reid Duke. Learn how and when to integrate life gain into your deckbuilding!
After playing in the SCG Invitational last weekend, Reid Duke has adapted his U/B Control deck to be more successful in the current Standard metagame. Consider playing it this weekend at Grand Prix Salt Lake City.
This past weekend Reid Duke won first place at GP Nashville. Read how he built his sealed pool and how he drafted three decks on his road to victory. Prepare to play in a Draft Open at SCG Open Series: Baltimore featuring the Invitational!
Reid Duke takes a look at four Legacy decks in the aftermath of GP Indy: U/W Stoneblade, Storm, RUG Tempo, and Natural Order RUG. Find out which deck he feels should make a resurgence in time for SCG Open: Sacramento.
Reid Duke writes about Pox,the deck that propelled him to the Top 8 of the StarCityGames.com Invitational, for Legacy Week. Find out why Pox is well positioned in the Legacy meta for StarCityGames.com Open: Dallas/Fort Worth.
Reid Duke offers insight into why Standard has become an inbred format full of fragile decks. Take his advice to avoid inbreeding and fragility in your deck choice this weekend for StarCityGames.com Open: Tampa.
For all of you looking to beat Delver and Wolf Run decks, Reid Duke goes over the three best control decks in Standard: Grixis, Esper, and Classic U/B. Find out which one is best for StarCityGames.com Open: Memphis.
Reid Duke shares how working together with Patrick Chapin on a Grixis Control deck helped him place in the top 50 at Pro Tour Dark Ascension. Find out if Grixis Control is the right deck to play at StarCityGames.com Open: Memphis.
Reid Duke looks at the creature-based strategies and non-creature strategies of Modern with Dark Ascension. What are going to be the big players? Will Tokens make a comeback? What will Faithless Looting do to the format?
Reid wants to combine discard spells and creatures in Modern. He did just that this weekend, en route finishing 6th in an MTGO PTQ!
Control players may have their work cut out for them with such a hostile format full of difficult-to-answer threats, and U/B is easy to make mistakes with, but nobody should be scared to give it a try. Reid Duke thinks it’s perfect for the DC Open.
To say that Grand Prix Orlando will be interesting is an understatement, and I for one can’t wait to see the results. Will Standard’s trend of constant evolution continue? Will we see a brand new deck take its pilot to the trophy?
