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AuthorSam Black

Sam Black is professional Magic player who's known for his love of building decks that attack formats from unexpected angles. He's made the Top 8 of sixteen GPs covering every format as well as three Pro Tours, but he's particularly proud of his less common accomplishments, including a Top 4 at the World Championship, a win in the Team World Championship in 2008, and winning a car in 2007.

Video: Reveler Burn in Modern!

What’s better than sending a fistful of burn at your opponent’s face? Reloading with Bedlam Reveler and doing it all again! Sam Black pilots Reveler Burn through a five-round Modern League on Magic Online ahead of #SCGRICH!

Playing Unfair Decks In Modern

“Play the most unfair deck that people aren’t prepared for.” This is the conventional Modern wisdom for spiking events, but what does that actually entail? What determines an unfair deck? How do unfair decks match up against each other? Sam Black has a must-read for anyone looking to win Modern Magic events.

Video: Death’s Shadow Delirium in Modern!

Leave it to Sam Black to take two breakout concepts and put his own innovative spin on them! See the deckbuilding master pilot his newest Modern creation in his latest video!

A Complete Weekend Roundup For #SCGINVI

#SCGINVI will showcase the two biggest competitive formats in the business! Luckily for us, a ton of data from both formats was made available over the weekend! And even more fortunate? We’ve got a brilliant Magic mind in Sam Black to tell us what it all means!

Video: Grixis Madness In Modern!

Modern is the format on everyone’s mind coming out of the weekend, and the #SCGINVI will only stoke the fire further! Leave it to Sam Black to brew up another new way to approach the metagame!

Missing In Sydney, Australia

Sam Black rarely puts himself out there with the safest deck choice, and Pro Tour Eldritch Moon was no different. Here he provides the logic that led to his metagame call, his fascinating rogue brew, and what he anticipates the future holds for the archetype!

Advanced Basics

You’ve mastered the basics of Magic, but now what? Sam Black lays out a few “advanced basics” drawn from his own experiences to show intermediate and even expert players how to rethink their game! Will Sam’s advice give you an edge at #SCGBALT?

Video: Dredge In Modern

Sam Black is back with a spicy new Modern number! The Dredge deck he’s piloting took down a World Magic Cup Qualifier. How far will he go in his League on MTGO, and is this the deck to play going into the #SCGBALT Modern Classic?

The Many Flavors Of Modern Spirits

Sam Black is no stranger to innovative builds and hidden synergies! Now that we have all of Eldritch Moon available he’s trying to find the perfect Spirits deck for #SCGCOL’s Modern Classic on Sunday!

Video: Vintage Cube Draft!

While the rest of the Magic world has its eyes on shiny new Eldritch Moon, Sam Black is keeping it old-school with a Vintage Cube Draft! Whether you’re a fan of the format or merely curious what it’s like to play with power, this is a can’t-miss!

My New Eldritch Moon Lists

Sam Black is back with a new slate of decks! His testing for #PTEMN has uncovered powerful new options for Standard. Get ahead of the curve for #SCGCOL with Spirits, Zombies, one of the weirdest Ramp decks ever created, and much more!

Video: Bant Eldrazi in Modern

Sam Black knows you need an edge at the #SCGWOR Modern Classic this weekend, so he’s doing his video on a popular emerging archetype! See inside the mind of a master as Sam takes on the Modern metagame!

Eldritch Spells

Creatures may rule the roost when it comes to the format now, but what will the landscape be when Eldritch Moon arrives? Sam Black studies the noncreature spells that we can expect to shape how we think about future formats!

The Tribes Of Eldritch Moon

There’s more than one way to look at Eldritch Moon. Sam Black takes you through the spoilers tribe by tribe and gives you his take on Eldrazi, Humans, Vampires, and more!

Video: Bant Company In Modern

If you think you’ve seen everything that Collected Company can offer, you are oh so wrong. Sam Black has gone to the absolute extreme in his latest video. This is a can’t miss!