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AuthorShaun McLaren

Shaun McLaren exploded onto the competitive Magic scene by winning Pro Tour Born of the Gods and making a finals appearance at Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir, all within the span of one year. Shaun has also been captain of Team Canada twice and has four Grand Prix Top 8s to his name. Shaun started playing Magic with his brother and father during Ice Age and Magic has filled a big part of his life, and his heart, ever since.

2nd At Pro Tour Khans Of Tarkir: Part 1

Pro Tour Champion (and recent PT runner-up) Shaun McLaren recounts his strategies for sideboarding and metagaming heading into the big tournament! Read his expertise before #SCGWOR!

Video: Khans Of Tarkir Draft!

It’s finally time! This set is getting massive rave reviews for its Limited format! Join Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren for his first KTK draft!

The Big Standard Archetypes You Should Care About

With the first big Open weekend in the books. a handful of potential frontrunners have emerged! Which archetypes are here to stay? Which are going to fade? How do they match up against one another? Shaun has the answers!

Khambo Decks

Enough with the midrange and aggro! Shaun McLaren examines the most neglected traditional archetype in Standard today and suggests ways that combo could break out at #SCGNJ and #SCGINDY!

Khantrol Decks

It’s a little too widely speculated that the end of four-mana Wrath effects will spell the end for traditional control. Pro Tour Winner Shaun McLaren tells you how he’s beating the odds and blowing creatures up!

Video: Elves In Legacy!

The great Shaun McLaren takes Magic’s most celebrated green tribe through the Legacy ringer! Want to learn to pilot one of the more precise decks in Legacy? Look no further!

Grand Prix Salt Lake City *9th Place*

The hilarious Mr. McLaren reflects on his weekend of on-camera missteps and the futile comfort afforded to those who finish with Magic’s best worst final standing.

Fetching And Scrying

Being decent at Magic isn’t all that hard, but being great at it is extremely difficult. Fortunately, Shaun McLaren knows some good theory behind the art of balancing your decision-making when it comes to cracking fetches and coordinating your draws!

Keepers, Sleepers, And Goners

Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren looks to the future by looking into the past. What does previous Standard tell us about future Standard? How will these things change with the new rotation schedule? What are Standard’s most powerful cards heading into #SCGINVI?

Practice And Consistency

How did Shaun McLaren win a Pro Tour? The answer is more simple than you think, but then why don’t more players follow the same path? Find out what the path to success really is before you make a run at the trophy for #SCGDC!

Video: U/W Control In Standard!

Pro Tour Winner Shaun McLaren takes Ivan Floch’s PT-winning deck and gives it a few tweaks before taking it for a ride in this series of Standard videos!

Pro Tour M15: The Dawn Of Standardized Pro Tours

Shaun McLaren goes into detail about the removal of non-Standard Pro Tours. He also shows you his seldom-seen Pro Tour Magic 2015 deck and explains some of its matchups as the metagame stands with #SCGNY on the horizon!

Down The Vintage Rabbit Hole Into Beta Land

Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren spends some time telling you about his new Vintage addiction and how he’s dealing with the huge changes sweeping MTGO.

Video: Doomsday in Vintage!

Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren fills the Vintage void in your life with this sweet Doomsday series!

Four Magical Tales

Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren shares some important lessons too often overlooked by the Magic subculture. The Magic community may ignore this work at their own risk.