Why Your Spec Failed
Chas takes a look at the math behind Magic’s expanding population growth – and what those shifting demographic numbers mean as far as changing the way supply and demand functions for speculative Magic purchases.
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Daily Digest: Brave Modern
Today’s Daily Digest moves on to the Modern format for PTQ season – and Gerry takes a closer look at attacking with white creatures, finding the unfairest way there is to attack with fair creatures. Take a look and try it out before your next PTQ!
The Red Scare
Shaheen Soorani has been extremely consistent at the SCG Invitationals, and here he battles back against the red deck that won the last Invitational by re-shaping his Esper deck to put up a credible fight in a bad matchup.
Video: Esper Control In Standard
Shaun McLaren is a control mage at heart, and that means he’s playing Esper Control in Standard! Check out his decklist for #SCGPORT this weekend!
Todd VS. BBD: Esper Control Vs. B/W Midrange
Todd and BBD battle with one of Standard’s most iconic matchups to see who has the edge: Esper Control, or B/W Midrange? Check it out to see which one you should be playing this weekend at #SCGPORT!
Humble Brags
Commander guru Bennie Smith is still waist-deep in Conspiracy hype for his favorite format, and he both gets a Conspiracy draft in and builds a new Commander deck around another Conspiracy legend, Brago, King Eternal!
Metagaming Modifications
Brad wants to tell you the secret to his success: sculpting his deck specifically for how large an event is and how the metagame changes in the later rounds of two-day tournaments… or to face the challenges of single-day events where you can’t take more than one loss and win the event.
Brad VS. Todd: RUG Scapeshift Vs. Melira Pod
Brad and Todd battle Modern in time for PTQ season, putting Melira Pod up against one of its worse matchups, RUG Scapeshift, to explore the ins and outs of these two popular decks.
BBD VS. CVM: Melira Pod Vs. RUG Twin
Continuing their exploration of Modern in time for Khans of Tarkir PTQ season, BBD and CVM duke it out with Melira Pod vs. RUG Twin!
Modern For The Honest Man
The Dragonmaster has a long-standing love for Knight of the Reliquary in every format, and today he builds around two different companion colors for his favorite G/W shell!
The Next Evolution Of U/W Control
Frank has been playing a lot of different versions of U/W Control lately in Standard, and has some thoughts on the Detention Sphere vs. Planar Cleansing argument that might surprise you… or your opponent, at #SCGVEGAS!
Daily Digest: Time To Get Nasty!
Today’s Daily Digest looks at an odd U/W/R build – not quite aggro, not quite combo, sharing a lot in common with the Heroic/Cipher decks while being incredibly different at the same time. Take a look and give it a spin before #SCGVEGAS!
Devoting Ohio To Black
While Josh didn’t have as much success in the Invitational as he might have hoped for, he was still able to paint Columbus quite black anyway with a finals appearance in the Standard Open. Check out how he’d update his deck for this weekend’s Grand Prix or #SCGVEGAS!
Who’s The Boss?
Tom Ross won the Season Two Invitational and earned himself a poison token with his likeness. Learn more about The Boss and his dominance with aggressive strategies on the Open Series.
Video: Vintage Masters Sealed #1
Follow Sam along as he opens a Vintage Masters sealed deck and explores this quirky, high-powered Limited format!