CategoryMagic The Gathering

Video Daily Digest: Classic Griselbrand

Just days ago, Ross Merriam was sitting across the table from this masterpiece! Now he demands to take it for a test drive himself!

Control And Combo In New Standard

Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren sees a lot of aggro running around this early format, as is the custom. But he’s working on the next evolution of Standard! His choices for control and combo are here for the taking!

New Magic Story & Your Chance to Play on Game Knights!

The Magic Story hints at future sets, plus your chance to win a spot on Game Knights.

Todd VS. Stevens: B/R Reanimator VS. Aluren – Round 3!

Team events are great chance for Legacy to come out and play, and so is this summer’s SCG Con! The two Todds sleeve up these two combo decks to battle for your enjoyment here!

Deck Rates: Rivals Of Ixalan Standard

With Standard radically refreshed by Rivals of Ixalan and recent bannings, Todd Stevens has a whole new metagame to confront! And that can mean only one thing…the return of Deck Rates!

Fact Or Fiction: Standard Depth And Legacy Depths

Team formats create interesting and complicated tournament results, so we need some experts to sort it out! Fortunately, the two we’ve chosen today don’t necessarily agree! Whose side are you on, anyway?

Explore Is A Bad Midrange Mechanic

Jadine Klomparens has been a midrange mage most of the time lately, but that all changed in Philadelphia! Read about the epiphany that taught her that there’s more than one way to define Magic’s middle child!

Kami-ing Out Of My Cage

Mark Nestico has shaped Kami of the Crescent Moon into a competitive yet compelling Commander deck! Check out his list and explanations. Just watch out for his music references. Killers today, they are…

Gearhulk, Hazoret, Jadelight Ranger, Tezzeret, And Yes, Nicol Bolas

The Standard metagame is running deep these days! Patrick Chapin revels in the diversity but points out an underlying and very strange thread running through this metagame! The answers are yours!

This Is Precisely Why You Still Always Bolt The Bird

Some successful players have gone on record as saying it’s not necessarily correct to put a Noble Hierarch in its place on turn 1! Ross Merriam is an old school mage who disagrees! He talks about Magic mechanics and Modern Humans this week!

Drafting Digest: Am I Really Playing Red?

Ryan Saxe makes no bones about it: he thinks Red is the weakest color in Rivals of Ixalan Draft! But with the packs seemingly pushing him that way, can he bring himself to get Mountains at the basic land station?

Magic Past, Present and Future – Split Second – MTG News

New Trademarks for Wizards could mean new Magic products, and The Great Designer Search 3 cuts down after two rounds.

Todd VS. Stevens: Affinity VS. B/G Midrange – Round 2!

The Todds move on to Modern on VS! Todd Anderson has chosen a Classic-winning version of Affinity. Can Todd Stevens stop the robots with B/G Midrange?

Building Good Aggro Decks

Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax sees a lot of decks in the new Standard, but there are a lot of archetypes already falling out of favor. Most of them are aggro decks. For excellent guidance on how to construct decks like Tom Ross and Paul Rietzl, this is your stop!

Getting Primal With Zacama

It’s a giant Elder Dinosaur with abilities for days…what’s not to love? Bennie Smith brings the ramp with Zacama, Primal Calamity for Commander!