Commander 2016 Craziness!
Commander 2016 could not be any more exciting! It’s granting endless EDH wishes, and Bennie Smith is diving in head first for your enjoyment!
CategoryMagic The Gathering
Leveling Standard
Here’s how you get to the top of Standard: You listen to Gerry Thompson! #SCGBALT’s Standard Classic is going to be filled with predictable contenders from the present, decks from the past trying to make a comeback, and the future of the format! GerryT has all of the above here.
Daily Digest: Fixer Upper
How do we get new Standard decks? Easy! You push the mana! Ross Merriam shows a successful pilot that did just that! Do I smell an #SCGBALT Standard Classic sleeper?
Video: G/R Energy In Standard!
Shaun McLaren’s energy for this game is endlessly renewable! Watch him pilot G/R Energy through five rounds on Magic Online ahead of the #SCGBALT Standard Classic!
Todd VS. Brad: Colorless Eldrazi VS. Reanimator!
The name of the Legacy game is “big threats in a hurry!” Will Todd Anderson take the Ancient Tombs and Thought-Knot Seers of Colorless Eldrazi to victory, or will Brad Nelson’s brutally fast Reanimator build claim wins one draw-seven at a time? #SCGBALT is this weekend!
Detailed Analysis For #SCGBALT
The hour is nearly upon us. Legacy is making its big return as the great Eternal Magic fans descend upon Baltimore for a huge weekend! Back-to-back Invitational Champion Tom “The Boss” Ross has some final words of wisdom for anyone who dares brave this format!
Laying Out Legacy
Brad Nelson has been playtesting the rust right off of his Legacy game! He’s one of the most accomplished players in the business, and he’s giving #SCGBALT 100%! Don’t miss your last chance to get your Legacy prowess on point!
Leaving Bread Crumbs: Lines And Signals In Legacy
Many players think of games in terms of taking lines of play, but what about lines that mislead your opponents on purpose? Emma Handy has an excellent piece that can only help you for #SCGBALT this weekend!
Video: W/U Flash In Standard!
Where Spell Queller, Selfless Spirit, and Smuggler’s Copter meet, you’ll find W/U Flash. This week, you’ll also find Gerry Thompson as he takes the deck through a five-round League on Magic Online ahead of #SCGBALT!
Playing From Behind
We have all felt helpless sitting across from an opponent that is way ahead in the game. It feels horrible and it feels hopeless. But a lot of great players find ways to win. How do they do it? Jim Davis talks about how to turn an unpleasant position into an unlikely win!
Daily Digest: Slanted And Enchanted
Do you want a Cinderella story for the #SCGBALT Modern Classic? I think Ross Merriam has found one. Because this deck is positively enchanting!
Ross VS. Majors: Aluren VS. Miracles
It’s a classic Legacy matchup of Combo VS. Control! Will Ross Merriam, piloting the suddenly hot Aluren deck, get his kicks with Parasitic Strix, or will Michael Majors and tried-and-true Miracles put a temporary halt to the combo comeback tour? #SCGBALT is this weekend!
Esper “Old” Blade For #SCGBALT
Shaheen Soorani loves him some Legacy! And at #SCGBALT, he’s going off the beaten path to–okay, who are we kidding? He’s going to play StoneBlade, but he does have some sweet tech for you!
Split Second: November 3rd, 2016
A Pauper emergency ban, SeibenLore tells a ghost story, and Slow Play explained. This is Split Second!
Modern’s Forgotten Decks
What happened to these decks? There are a lot of players with Modern decks they love, but some of them are being pushed out of the format. What do they need to make a comeback at the #SCGBALT Modern Classic? Todd talks the Modern extinction list!