Split Second: September 14th, 2016
A familiar face appears to the Gatewatch, two new legendary creatures make their debut, and a controversial preview card. This is Split Second!
CategoryMagic The Gathering
Decks For Future Standard With Kaladesh
Todd Stevens is hard at work on making Season Three of the SCG Tour® his best yet! If he’s gonna get to the Players’ Championship, he’s gotta go through Kaladesh first! Check out his plans for traversing Magic’s newest Standard!
The Fire Of Kaladesh
When you want advice on aggro decks and Chandra strategies, you go to one player: Chris VanMeter! Let’s see what fresh fire CVM has cooked up for Kaladesh Standard!
Acting Like A Magic Player
The Magic hive mind can solve formats faster than ever these days, but that comes with a huge cost! Mark Nestico has some of the best advice you’ll ever read this week! Think outside the box for #SCGORL!
Hits And Misses From Kaladesh’s Mythics
We’ve got a Player of the Year on staff just for moments like this! The Kaladesh mythics are huge, they’re fierce, and we don’t have long before they’re in our hands! Mike is going out on a well-informed limb to tell you which cards will dominate and which will fall by the wayside!
Daily Digest: Wrecks Education
Father Ross Merriam has a story you’re now old enough to hear. Come sit down and learn about how you can combine archetypes to great effect at this weekend’s #SCGORL!
The Most Underrated Card In Kaladesh
Every new set comes with a card that everyone sleeps on and is then blindsided with! It’s up to the pros to tell us what we’re missing, and Ross Merriam has a card that he is sick of seeing people ignore! See what Ross has in mind for this monster!
Dear Azami: Havoc
The traditionally more aggro Commander decks have been looking for more and more help, and they’re finally getting it! See the latest Grenzo brew that Dear Azami has cooked up for one needing reader!
Video: U/R Delver In Legacy
Shaun McLaren is keeping it simple in Legacy: four Delver of Secrets, two colors. Of course, it wouldn’t be like Shaun to keep things too simple! Watch him in action ahead of the #SCGORL Legacy Classic!
Split Second: September 13th, 2016
Kaladesh is full of Masterpieces, the financial impact of the Masterpiece series, and Dovin Baan revealed. This is Split Second!
The Boss VS. Todd: B/W Tokens VS. Jeskai Control
It’s a spicy Modern matchup ahead of #SCGORL! Tom “The Boss” Ross has chosen a B/W Control list from the Top 8 of the World Championships, while Tod Anderson wields an SCG Classic-winning Jeskai Control deck! Let the Spirit tokens and sweepers fly!
10 Things You Will Do Wrong With Kaladesh
Ari Lax has seen this movie and he knows how it ends. He may not be able to stop you from making the ten mistakes he outlines, but once you’ve read his article on Chandra, Vehicles, Energy, Madcap Experiment, and more, you can’t say he didn’t warn you!
Kaladesh Financial Set Review: Part 1
What cards in Kaladesh deserve your hard-earned cash? Magic finance expert Chas Andres opens his review of the set with his takes on the mythic rares revealed so far and his strategies for navigating the always-tumultuous preorder season!
Girlfriends And Glissa Lessons
Erik Tiernan isn’t alone in his quest for the perfect Commander experience! He discusses the pitfalls his Glissa Sunseeker deck encountered and how his girlfriend Liz is advancing her game!
They Call Me Mrs. Mulligan: A Guide To Mulligans
A poor mulligan decision can mean a game is over before it’s begun. But what goes into good mulligan decision-making? Mrs. Mulligan herself, Jennifer Long, is your guide to when six is better than seven!