CategoryMagic The Gathering

Aggressive Kaladesh Decks

Magic Pro Tour Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin is back with his first round of Kaladesh brews! Today he looks at the aggro side of things, including multiple takes on Chandra, Torch of Defiance, one of the hottest planeswalker debuts in years!

Ross VS. Majors: R/G Through the Breach VS. Affinity

It’s a meeting of Modern menaces as Merriam and Majors battle ahead of #SCGORL! Will Ross triumph with R/G Through the Breach, or will Michael win the match with Affinity? Get ready for a five-game set full of broken starts and plenty of surprises!

Daily Digest: Goryo’s Vengeance for Value

Not sold on the all-in Goryo’s Vengeance combo deck? Ross Merriam showcases the lighter, fluffier “value” version with more interaction ahead of #SCGORL! Be careful, though. Sometimes it just wins on turn 2 anyway…

Video: Valakut Delirium In Modern!

It’s a Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle deck. It’s a Delirium deck. It’s … 117 cards?! Sam Black explains his latest Modern monstrosity, leaves online opponents befuddled, and possibly starts a big-deck trend for #SCGORL…

Split Second: September 12th, 2016

Six Grand Prix winners, Kaladesh Previews continue, and Wizards reveals a Masterpiece! This is Split Second!

Saying Goodbye To Standard

Magic Pro Tour veteran Adrian Sullivan played some interesting decks this year in formats dominated by Collected Company! Which ones does he stand by? Which ones does he regret? Adrian reviews the Standard season that was!

Video: Naya Landfall In Modern!

This brew is gaining momentum fast! The archetype combines combo Valakut kills with the aggro landfall curve that once trounced Standard! Let’s see what a Pro Tour Champ thinks of it ahead of #SCGORL!

Daily Financial Value Of Kaladesh: September 9th!

After just one day off, Ben finds himself buried in brand new Kaladesh spoilers! The hard-hitting singles are coming in left and right, and Ben has all the sales data to tell you the latest shakeups in the Magic market!

Raise Havoc! And Let The Slip The Goblins Of War!

The first Grenzo from Conspiracy was a sleeper hit that delighted Commander players everywhere who had longed for a black and red legend with some gusto! Does his sequel make the cut? Bennie Smith sure thinks so!

Kingmaking: Behind The Veil At The Magic World Championship

Brad Nelson didn’t take home the Magic World Championship trophy, but he’s a long-time collaborator with the man that did! Read about how Brian Braun-Duin and Brad Nelson prepared for one of the strangest and most prestigious tournaments in the Magic Multiverse!

Evaluating The Important Cards In Kaladesh

Before you can dominate a format, you have to understand it; and before you can understand it, you have to analyze all of its moving pieces! Kaladesh has a ton of moving parts and pieces, and GerryT is just the player to show us how they’re going to shape the future of Standard!

Daily Digest: Unfaeries

Bitterblossom has been unbanned in Modern for a while, so when are Faeries decks finally going to start winning tournaments? Ross Merriam thinks they’re going to soon! They just need to find a way to play dirty…

Ross VS. Todd: W/U Blink VS. Infect

It’s a Modern throwdown ahead of #SCGORL! Will Ross Merriam pilot an innovative W/U Blink deck from Grand Prix Guangzhou to victory, or will Todd Anderson and the Grand Prix Lille-winning Infect list give even more testimony to that deck’s dominance?

There’s No Tournament I Can’t Control

Shaheen Soorani ended his Standard season with yet another SCG Tour® top 8 showing! Although he was vanquished in the semifinal, Shaheen found a way to control the competition his way when all others said it couldn’t be done!

Split Second: September 9th, 2016

Loading Ready Run is Dubious, a Sealed challenge that spans Innistrad, and double Team Sealed Grand Prix events. It’s September 9th, I’m Jeremy Noell, and this is Split Second.