Daily Digest: Ali Eldrazi
Two-deck format? Please. Ali Aintrazi has always ignored the go-to decks in formats and it won him a national title in one of the least diverse formats ever. Could it win you an #SCGStates Championship this weekend?
CategoryMagic The Gathering
Video: Battle For Zendikar Draft!
BFZ Limited will have a huge role in who makes it to Sunday at the Pro Tour this weekend! Watch Sam Black explain his deckbuilding and draft picks so that you can master the format before the competition!
Esper Control At SCG States!
You can always count on Shaheen to deliver the latest in great Esper tech! See the deck he conquered a PPTQ with and what you need to know to control the flow of #SCGStates tomorrow!
Open Series Spotlight: Jeskai Black
Todd ran his own list to great success, but it was Aaron Barich’s card choices that made his Jeskai Black deck the talk of the town! See Todd pick up Aaron’s version to see if it has what it takes to tackle #SCGStates!
Brewing Mardu
While there has been a lot of talk about adding Mardu cards to the Jeskai deck, Chris Lansdell is mostly exited to just play more Mardu cards and is happy to leave the Jeskai Clan out of it entirely. Check out his build and give it a spin before #SCGStates this weekend!
Daily Digest: Dragon Superfriends
With G/W Megamorph and Jeskai Black sitting at the top of the current Standard metagame, any deck that looks well-positioned against both will deserve further consideration. Today’s Temur Dragons deck does exactly that, and might be worth playing at #SCGStates this weekend!
Control In The New Standard
Jim Davis loves control decks when they’re a good fit for the format, and today he shares what he’s found so far in trying to make control work in Standard against the top decks. In addition to sharing his deck for #SCGStates, Jim has a #PTBFZ home game to play… details inside!
Gearing Up For Atlanta
Grand Prix Atlanta is going to have a special side event all weekend just for Commander players, and Sheldon Menery is getting his finely-honed decks ready for a long weekend of Embracing the Chaos… and hoping that you’ll join him not just in the games but in the spirit of the weekend.
My Deck Is Bad And I Feel Bad
Getting things wrong can just be a slight misstep on the way to getting things right, and if you can get big things wrong and still make the semifinals of a Standard Open, well, it must be nice. Todd shares what he learned playing Jeskai Black at #SGATL and how he’s fixed the deck to run it back at #SCGStates this weekend!
Bant Megamorph And Mardu Dragons
Fresh off of a strong finish at #SCGATL, “The Boss” Tom Ross shares his thoughts on the current state of the Standard format, how he’d tune his Bant Megamorph deck for #SCGStates this weekend, and what else he’s considering as an option for the weekend.
BBD VS. The Boss: Abzan Blue VS. Naya Dragons
BBD and The Boss battle Standard in preparation for #SCGStates this weekend, pitting the Bring To Light-splash Abzan deck against a challenging Dragons matchup to see who comes out on top!
The State Of Standard
Standard is turning out to be an incredibly broad format thanks to the ability to do pretty much anything you want and make the mana work… so CVM has to figure out what it is he wants to do and make it happen for #SCGStates this weekend!
Daily Digest: Devoid Of Losses
Battle for Zendikar is full of cards that are hard to understand outside of their synergistic context, but today’s deck takes a look at the Devoid mechanic and the Ingest / Processor tensions that come with its “Colorless Matters” theme.
Beating The Big Two
It’s hard to believe that Standard might just be a two-deck metagame with a lot of fringe strategies beaten by either G/W Megamorph or Jeskai Black, and GerryT digs into each of those decks’ weaknesses in order to synthesize something new to beat them with in time for #PTBFZ and #SCGStates!
Commander VS: Four-Player Mystery Surprise
Today’s Commander VS. spins the mystery wheel of all possible Commander decks in order to come up with some fresh new surprises. Who could it be? It could be anyone, after all…