The Many Faces Of Molten Vortex
Matt Higgs remembers the days where Seismic Assault and a handful of lands guaranteed plenty of wins! Today he’s taking the same strategy through a number of paces before #SCGWOR this weekend!
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Gideon, Ally Of Zendikar
You don’t need the entire Battle For Zendikar spoiler to know the latest iteration of Gideon will have a huge impact on upcoming Standard! Pro Tour Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin provides you with endless ways to abuse white’s latest greatest weapon!
Todd VS. BBD: Mono-White Devotion VS. Abzan Constellation
These two VS video stars are at the ready with two of the newest and sweetest strategies in Standard! Fresh off his Open Series victory, Todd Anderson puts his pride on the line against BBD’s enchantment army before the big showdown at #SCGWOR this weekend!
Standard (And A Little Modern) After Worlds
With the World Championships in the books, Adrian Sullivan pores over the data in order to figure out where the Standard metagame is going next… and examines recent Modern trends in order to figure out what to play at #SCGCIN this weekend!
The Last Days Of Standard
Bennie Smith recounts his recent Standard exploits by looking at the many flavors of Hangarback Walker decks he’s tried out recently, and he looks forward to Battle for Zendikar Standard by starting to draft new decks off of the few spoiled cards seen so far!
Loners At Worlds
This year’s World Championships saw a lot of consensus on what the best decks to play in Standard were – but the outliers were very interesting as far as what they say about the continuing dynamic nature of the Standard format.
Season Three Invitational *Top 8*
With his first Invitational Top Eight now in the bag, Gerard Fabiano looks back at the decks he played and the Legacy format as a whole – and then looks forward to a new Standard thanks to Battle for Zendikar!
Daily Digest: The Zendikari Will Win
While we may have a month still to wait before Battle for Zendikar arrives on shelves, it’s not too soon to “gather your Allies” and battle in Modern.
Video: Mono-White Devotion In Standard
Hot off of a Top Four finish at the Magic World Championships, Sam Black takes you for a ride along with his Mono-White Devotion deck from that tournament as he puts it through its paces.
Battle For Zendikar Brings Hope
What is a dedicated control mage to do with the new Battle for Zendikar spoilers? Rejoice, that’s what, as control aficionados are about to enter a realm of great mana for their control decks!
Todd VS. The Boss: Evolutionary Elves VS. Jund
Magic Origins has quietly shaken up the settled Modern metagame, so Todd Anderson and Tom “The Boss” Ross explore some of the format’s new vistas to prepare for Modern’s return to the Open Series this weekend at #SCGCIN!
Video: Suicide Zoo In Modern
Want to get aggressive for #SCGCIN this weekend? Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax runs an unusual deck he uncovered in his #MTGChamps testing through its paces for the consideration of Modern aficionados everywhere!
Three Rhinos And A Dream
The World Championships is Magic’s largest stage and its hardest tournament. Even getting into the event is a serious accomplishment, but Brad Nelson didn’t want to rest on his laurels when there were twenty-three other mages standing between him and the title.
Daily Digest: The Champ Is Here
Everything old is new again if you just wait long enough in this Standard metagame. The red-blue artifact deck returns, taking down Magic Online’s Standard Championships with a base-red deck full of burn and Ensoul Artifacts rather than the Pro Tour’s blue-based shell.
Sultai Delve In Standard
We have seen Gurmag Angler break out in both Modern and Legacy at this point, but does it have a home in Standard? Jim Davis believes so, and he has a potent Sultai deck to prove it!