While Ross Merriam might have hoped for better results at #PTOrigins, he looks back to reflect on what inputs at the team level resulted in the output of the finishes he and his teammates attained at the event.
How quickly just a week changes things. Jim Davis came to #SCGRegionals expecting a continuation of the #SCGRICH metagame only to find a new breed of aggressive decks stormed out of #PTOrigins to completely re-define the Standard format!
Standard has shifted to a new, more aggressively-minded format after #PTOrigins, but Bant Heroic has what it takes to keep up. Check it out as Tom “The Boss” Ross updates the deck for Grand Prix San Diego and beyond!
Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax felt like he and his team had made a huge mistake after round one of #PTOrigins, but it turns out G/R Devotion is just a powerhouse. Ari updates the sideboard to suit the metagame and takes it out for another spin!
Brad Nelson and the rest of his team agreed that #PTOrigins was the time to be the beatdown, they just did it with Dragonlord Atarka and friends instead. Check out what they did right, what they did wrong, and most importantly – what they’d do next.
Joel Larsson’s #PTOrigins-winning Mono-Red Aggro deck is quite unusual as far as modern-day red decks are concerned, and to showcase just how special it is Todd Anderson takes on all comers in an MTGO Daily Event.
Gurmag Angler has been a breakout card in older formats like Modern and Legacy, but it doesn’ get a lot of play in Standard. Today’s deck from #PTOrigins may be helping to change that, mixing mill synergies and Delve fatties to overpower a wide variety of opponents.
If you’re interested in coming to Grand Prix London, John Dale Beety has all the info you need to figure out how to get around and what you should go see while you’re visiting the city!
With #SCGDC just days away, BBD and Brad reprise one of the key matchups from #GPLille, battling U/W Miracles with Monastery Mentor versus the Aggro Loam deck that wasn’t on many people’s radar before it posted two copies to the Top Eight!
Mono-Red was the top deck at #PTOrigins and it came almost out of nowhere – or so it seems. Sam Black shares the origins of how his team picked the deck that won Pro Tour Magic Origins and shares how it shifts Standard going forward.
GerryT made a deep run at #PTOrigins playing good old G/R Devotion in Standard and practicing a ton of Magic Origins draft, and this is the story of the Pro Tour through his eyes.
While there were a lot of potential options to choose for Pro Tour Magic Origins Patrick Chapin joined his teammate Matt Sperling in playing Abzan Control to try and run the field.
While #PTOrigins was all about red aggro and the breakout performance of U/R Thopters, there are some intriguing other decks to be found on the margins – and Chris Landsell pores over the top Standard decks from this weekend in search of brewers’ gold.
Chasing new information and decklist tech over video streams can be haphazard at best, and CVM had to “only” play last week’s best deck, Abzan Rally, because he couldn’t get a decklist for U/R Thopters in time for #SCGRegionals. Check out his thoughts on the shifting Standard metagame inside!
Standard has now had a month to play out with Magic Origins, and we’ve seen very different winners from week to week. Sam Black takes a look at the deeper forces driving the metagame in hopes of coming out on top as the metagame shifts.
