CategoryMagic The Gathering

Daily Digest: Rallying Back

After #SCGCHI, a lot of people were scratching their heads about the Rally the Ancestors deck, wondering whether it was any good or not. After this weekend’s tournament win for a Rally deck at #SCGRICH, it appears we have our answer.

Lowry’s Lists: SCG Regionals

With this weekend’s #SCGRegionals right in his own backyard, Anthony Lowry is excited – both for the event and the plethora of great options he’s got brewing up for Standard this weekend!

Video: Abzan Midrange In Modern

While GerryT has been liking Jund recently as his B/G/x deck of choice, today he challenges that preconception by testing out Siege Rhino and friends to see how well it matches up against the Modern field.

Todd VS. The Boss: U/W Control VS. W/U Heroic

In today’s Versus Video, Todd Anderson and Tom “The Boss” Ross battle with a very different pair of blue-white decks: Thopter Control and Heroic Aggro. Which will come out on top?

Video: Magic Origins Draft #1

With Magic Origins finally being released for Magic Online, Sam Black is here with his first Origins draft to explore the awesome new Limited format we’ll be drafting all summer long!

Legacy: My Top Tier

This week Carsten Kotter takes a look at Legacy’s top tier as a preview to #SCGDC, anticipating what the best decks in the format are and how likely each is to make a significant dent in the Legacy Open’s metagame.

Daily Digest: Thopter Mysteries

The addition of Magic Origins to the Standard card pool has really fleshed out Magic 2015’s artifacts theme, and today’s deck from #SCGCHI focuses on blue and red’s shared appreciation of colorless power cards!

Updating Modern With Magic Origins

Two of Adrian’s favorite Modern decks have potentially gotten key updates with Magic Origins cards, and he prepares them both for the $5K Premier IQ at #SCGRICH this weekend!

Todd VS. Brad: Merfolk VS. Jund

In today’s Versus Video, Todd Anderson and Brad Nelson explore the recent high finishes by Merfolk in Modern by putting it up against a critical nemesis, good old-fashioned Jund.

Todd VS. CVM: Five-Color Rally VS. R/W Aggro

Todd Anderson and Chris VanMeter battle Standard today with the intent of figuring out how good the Five-Color Rally deck is under pressure, so they put it up against another key deck from #SCGCHI to see how it holds up against R/W Aggro!

Shifting Standard: A Look At #SCGCHI

Brian “The Dragonmaster” Kibler takes a look at Standard’s most interesting decks after #SCGCHI, and of course at G/R Devotion with its love for Dragonlord Atarka. Which deck should you choose for #SGRICH and beyond?

Standard Practices

BBD examines the cyclical nature of the Standard metagame as he looks at the #SCGCHI results and predicts what is to follow at #SCGRICH and #PTOrigins over the next few weeks.

Artificer Flavoring

Magic Origins has quite a few interesting legendary creatures to build around for Commander, and Bennie puts Ma and Pa Nalaar to work in this off-the-wall combo machine full of interesting and unexpected outcomes!

Shining A Light On SCG Chicago

Gerard examines eight decks from #SCGCHI that fell just outside of the spotlight’s circle, looking at 17th-24th to discern the broader trends of the Standard metagame for #SCGRICH and #PTOrigins over the next two weeks.

Reacting To SCG Chicago

Hot off of a semifinals appearance at #SCGSCHI, Ross Merriam examines how the Week One Standard metagame matched his expectations and what he thinks are the top decks at the moment.