CategoryMagic The Gathering

Daily Digest: Aggro Constellation

An interesting new take on an old deck will always catch GerryT’s eye, and a faster, more aggressive version of the tried-and-true B/G Constellation deck grabbed his attention at #SCGCHI! Check it out for #SCGRICH this weekend!

CEDTalks: Patrick Sullivan

Cedric Phillips sits down with Patrick “PSulli” Sullivan to go over the results of #SCGCHI, discuss Patrick’s trash talking game when playing basketball, and give former SCGLive director, Conor O’Donnell a proper send off.

Video: Bant Company In Modern

After scouring decklist databases and Daily Event statistics, Ari gives a Bant Collected Company deck a try to see how well it stacks up against the field after hearing a claim that it has the highest win percentage among all of the tracked archetypes.

Moving On From Chicago

After failing to innovate for #SCGCHI last weekend, Jim Davis looks at some of the most interesting decks from that event as he prepares for #SCGRICH.

Dark Deal And The New Standard

While Todd played the same deck that won #SCGCHI, G/R Devotion isn’t very fun to play – and the likelihood that the format will evolve for #SCGRICH and beyond is very high. Check out what he’s considering for this weekend and give it a try yourself!

Breaking Serve

Being on the play is great, everyone knows that, but to win an event you’ll have to win a lot of games on the draw. Just by losing a die roll, you’ll have to break serve at least once to win the match… and Tom “The Boss” Ross examines what you can focus on to do that more often.

Daily Digest: Kiki-Kut

The most intriguing combo decks combine two different plans so it is harder to disrupt them, and today’s Modern deck of note mixes Scapeshift’s Valakut kill with Kiki-Pod’s killer infinite combo!

The Most Exciting Deck From SCG Chicago

Michael Majors fell in love immediately with the Rally the Ancestors combo deck from #SCGCHI, and he shares his love – as well as a few alternate builds as we take more metagame information into account – in this week’s article. Check it out in time for #SCGRICH this weekend!

Magic Origins Cards I Was Wrong About

With a few opportunities to play with Magic Origins in both Limited and Standard, Sam Black takes a second look at key cards in the set to re-evaluate their power or utility.

BBD VS. Brad: Grixis Delver VS. Naya Company

For today’s Versus Video, BBD and Brad Nelson battle Modern to explore a pair of interesting decks that are recent $5K Modern Premier IQ winners.

Commander VS: Four-Way Planeswalker Battle

For today’s Commander Versus Video, it’s a battle amidst the planes between Daretti, Freyalise, Ob Nixilis and Teferi. Which Commander will win the Multiverse?

CVM’s Spy Network: #SCGCHI From The Sidelines

This week Chris VanMeter looks at the top decks and final results of the new Standard format’s Week One metagame by digging through an entire weekend’s worth of stories and decklists out of #SCGCHI.

Jeskai Something

Having spent all of Sunday at #SCGCHI trying to battle back from the rear of the pack, GerryT shares his insights on Jeskai in the format and the builds he finds most interesting moving forward from here.

Lessons From The Sidelines: SCG Chicago

Watching at home to get a full view of what happened at #SCGCHI through the coverage and results, Ari takes a round-by-round look as the Week One Magic Origins Standard metagame develops.

Daily Digest: Zoo Control

For today’s Daily Digest, GerryT examines an unusually grindy and controlling take on Wild Nacatl and friends in Legacy. Test it out and maybe give it a whirl this weekend at the $5K Legacy Premier IQ at #SCGRICH!