Nissa, Vastwood Seer
While all five of the flip-Planeswalkers from Magic Origins are exciting, Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin is particularly intrigued by the deeper potential to be found in Nissa, Vastwood Seer.
CategoryMagic The Gathering
Todd VS. BBD: Jeskai Tokens VS. Abzan Control
Todd and BBD begin battling with Magic Origins, showcasing the power of a few new cards as they update key archetypes from the last Standard format in search of the new best deck!
Twist’N’Tutor
With Magic Origins taking great effort to hearken back to Magic’s oldest days with a few of its cards, Carsten just has to explore how Eternal formats might use these newest analogues to broken restricted Vintage cards.
Daily Financial Value Of Magic Origins – June 29th
We’re just a few days away from (probably) having the full Magic Origins spoiler, but as of today’s update we know all but one Mythic and all but twenty Rares – check out Ben’s analysis of everything we learned over this weekend!
A First Look At Magic Origins
Magic Origins is proving to be both a flavorful and powerful set, and there are even a few potent Dragons for the Dragonmaster himself. Check inside for Brian’s first thoughts about the set and its iconic Planeswalkers!
Video: Four Color Ghostway In Modern!
Sam Black is well-known for his synergistic small-creature decks that generate incremental advantage, and this four-color Ghostway deck is right up his alley. Try it out this weekend at #SCGBALT’s $5,000 Modern Premier IQ!
Video: Abzan Aggro In Standard!
There has been a huge surge in G/R decks in recent weeks, but as powerful as they are, all of them tend to have Abzan Aggro as a potential bad matchup. Brian beats down to prepare for #SCGBALT, check it out and give Abzan Aggro a try!
BBD VS. CVM: Bant Megamorph VS. G/B Dragons
This past weekend really shook up the Standard format, and for today’s Versus Video BBD and CVM battle with two of that event’s breakthrough decks, Bant Megamorph and G/B Dragons, to prepare for #SCGBALT this weekend!
Brad VS. The Boss: Abzan Control VS. Abzan Midrange
An intriguing new take on Abzan just won an MTGO PTQ, and to figure out how good it is, Brad Nelson and Tom “The Boss” Ross set it up in the Abzan mirror against a more dedicated control build. Is this the deck you should be playing at #SCGBALT? Find out inside!
When I Get That Feeling, I Need Heretical Healing
Bennie is all for Liliana, Heretical Healer, and to show his devotion to his favorite Defiant Necromancer he’s building around her in both Standard and Commander!
Daily Digest: Attacking A New Resource
A dedicated land destruction deck is one of the most frustrating archetypes to face off against, which makes today’s deck the ultimate in Modern griefer strategies.
Aiming Your Control Deck
If you want to win with your control deck, you had better know what you’re controlling. If you’re a fan of U/B Control, Adrian shares his latest build for #SCGBALT… as well as looking in detail at the deck’s progression over the past six months.
Standard Sultai, Origins Spoilers & A New Brew? Oh Yeah!
Gerard is a huge fan of control decks, and he looks at how Magic Origins shifts things for his favored archetype as well as what he’s planning to play at #SCGBALT this weekend.
Daily Financial Value Of Magic Origins – June 26th
Goblin Piledriver! We get three months of Piledriver + Rabblemaster in Standard, and forever in Modern. That shakes things up considerably for Magic Origins, don’t you think?
Daily Digest: Standard Zoo
Standard has turned out to be quite an aggressive format in recent weeks, and the potential for it to stay aggressive is stronger than we may realize. Give this Naya Zoo deck a try before #SCGBALT this weekend!