What is the difference between a good play and a bad one? The answer to that question is far more than just “and then I won,” and being critical of your past plays so you make better ones in the future is a key skill among the best players.
So many people took interest in the Mishra, Artificier Prodigy deck Sheldon played against last week that it just had to present itself here. Commander is a puzzle, and solving for a way to make use of a commander whose ability sounds “bad” in a singleton format is awesome.
Being right is hard, and it is not something you can always control. Bias is just a natural fact of life, and it can get in the way of success. If you want to do well at Magic, don’t try to become more right – try to become less wrong.
Cedric Phillips sits down with Patrick “PSulli” Sullivan to go over the results of #SCGINDY, begin analyzing cards from Magic Origins, and give a shout out to some of Indy’s finest locales for their hospitality.
With only middling results playing Jeskai Aggro at Grand Prix Providence, Todd updates the deck to take a more midrange stance and tests it out as he prepares for the main event at #SCGBALT!
Nourishing Shoal has recently made the Griselbrand/Goryo’s Vengeance archetype in Modern far more interesting, and in today’s video Ari puts Jacob Wilson’s 11th-place decklist from Grand Prix Copenhagen through its paces to prepare you for the $5,000 Modern Premier IQ at #SCGBALT.
Nothing ignites the spark of imagination quite like the possibility of a turn-one planeswalker. Kytheon beats down like The Boss, and Tom has several decks to try him out in.
We saw a whole lot of cards spoiled last night, including some key reprints as well as the last of the five flip-Planeswalkers, Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh!
Gerry looks back to Modern for a moment to examine an intriguing deck from Grand Prix Copenhagen. Do you like Chord of Calling and Restoration Angel? How about Eternal Witness and Kiki-Jiki? All value all the time, plus a sweet combo finish!
In today’s two-player brouhaha, Justin and Stephen battle it out with two different artifact Commanders in a turf war for the mastery of Mirrodin itself!
BBD and Brad battle Standard with a pair of intriguing decks, pitting Naya Dragons against a fast, aggressive Jeskai deck that delivers the beats.
Michael Majors takes an in-depth look at some of the Magic Origins cards spoiled so far, with a mind to start building new decks around key cards that are bound to shift how the Standard metagame plays out – with a few bonus Modern decks too!
Hot off of a ninth-place finish at Grand Prix Charlotte, Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin decided to chase Grand Prix success one more time in Providence with his trusty Abzan Control deck.
For today’s Open Series Spotlight, BBD takes an in-depth look at an intriguing new variation of the multicolor Dragons theme. Kent Ketter’s new deck mixes the Dragons and Megamorph archetypes together, and it needs to be seen to be believed!
Chris VanMeter went with G/R Devotion instead of G/R Dragons this past weekend, and as good as Devotion is, that is not a mistake he intends to make twice.
