BBD VS. CVM: Jeskai Swans VS. Jund
Grand Prix Charlotte is this weekend, and this battle between BBD and CVM is trying out both something old and something new in order to prepare for it!
CategoryMagic The Gathering
The Season Two Invitational And The State Of Modern
Brian reflects on what could have been at the Season Two Invitational – and what Modern could be with just a little more careful maintenance of the format to remove the cards that enable long-standing degenerate issues in the format.
Bant Company For Charlotte
Brian has been hard at work building Collected Company decks around an honest green-and-white-creatures shell, and he presents his latest build just in time for Grand Prix Charlotte!
Grixis In Modern: Play What You Want!
Gerard switched decks in the week before the Season Two Invitational and he’s here to tell you why – and the changes he’s making for this weekend’s Grand Prix Charlotte!
Daily Digest: Building A Better Storm
Legacy decks often update with fair regularity as new sets release and the format shifts… but Gerry has found an archetype that hasn’t budged much in years, and he wonders what a new take on it might look like.
Video: Grixis Command In Modern
Kolaghan’s Command has been breaking out all across Modern, and Sam pushes it to its logical extreme in this Grixis Control shell.
Video: Infect In Modern
If big-mana decks like Tron and Amulet Bloom are going to continue dominating Modern, their weakness might be against decks like Infect that just don’t give them any time. Ari tests that theory in today’s video!
G/R Devotion At The Invitational
Brad stumbled upon G/R Devotion again in a roundabout way, then realized he’d found the perfect deck for the Season Two Invitational. Read all about it here, and what you need to do to bring it to your next Standard event!
Daily Digest: Utopia Sprawl Is Taking Over Modern, Part 3
Gerry continues his search for interesting facets of the Modern metagame, and he’s unearthed a pretty sweet Bant brew that you might want to check out before this weekend’s Grand Prix Charlotte!
Flash In The Pan
Jim looks back on the Season Two Invitational to explore just how complicated the Standard metagame is right now, and where Modern stands in its current iteration.
Grand Prix Charlotte: 1 Day Out! GP Coverage
The GP Charlotte festivities kick off Friday, June 12! Meet the coverage personalities who will be on-hand at the Grand Prix and how you can enjoy the #GPCharlotte action wherever you are!
A Twin Epiphany In Columbus
Ross Merriam has a lot of experience with Splinter Twin decks in Modern, so he didn’t really expect to learn something new when he picked up Grixis Twin for the Season Two Invitational. What he learned surprised him, and he shares his insights in time for Grand Prix Charlotte.
Do-Over Project: The Anti-Hug
Everyone knows Phelddagrif is the “hug” commander, but Sheldon’s version of hugging hurts. His new Hippo deck focuses on stopping the love, not spreading it.
Understanding Blue In Modern
While Grixis it the “hot” color combination for Twin decks these days, Todd has had a lot of success with Temur Twin – and he shares the format fundamentals that are behind both his build and his wins.
Open Series Spotlight: Merfolk
Merfolk was not a deck that was on anyone’s radar for the Season Two Invitational, but Brad Nelson takes the list piloted to a Top 4 finish by Richard Adams through its paces in this week’s Open Series Spotlight!