My Concerns With Where Magic Arena Is Headed
Magic Pro League member Brad Nelson is excited, hopeful, and, yes, a little bit worried about the competitive future on Magic Arena. Just remember: he wouldn’t worry if he didn’t care!

Magic Pro League member Brad Nelson is excited, hopeful, and, yes, a little bit worried about the competitive future on Magic Arena. Just remember: he wouldn’t worry if he didn’t care!
Jeff Carr lit up SCG Baltimore with a personal 16-0 record in the Modern seat! Today he discusses the Mono-Red Phoenix deck he used, matchups and sideboarding, and his latest changes!
Ross Merriam pioneered Izzet Phoenix, but his firebird fledgling has left the nest and is trying on new colors! Today Ross explores whether splashing white, black, or green makes sense in this Modern metagame!
If you weren’t paying attention to Mono-Blue Aggro in Standard, the SCG Dallas results should be your wake-up call! Ari Lax shares major decks’ gameplans against the monocolored menace!
Bold words, but Chas Andres is ready to back them up! Why does our resident finance master think a boom is just around the corner? Plus, This Week’s Trends!
Places, everyone! Judith, the Scourge Diva is arriving fashionably late to SCG Dallas, and GerryT is here to make sure everything is perfect for her Standard arrival!
Liz Lynn locked down her first Open trophy in the Legacy seat at SCG Baltimore! Today she discusses her Dimir Death’s Shadow deck and how subtle changes make a big difference, plus sideboarding strategies!
Unbreakable Formation has more than meets the eye! So much more, in fact, that Tom Ross is doing all he can to break the card. He starts with Mono-White Aggro, but he ends with … well, you will have to read it to believe it!
Which Standard deck will come out on top in Cowtown? Brad Nelson has the decks he can’t recommend, the decks he can’t fault you for, and the decks he can see taking it all!
Bryan Gottlieb is back from the booth, and he has a lot to say about what he saw last weekend! Going into SCG Dallas, who are Standard’s contenders, and who are the pretenders?
Ryan Overturf took home one-third of the Team Constructed Open trophies at SCG Baltimore! Today he shines a light on his teammates, their decks, and how their united strength helped them to the title.
Azorius Aggro was the winning Standard deck at SCG Baltimore, and Andrew Elenbogen had a hand in it! Today he rebuilds the deck from top to bottom, just in time for SCG Dallas!
Sam Black hasn’t given up on breaking Ravnica Allegiance Standard! As the metagame solidifies, he’s still brewing, and he shares a few of his most promising builds here!
After SCG Baltimore, the Standard metagame has clear targets, and The Innovator is taking aim! He examines top-performing lists for the weekend and finds a key idea for attacking the metagame at SCG Dallas!
When the rest of the field wants to play big, slow decks, the conditions are perfect for aggro to take the crown! Ross Merriam examines three Standard decks that could put a speedy end to SCG Dallas!