The Ultimate Guide To Aether Revolt Limited
All of Ari Lax’s thoughts on Aether Revolt Limited.
All in one week.
Covering every artifact, every creature, and every combat trick, this is your can’t-miss guide to the Prerelease and beyond!
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The Best Of The Rest
Enough about the trio of banned Standard cards; Brad Nelson’s thinking about the ones Wizards of the Coast left behind! Check out the latest brews from one of the game’s true masters, starting with a certain planeswalker and her remarkably friendly Cat Beast…
U/R Crazy
You might just wind up telling Todd Anderson this week’s article title to his face after you see the Standard brews he’s cooked up! Forget Saheeli Rai and Felidar Guardian. His first brew today is based on…Dynavolt Tower?! Don’t miss this love letter to blue and red in the new Standard!
The Boss VS. Majors: W/B Humans VS. U/G Metalwork Colossus!
We didn’t predict the Standard bannings last week, but luckily for us, neither Tom “The Boss” Ross nor Michael Majors played a single banned card! Check out their takes on W/B Humans and U/G Metalwork Colossus and watch the new-Standard carnage unfold!
Fact Or Fiction: Copy Cats And Fatal Strats
Join a Pro Tour Champion and a Player of the Year as they debate everything surrounding Magic with Aether Revolt! Which perspectives do you most agree and disagree with? Who has earned your vote?
Using Improvise In Standard
Free spells and infinite combos are certainly possible, but that’s not where the format begins and ends! Sam Black is going deeper by taking a look at a mechanic we have a lot of precedent for! How will you use this mechanic to its fullest when SCG heads to Columbus?
The Bans Suck
Everyone agrees that the bans are great and that they did the right thing…right? Wrong! Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren is happy to be the bad guy. Yeah, the two formats probably needed some help, but was this really necessary?
Are You Fans Of The Bans?
Instead of arguing, CVM is all about discussion! Everyone expected something to happen, but nobody expected this! So how do you feel about Standard and Modern now? Chris gives his take and asks for yours!
The Big Implications Of The Ban Announcement
We knew it was coming, but we didn’t know just how big the changes would be! Michael Majors has never been on level one, and he’s looking at these bans with a careful eye in an effort to glean a lot of subtext about future Standard. Read on!
Ross VS. Brad: W/B Aggro VS. Mardu Vehicles!
How messed up would Aether Revolt Standard have been without the triple bannings of Reflector Mage, Smuggler’s Copter, and Emrakul, the Promised End? Ross Merriam and Brad Nelson bring you a Copter-on-Copter battle from the future that was, with Ross’s W/B Aggro taking on Brad’s Mardu Vehicles!
Counters And Colossi In New Kaladesh
Now then, with all of that pressure to beat Emrakul, Copter, and Reflector Mage out of the way, Ross Merriam can crack his knuckles and do some fun stuff! Like seeing how many counters he can possibly put on a single monster. Or like winning the game with a giant robot. See? Magic is great.
Aether Revolt Financial Set Review: Part 1
Wow. What a set! Chas Andres is the closest we’re going to get to the truth: there’s no telling where these cards are going to end up! Tons of them are already fluctuating based on which combos are for real, and it’s all Chas can do to just weather the Aether Revolt storm!
The Combo.
Was Wizards of the Coast trying to break Standard in half, or did it merely succeed? The appearance of Felidar Guardian in the same block as Saheeli Rai has Patrick Chapin wondering what on Earth is going on. He’s seen this movie before, and today he shares his earliest decks that might help you survive the sequel!
Todd VS. Majors: W/G Humans VS. U/W Aetherflux Reservoir!
With Aether Revolt previews complete, it’s time to see the set in action! Todd Anderson has his eye on W/G Humans, while Michael Majors is trying to break U/W Aetherflux Reservoir! Who’ll win this battle of #MTGAER-augmented ideas?
The Bans I Lived Through
The new year is a time of great change, and a lot of players think the scheduled ban announcement will be a huge shift in Modern and/or Standard. CVM has played a long time and thinks its worth looking at the historical precedent!