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13 Reasons To Fear The 13/13

Why can’t Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren get any sleep lately? Simple: Emrakul is giving him nightmares! Here he lists the thirteen reasons that The Promised End may be keeping us all up in the future! Run for your lives!

Crossing The Streams: Using Other Games To Get Better At Magic

Sometimes playing more Magic makes you really good, but other times, it’s important to let your brain stretch and broaden its horizons. What has Todd Anderson been doing in his off weekends? He’s been gaming elsewhere, and he’s positive it’s making him a better Magic player!

Gerry VS. Majors: Abzan Company VS. Death’s Shadow

GerryT wants to gain arbitrarily large amounts of life with Abzan Company. Majors wants to put himself and his opponent under Death’s Shadow. Who will win this clash of styles ahead of the Modern Open at #SCGDFW?

The Promised End Of Standard

A 13/13 with a bunch of abilities for thirteen mana? Pass. A 13/13 with a bunch of abilities for ten mana? Not really interesting. But what about seven mana? Six mana? Less? Patrick Chapin delves deep into the anomaly brought to us via Eldritch Moon.

I <3 Emrakul

A lot of players seem sort of down on the latest incarnation of Emrakul. Sam Black isn’t convinced they’re correct. Read about Sam’s ideas for building around the mother of all alien destruction!

Lessons From The Sidelines: #SCGORL

Want to see what a Pro Tour Champion sees when they watch SCGLive coverage? Want to know how Ari Lax sees the #SCGDFW Standard Classic metagame? You’re one click away from being way ahead of the curve!

Video: W/R Humans In Standard

Gerry Thompson may finally be giving up. G/W Tokens may have given him back-to-back Top 8s, but W/R Humans gave Tom Ross back-to-back trophies! Let’s see what Gerry thinks of #SCGDFW’s Classic competition!

Balancing Act: The Life Of A Father Who Plays Pro Magic

Magic used to be a game for college and high school kids, but things have changed. The game has been around long enough now that many of us are fathers and mothers, husbands and wives. Player of the Year Mike Sigrist spent Father’s Day contemplating his unusual career.

Gleaning The Forgotten Mythics

Mythic rares are a strange lot. They are usually very hyped, but sometimes things don’t break their way in Standard. Little did you know that there is a ton of value in underprinted cards, even if they’re underplayed! Chas explains!

Video: Eternal Masters Draft!

See the Draft format that everyone is talking about! Insanely valuable cards, crazy archetypes, and excitement in every pack? Sam Black dives in!

The Boss VS. Todd: Abzan Aristocrats VS. Mardu Midrange

As Meat Loaf sang, “Two out of three ain’t bad.” But where Tom “The Boss” Ross goes green, Todd Anderson is bringing the red! Who will win this clash of wedges ahead of #SCGDFW?

Video: Naya Tokens in Standard

It’s your last chance for Standard tech ahead of #SCGORL and Ari Lax delivers! Check out his Naya Tokens list and watch him take it for a spin through a Magic Online League!

Brad VS. Todd: Naya Planeswalkers VS. U/R Eldrazi

It’s a Standard battle to remember ahead of #SCGORL! Will Brad Nelson and his team of Naya Planeswalkers claim victory, or will the U/R Eldrazi of Todd Anderson annihilate all hope?

Brewtopia

#SCGORL has a Standard main event, a Modern Classic, and a Legacy Classic. GerryT knows you want fresh ideas for all of them, so he’s unleashing the brews! Gather around everyone! The famous Gerry Thompson Notebook is open for all to see!

Your #SCGORL Guide To W/R Humans

Tom Ross is (often) your most recent SCG Tour® winner, and he did it with a deck that is not called G/W Tokens. Can the deck take down another tokens-infested field? The Boss shares how you can make it two in a row for the good guys!