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Abzan Aggro Is The Best Deck

Abzan Aggro was top dog at the last major event, but Standard has proven to be very dynamic and we can’t be sure there is more metagame shifting yet to come. As the current best deck, what can we do to prepare for those changes and still thrive?

The BBD-Bag: Remix Edition

You’ve got questions, he has answers. Find out about how to shake off tilt, how to sideboard properly, why mind tricks are for other mages and why Abzan Aggro is awesome! BBD is here for you!

Video: Modern Masters Draft

Join Shaun McLaren as he prepares for the World Championships with this Modern Masters 2015 draft video!

Sacrifices

What costs have to be paid to accomplish your goals? What do you have to give up along the way? What do you feed your Nantuko Husk for fun and profit? Ari answers all of these questions and more as he prepares for the World Championships this weekend.

Judge Foil Finance

Magic finance is a complicated thing, especially once we start getting into premium products with small printings. That makes judge foils some of the most difficult items to price – but also some of the most lucrative cards to invest in for the savvy speculator.

Todd VS. BBD: Jeskai Aggro VS. Abzan Control

Todd and BBD battle in preparation for the Season Three Invitational this weekend and no matchup catches their attention with Standard’s recent trends more than Jeskai Aggro versus Abzan Control. Both show promise against the format’s top decks, but which one wins in a fight between the two?

Video: Sultai Reanimator In Standard

With the Season Three Invitational right around the corner, GerryT takes a look at one of the more unusual options in front of him as he explores Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy in a Sultai Whip shell!

Hanging With Hangarback

With Hangarback Walker appearing to dominate Standard as the most versatile card in every deck, it’s not enough to just join them these days – you have to know how to beat them, too.

Todd VS. Brad: Infect VS. Grixis Control

#SCGCHAR is a big weekend for Modern as the first large-scale event since Magic Origins was added to the format. Join Brad and Todd as they prepare for that event by battling with two of Modern’s most important decks right now!

Taming Dragons In London

Brad is back from London with a plethora of experiences that all need to be processed in order to figure out what to do next with the Standard metagame, but he thinks he has the beginnings of an answer for how to fight this latest shift of the format’s top decks…

Video: Abzan Constellation In Standard

With the recent metagame shift in favor of Abzan Aggro and Hangarback Walkers everywhere, Sam Black reprises a deck from Pro Tours past to build a big Devotion-themed Abzan Constellation deck and win all creature matchups.

Video: Naya Company In Modern

With #SCGCHAR bringing Modern back to the forefront of the Open Series this weekend, Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax explores the shifting Modern metagame with a sweet Naya beatdown deck.

How To Sideboard With Bant Heroic

Tom “The Boss” Ross has been playing Heroic in one form or another for most of the season, and he’s well-prepared to stay on top of Standard’s ever-shifting metagame. Catch his updates to the Bant Heroic archetype as well as his sideboarding advice to win each matchup!

Video: Bant Heroic In Standard

Todd Anderson has been on the Heroic train for some time now, and following up on his Top Sixteen finish at Grand Prix London he presents the deck in a video walkthrough. Watch and learn the intimate details of how he’s consistently put up top results with the deck!

Magic Origins In Modern

We’ve seen how Magic Origins greatly shifted around the Standard format, but it’s doing the same to Modern too, just without us looking as closely at it. Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin checks in on the format to see where it’s at ahead of its return at Worlds next weekend.