Standard Practices
BBD examines the cyclical nature of the Standard metagame as he looks at the #SCGCHI results and predicts what is to follow at #SCGRICH and #PTOrigins over the next few weeks.
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Video: Bant Company In Modern
After scouring decklist databases and Daily Event statistics, Ari gives a Bant Collected Company deck a try to see how well it stacks up against the field after hearing a claim that it has the highest win percentage among all of the tracked archetypes.
Dark Deal And The New Standard
While Todd played the same deck that won #SCGCHI, G/R Devotion isn’t very fun to play – and the likelihood that the format will evolve for #SCGRICH and beyond is very high. Check out what he’s considering for this weekend and give it a try yourself!
Breaking Serve
Being on the play is great, everyone knows that, but to win an event you’ll have to win a lot of games on the draw. Just by losing a die roll, you’ll have to break serve at least once to win the match… and Tom “The Boss” Ross examines what you can focus on to do that more often.
Magic Origins Cards I Was Wrong About
With a few opportunities to play with Magic Origins in both Limited and Standard, Sam Black takes a second look at key cards in the set to re-evaluate their power or utility.
BBD VS. Brad: Grixis Delver VS. Naya Company
For today’s Versus Video, BBD and Brad Nelson battle Modern to explore a pair of interesting decks that are recent $5K Modern Premier IQ winners.
Jeskai Something
Having spent all of Sunday at #SCGCHI trying to battle back from the rear of the pack, GerryT shares his insights on Jeskai in the format and the builds he finds most interesting moving forward from here.
Lessons From The Sidelines: SCG Chicago
Watching at home to get a full view of what happened at #SCGCHI through the coverage and results, Ari takes a round-by-round look as the Week One Magic Origins Standard metagame develops.
The Hall of Fame
After actually asking to get taken off of the nominating committee this year, Gary Wise found out he still had a vote for the 2015 Hall of Fame – and with great power comes great responsibility.
Tuning And Beating Abzan In Standard
Siege Rhino is a heck of a card, and this week’s results at #SCGCHI still suggest it is a top contender in Standard even though another deck stormed the Top Eight. Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren examines how to build, play, and mulligan with Abzan in time for #SCGRICH!
Still Devoted: My SCG Chicago Experience
Brad Nelson has gone so far as to call G/R Devotion “The Fun Police,” as in “this is the reason you can’t just play whatever you want in Standard.” So it comes as no surprise that he and his squad played it at #SCGCHI – or that they did very well for themselves.
Video: Sultai Death’s Shadow In Legacy
In today’s video, GerryT looks at an unusual Delver build from a Grand Prix Trial at GP Lille, testing out Death’s Shadow in Legacy as an efficient tempo threat in this low-curve aggro/tempo build.
Todd VS. BBD: Grixis Control VS. Abzan Company
For today’s Versus Video, Todd and BBD battle Modern as they test out some of the format’s more powerful new decks. Check them out in time for the $5K Premier IQ at #SCGRICH this weekend!
Jace, Nissa, And Thopter Spy Network
With the first major results in at #SGCHI this weekend, Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin breaks down the top decks from that event and what we can expect of the format going forward to #SCGRICH this weekend and Pro Tour Magic Origins!
Magic Origins In Limited
Brian “The Dragonmaster” Kibler unpacks his Magic Origins Prerelease experience, looking back again at the Limited format now that we’ve all had the chance to play with the cards a little and figuring out what makes it tick.