Reid Duke shares how working together with Patrick Chapin on a Grixis Control deck helped him place in the top 50 at Pro Tour Dark Ascension. Find out if Grixis Control is the right deck to play at StarCityGames.com Open: Memphis.
Ali Aintrazi learned some valuable information about the metagame at PT Dark Ascension. Read about two decks that he thinks are best for Standard right now: U/B Zombies and a new Four-Color Heartless brew.
Ari Lax breaks down what the best type of deck is for local events, PTQs, Grand Prix, and Pro Tours. Also find Ari’s suggested list to play at either Grand Prix Baltimore or StarCityGames.com Open: Memphis.
Jeremy Neeman sided into a 40 Forest-Lost in the Woods deck in the final round of draft one at Pro Tour Dark Ascension. He discusses all the percentages one needs to know in order to pull this strategy off. Are you baller enough?
Sam Black’s Esper Spirits deck broke PT Dark Ascension. He goes over the testing process, and all the decks he considered playing. Consider playing Esper Spirits at StarCityGames.com Open: Memphis this weekend.
What was the most played deck at Pro Tour Dark Ascension? Humans! Marijn Lybaert goes over why he chose to go with the masses and details a sideboard plan for SCG Open: Memphis this weekend.
What are currently the best decks in Standard? Patrick Chapin finds out by analyzing the results from Pro Tour Dark Ascension and StarCityGames.com Open: Charlotte in his 300th article.
Brad Nelson’s back from Hawaii. He discusses the big decks to come out of Pro Tour Dark Ascension and recommends U/B Control for this weekend. Against Ramp and Spirits, could U/B Control be the perfect counter?
The Dragonmaster has become the Huntmaster. Brian Kibler writes about everything that led up to his Pro Tour win last weekend, the foreshadowing before the big event. Read how he prepared for Dark Ascension Standard.
There are many roads to the Pro Tour—but statistically, which of these players tend to do the best? Is it the Hall of Famers? The GP grinders? How did the Planeswalker Points crew do overall? Mike Flores crunches the numbers.
Gerry Thompson put up his best finish yet at Pro Tour Dark Ascension. Find out how his Esper Spirits deck helped him book a ticket to Barcelona, and how it can help you find similar success in Standard.
Known online as haiSOOOOdesu, Marco Orsini Jones is a UK player who’s seen a lot of success with Caw-Blade on Magic Online, Top 8ing the first two PTQs of the season. He’s adopted his deck for GP Lincoln and shares all its secrets.
Ari Lax describes his testing sequence, archetype by archetype. If you want to know what testing for a big event entails, check this article out, and get the scoop on the Standard format for Charlotte this weekend.
Drew Levin finishes his discourse on Legacy, going color by color through the format. Which cards should see more play, and which cards should you leave by the wayside?
Alex West talks about the evolution of his Pro Tour deck, from UWR Burning Vengeance to a more Reanimator style with Elesh Norn, Unburial Rites, and of course…Faithless Looting. Try it out at the Charlotte Open this weekend!
