Reactions To Announcement Week Day 1: Standard’s Future
SCG Editor Danny West reacts to Mark Rosewater kicking off Announcement Week with some huge revelations about Standard’s upcoming changes!

SCG Editor Danny West reacts to Mark Rosewater kicking off Announcement Week with some huge revelations about Standard’s upcoming changes!
Counters Company is all the rage in Modern, and reigning Pro Tour Champion Gerry Thompson is hopping onboard! But he’s not just running the Vizier of Remedies and Devoted Druid combo; Knight of the Reliquary and Retreat to Coralhelm are along for the ride!
Though Collected Company is long gone from Standard, Ross Merriam’s Daily Digest scopes out an Bant energy-themed list that went 5-0 in a Magic Online League and looks like a direct descendant!
In the Metamorphosis 2.0 article, Mark Rosewater lays out the future of Magic’s release structure.
A Momir Vig, Simic Visionary Commander deck? Boring! One with no green creatures in it? Now you’re talking! Bennie Smith serves up an intriguing and creative brew for those who start their games at 40 life!
The SCG Tour Season One points title is within Brennan DeCandio’s grasp! To secure it, though, he must abandon the seemingly solved confines of Standard and confront the wide-open world of Modern for SCG Charlotte!
There’s a new tribal deck in Modern that seemingly sprang up overnight! With lots of Humans to find with Collected Company (and lots of insanely good Magic Online results), it’s little surprise Ross Merriam was intrigued ahead of SCG Charlotte!
A whole week’s worth of announcements, Sam Stoddard’s final Latest Developments, and how is Magic like jazz music?
Got the new-deck blues? Emma Handy is here to help! Most players have trouble switching between decks and archetypes, but advice from an SCG Tour standout who’s planning on playing something new at SCG Charlotte is just a click away!
Commander’s greatest hits has found the hands of the Commander VS crew! This week, they’re cracking it open and battling for your amusement! Enjoy!
Matt Higgs has seen only three cards from Hour of Devastation, but that’s plenty to inspire him to create a trio of tricky decklists taking advantage of Bontu’s Last Reckoning and a pair of new planeswalkers! Which of the new cards has you most excited to brew?
Amonkhet Draft is not known for its build-around cards! Yet today’s first pack offers the tempting possibility of Drake Haven. Can Ryan Saxe take it over two of the format’s best commons? And how will he follow up his first choice? Have you opened this card? Is it a bomb, or is it a trap?
The Pro Tour Hall of Fame selection process goes through some changes, and The Professor reviews Commander Anthology.
SCG Baltimore and Grand Prix Omaha champion Brad Nelson talks with SCG Editor Danny West about the back-to-back trophies, the power of family, and where he goes from here!
JDB is switching it up! Today he presents a fiendish puzzle based on Magic card names. Fire up that SCG card search, because you’re going to need it!