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Another Look At The Recent Standard Bannings

Celebrating a little format diversity is good and all, but the new philosophy on Standard bans goes a lot further than that. Jeff Cunningham isn’t a base-level thinker, and he believes this new era deserves a little more scrutiny.

Intimidating Intimations

Matt Higgs can’t resist: He is going to try to craft himself a Cruel Ultimatum, and he can’t wait for more sets to do it! He’s going to work on Standard and Modern this week!

Draft Digest: Banding

Ryan Saxe heard you loud and clear: you want more picks from deeper packs! Today he explores some counterintuitive picks with the potential to unlock a devastating Limited deck!

Other People’s Commander Decks: Hamlet

Now and again, Sheldon shines a light on some of the cool decks he encounters in the Commander community! This week, he has a destructive list of Shakespearean magnitude!

Split Second – February 9, 2016

Nationals are back, World Magic Cup Qualifiers are out, and Pro Tour Qualifiers on Grand Prix Sundays.

SCG Baltimore FAQ!

SCG Baltimore is a team event, which brings some interesting questions! Cedric Phillips explains all here!

More From The Tour!

There were plenty of other interesting (and good) Standard builds lurking just out of sight last weekend. It’s Chris Lansdell’s job to bring them into the spotlight!

Commander VS: Core Set Challenge!

Core Sets. Legendary creatures. Spoiler: Suarez is bemused, Green is giggly, Noell is low-key, and Parnell wants nothing more than for his misery to end. It’s Commander VS, ladies and gentlemen!

Daily Digest: The Power Of Zendikar Draft (In Modern)

SCG Regionals has shown us a lot of just how great Modern is at the moment! You can play what you want! Just make sure it’s at least as fast as this deck! Which might be a challenge, after all…

Split Second – February 8, 2017

The Magic Story Podcast takes over, Seiben talks Baral vs Chandra, and Commander action abounds!

How Has Modern Changed?

A few seemingly small bans have made Modern a whole different animal it seems! Todd Stevens tries to make sense of the SCG Regionals Modern results!

Shifting Gears To Beat Mardu Vehicles

Mardu Vehicles, seemingly left behind by the banning of Smuggler’s Copter, came roaring back at Pro Tour Aether Revolt! Jadine Klomparens explores how to beat it and puts her work into practice with two decklists!

The Doctor, The Monkey, And The Pirate Queen

When a doctor’s fever-dream proves all too real, he finds himself the prisoner of an adolescent pirate queen and her goggles-wearing monkey.

Draft Digest: By Popular Demand!

Ryan Saxe isn’t stopping at two picks in the first pack! Today he also explores a second-pack dilemma that illustrates how card values can change based on your deck’s needs!

Split Second – February 7, 2017

The Magic Online Championship shows it’s lineup, The Professor and Wedge hit Vegas, and a possible release time for Magic Digital Next?