The Shadows Over Innistrad Experience
How much fun is Magic’s newest set? Chris Lansdell went full-on insomniac to find out! Read about his impressions over the course of his big Prerelease weekend!
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#SCGBALT And Week One Standard
A lot of untuned decks will eliminate strong players from the early #SCGBALT rounds this weekend. So how do you avoid being one of them? Mark Nestico discusses the ways you can avoid providing byes on the first week for Shadows over Innistrad Standard!
Daily Digest: Retracing Loam
What do you get when you combine a Life From the Loam engine with some of the most powerful Modern tempo strategies? You get an excellent rogue contender for #SCGBALT’s Modern Classic!
Crazy Colorless Mana
With all the new Shadows over Innistrad spoilers getting the excitement, it’s easy to forget that there are a lot more Standard cards out there! Adrian talks about the dangerous colorless possibilities hiding behind the new Innistrad hype!
Commander VS: April Fools Edition!
It’s April 1st! That means the Commander crew is ready for laughs, nonsense, and, of course, decks you have to see to believe! Happy April Fools’, everyone!
Daily Digest: The Evolution Of Cheerios
Some of us still look at equipment as a clunky addition to the game. Others, well, a few others can’t imagine the game without it! See the deck that goes all-in on swords, mantles, and living weapons!
Ask A Judge: Shadows Over Innistrad Questions!
Wait. Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy does what to madness cards? How do madness cards interact with the ingest mechanic? Double-faced cards are changing which rules this time around? We need some judges over here!
Ross VS. Majors: Naya Planeswalkers VS. B/W Control
It’s time for the Select kids to get their #SCGBALT testing game on! Both players are going big and bad in their prep for week one. Which one will carry the advantage into next weekend?
The Gitrog Monster In Every Format
Bennie Smith’s amphibian addiction is out of hand! He has brews ready for whatever format you’d like, but they all feature one very large and increasingly famous monster!
Finding Your Core
One of the ways to have a great deck in an early format is to find the deck’s core. SCG Players’ Champion Jim Davis explains the process and what we have on the table for #SCGBALT’s breakout!
Daily Digest: Pauper Pawnshop
If you want to thrive in Pauper, Magic Online’s newest popular format, your time is almost up! Build something for the budget format before the bigger beasts swallow it up! Michael Majors has his latest suggestion here!
Three Up, Three Down
Ross Merriam provides three cards that have been unbelievable in testing, and three cards that have not pulled the weight they promised! Find out what they are before #SCGBALT next week!
The Shadowy Road To #SCGBALT
CVM can’t wait to get his hands on Shadows over Innistrad! #SCGBALT’s Standard debut next weekend begins when we all descend upon the Prerelease this weekend! What cards do you need to make all the difference in your upcoming Standard events? CVM highlights the all-stars!
Shadows Over Innistrad Winners And Losers
A lot of players have sketched out new decks, but few of them have tested to the extent Michael Majors has! See the decks and cards that are doing well, and see the cards the format can live without!
Daily Digest: Master Of The Infinite
Legacy can spawn new archetypes just like every other format. You just have to get a little bit crazy with it! See the latest in Legacy innovation with this new build for #SCGBALT’s Legacy Classic next weekend!