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Jace, Chandra, And Synergy

Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy has started to have some serious breakout performances, but Chris Lansdell thinks that Chandra’s time can’t be very far behind. Synergy is key with both of these flip-Walkers, and Chris explores what makes them both tick.

My Own Tragic Arrogance

The second week of Magic Origins Standard has seen some huge metagame developments, and Mark Nestico tries to get ahead of the shifts in time for #SCGRegionals this weekend by picking just the right deck.

Daily Digest: Look To The Stars

Constellation decks have always been exciting, just chock full of card advantage and multiple enters-the-battlefield triggers, and today’s deck from the Top Eight of #SCGRICH showcases the best of what Constellation has to offer us.

So Orzhov It Hurts

While more than a few Magic Origins cards have earned their time in the spotlight at this point, Matt Higgs thinks there’s room for one more: can Tainted Remedy take on the Standard format? Matt is determined to find out!

Dear Azami: Cutting Down

This week on Dear Azami, Jess takes on a reader’s overflowing Prime Speaker Zegana deck – there are so many good options available that this week’s reader couldn’t choose just 99!

Origins In The Commander Cube

As fun as Commander is, it’s more fun if you’re Cube Drafting too while you play it! Abe Sargent takes a look at Magic Origins to update his Commander Cube, picking the best cards for each key archetype’s needs.

Daily Digest: Rallying Back

After #SCGCHI, a lot of people were scratching their heads about the Rally the Ancestors deck, wondering whether it was any good or not. After this weekend’s tournament win for a Rally deck at #SCGRICH, it appears we have our answer.

Lowry’s Lists: SCG Regionals

With this weekend’s #SCGRegionals right in his own backyard, Anthony Lowry is excited – both for the event and the plethora of great options he’s got brewing up for Standard this weekend!

Legacy: My Top Tier

This week Carsten Kotter takes a look at Legacy’s top tier as a preview to #SCGDC, anticipating what the best decks in the format are and how likely each is to make a significant dent in the Legacy Open’s metagame.

Daily Digest: Thopter Mysteries

The addition of Magic Origins to the Standard card pool has really fleshed out Magic 2015’s artifacts theme, and today’s deck from #SCGCHI focuses on blue and red’s shared appreciation of colorless power cards!

Updating Modern With Magic Origins

Two of Adrian’s favorite Modern decks have potentially gotten key updates with Magic Origins cards, and he prepares them both for the $5K Premier IQ at #SCGRICH this weekend!

Todd VS. CVM: Five-Color Rally VS. R/W Aggro

Todd Anderson and Chris VanMeter battle Standard today with the intent of figuring out how good the Five-Color Rally deck is under pressure, so they put it up against another key deck from #SCGCHI to see how it holds up against R/W Aggro!

Artificer Flavoring

Magic Origins has quite a few interesting legendary creatures to build around for Commander, and Bennie puts Ma and Pa Nalaar to work in this off-the-wall combo machine full of interesting and unexpected outcomes!

Shining A Light On SCG Chicago

Gerard examines eight decks from #SCGCHI that fell just outside of the spotlight’s circle, looking at 17th-24th to discern the broader trends of the Standard metagame for #SCGRICH and #PTOrigins over the next two weeks.

Reacting To SCG Chicago

Hot off of a semifinals appearance at #SCGSCHI, Ross Merriam examines how the Week One Standard metagame matched his expectations and what he thinks are the top decks at the moment.