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Dear Azami: Reconciling Differences

What do you do when you have two decks you’re only having half as much fun with as you used to? Combine them into one new deck and have even more fun than ever before! Jess answers the call to marry a reader’s Animar, Soul of Elements to Karn, Silver Golem!

Fire Isn’t Always Red

Matt Higgs breaks down his Magic Origins prerelease, including multiple different builds he tried over the course of his event, as well as takes a quick peek at the future of Standard with a Heroic Red deck for #SCGCHI!

Brewing For Week One Of Magic Origins

There is nothing quite like the first week of a new Standard format, and Mark Nestico is super excited for #SCGCHI this weekend. He explores both extremes of the format, mono-red and U/W, in search of the perfect Week One deck.

Fact Or Fiction: Banning Nothing In Modern Was Correct

Join Michael Majors and Ross Merriam for our latest installment of SCG’s latest debate series! They discuss the #MTGHOF, yesterday’s Banned and Restricted announcements, Magic Origins and more!

Seeing Stars

Anthony Lowry loves Chandra, but today’s 75 is not about the Fire of Kaladesh – in fact, there’s nary a red card to be found. Check out his pair of decklists featuring Starfield of Nyx and test ’em out for #SCGCHI this weekend!

Daily Digest: Kutting Up The Competition

In today’s Daily Digest, Gerry looks at a few efforts to focus more on Primeval Titan instead of Scapeshift.

Origins Brew Review

Carsten Kotter is here to share his multi-format look at Magic Origins, going through the set for playable cards in Modern, Vintage, and Legacy as well as intriguing cards for Standard.

From Liliana With Love

Continuing on his deckbuilding romp through the Magic Origins flip-Planeswalkers, today Abe Sargent shows his love for Liliana, Heretical Healer by bringing her a shambling horde of Zombies eager for brains.

Daily Digest: Behold, The Tribrid

Mashing two decks together gets you a hybrid – so mashing three decks together deserves its own special name too, right? And speaking of special, the number of different ways this deck pressures you and might just kill you is pretty darn special.

BBD VS. CVM: Mono-Black Midrange VS. U/W Devotion

It’s time to get testing Magic Origins Standard in today’s Versus Video and put some of those new cards to work. Check it out as BBD and CVM crash two new archetypes into each other!

Magic Origins Prerelease: Seven Tips for Beginners And Experienced Players Alike

With the Magic Origins Prerelease this weekend, Gerard Fabiano has some key tips for the event – from fundamental basics to the contours of Origins Limited, Gerard is here to help you out!

Seer And Sage

Bennie was bound to love Nissa, Deepwood Sage at first sight, so much to the surprise of absolutely no one he’s hoping to crack her at the Magic Origins Prerelease this weekend and put her at the helm of this brand-new Commander deck!

The Stats On The Magic Hall Of Fame

Adrian Sullivan crunches some serious numbers on this year’s Hall of Fame candidates and compares them to each inductee in the year they were voted into the Hall in order to inform his own ballot.

Magic Origins Set Review For Commander

For the 300th edition of Embracing The Chaos, Sheldon takes an in-depth look at Magic Origins with his quarterly set review. This set is pretty chock-full of awesome Commander cards!

Daily Digest: Next Level Tron

Tron is one of those Modern archetypes that doesn’t shift very much, and it’s hard to find a new angle of attack either with it or against it. Today’s deck of note has managed to find a compelling argument for a different build – check it out!