Daily Digest: Old School Gruul
The first two-day Standard Open brought us plenty of surprises! GerryT has scoured the results and is here with one of the sweetest ones!

The first two-day Standard Open brought us plenty of surprises! GerryT has scoured the results and is here with one of the sweetest ones!
While Eternal formats have always had a blue skew, Legacy is now a format buried in it. Glenn Jones examines the implications of having a format where blue cards pave most roads to victory.
Fresh off his stellar Invitational performance, Jim Davis celebrates his SCG Players’ Championship invite the only way he knows how: by staying calm and keeping his eye on the prize!
Sheldon Menery is about to embark on his next ambitious Commander project! Join him for a plethora of decklists and his goal to change what the format means to him in the coming year!
With Modern Masters II on the horizon, Brian DeMars is debating just what the role of Modern will be in long-term Magic. Is now the time to start learning the format inside-out? How much will Modern matter in your Magic success in a few years?
CVM struggled mightily at the Invitational, but here, he shares with you how he’s going to get into fighting shape for the goal he’s worked for all year: this weekend’s Players’ Championship!
David McDarby conquered one and all at Portland’s Legacy Open! Read about his journey through the event and what you can do to best prepare for the format going forward!
Great formats are often cyclical, where the strategies stay on a rotating trajectory in order to continually trump one another. It may be time for Standard to revisit one of the first decks to hit the scene, way back at the Pro Tour!
Justin and Stephen return to bring you the Commander madness you know and love! Two new commanders, a new video, and a whole lot of fun await us!
The metagaming has begun, and GerryT has his eye on someone who may be giving the Whip brigade a run for their money! If you’re tired of getting lifelinked out by recurring Hornet Queens, you may want to have a peek!
Whether you’re new to the competitive side of the game or you just can’t seem to find your Magic niche anymore, Mark has a great guide to help you find your way through your deck choices before your next event!
Matt Higgs takes the success of W/U Heroic and examines what makes it work! Check out his piece-by-piece process for evolving the concept and see if his final result looks good for your next event!
Jazal got the cold shoulder while the rest of the Commander 2014 all-stars were hogging the spotlight. It’s time for Sean to give the love and justice due to the most underrated of Commander’s newest additions!
There’s theory and there’s practice. Now that the theorizing is over and we’ve had our mits on the latest Commander set, it’s time to review the good, the bad, and the fun! Abe takes a critical look at what the set has and what the set is missing.
Anthony Lowry is taking Mardu to brave new worlds! If you think you’ve seen every way to play the kill-everything-that-moves Khans clan, think again!