Introducing Ghostfire Affinity
Brian DeMars has been working on a much-discussed archetype update featuring an innocuous Khans of Tarkir rare! See his latest build of the deck and try it out at the $5,000 Premier IQ at #SCGWOR!
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Daily Digest: Enter Sultabzan
Two colors versus three colors is the hot debate at the moment, and the Pro Tour gave us a lot of insight. Some are ignoring all of that insight and to great success. GerryT, what #SCGWOR candidate do you have for us today?
Building For Endgames
Glenn Jones saw his theories put into practice during the Pro Tour! Read about the different ways current Standard decks align and take advantage of one another and how important it is for you to understand those dynamics before #SCGWOR!
Dear Azami: Upgrade Complete!
There are so many new great cards lying around for Standard these days, why not use them for Commander too? Jess overhauls an Abzan classic with a modern touch in this week’s Dear Azami!
It’s Quite Easy Being Green
Matt Higgs is happy to be in the golden years of creatures and lifegain and midrange! See the new spruce-colored brews he has going to try to push green decks to the limit before #SCGWOR!
Impossible Commander #5: The Akuta Problem
There’s nothing more fun for a Commander diehard than brewing up crazy new decks! Great ideas can come in unlikely places, and today, Abe continues his series on those commanders that just don’t get enough love!
Making Statements
Anthony Lowry reacts to the post-Pro Tour metagame and shares how he will adjust. Is this the format we’ve been wanting? He then discusses Jeskai Ascendancy in Modern and what you can do to get ahead of it during the $5,000 Modern Premier IQ at #SCGWOR!
Stealing From Starcraft
Carsten Kotter knows Magic theory looking at itself only goes so far. Here, he pays tribute to other games that have Magic fundamentals to teach us, and he applies these theories to common Eternal format decks! Check out his work before #SCGWOR!
Daily Digest: Unwritten Abzan
The Pro Tour metagame is in the books, and the previous level kids will be copying decklists all week long. GerryT is here to show you one world class player who is already one step ahead! Try this one to get a jump on the metagame at #SCGWOR!
Sullivan Library: An Adrian Sullivan Origin Story
Pro Tour weekends are some of the best times to look back and think about how far the game has come. Whether you’re new to the game and don’t know about the old days, or you’re an old-timer that wants to see some names you haven’t in a while, come sit down beside Adrian Sullivan and reflect.
Dusting Off My Evil Laugh
With SCG States coming up, Bennie Smith has an evil brew that is destined to take down the good guys on the other side of your match table! There could be better decks in the format, but this has to be one of the most fun that is still capable of being highly competitive!
BBD VS. CVM: Jeskai Tempo VS. G/B Devotion
These decks showed their merit during the first Open Series weekend. See two of the best Standard ringers around test them for SCG States!
Esper for Autumn States
GFabs listened to the people and he piloted Esper Control at #SCGNJ! He describes his lessons from the event and proposes a new list for #SCGStates this weekend!
Daily Digest: Is It Worth The Splash?
GerryT has brewed four-color decks before, but is that acceptable if Khans of Tarkir demands we play three? One Magic Online user thinks a fourth color is perfectly okay in moderation. Check out the new brew here!
Standard Fun with Khans
A new set and rotation have Michael Martin brewing harder than Milwaukee! From a Jeskai Tempo tweak to the wildest five-color legendary-Planeswalker deck this side of the Mississippi River, Michael’s sure to get you inspired ahead of #SCGStates!