Oh The Humanity
Gene Richtsmeier has been playing with Humans in both Standard and Legacy lately. Read on to see if you should fight on Humanity’s side at SCG Open Series: Kansas City this coming weekend.

Gene Richtsmeier has been playing with Humans in both Standard and Legacy lately. Read on to see if you should fight on Humanity’s side at SCG Open Series: Kansas City this coming weekend.
In this episode of In Contention, the official podcast of the SCG Open Series, Reuben, Joey, and Kranny discuss SCG Open: Washington, DC and Standard with special guest, Brian Braun-Duin!
John Dale Beety provides an overview of the flavor, characters, and storylines from the original Ravnica block so we can be prepared for Return to Ravnica this fall.
This week Sheldon features a Mono Red Commander deck with Marton Stromgald as its general that was designed by MTGSalvation forum moderator Brian "ISBPathfinder" Hanson.
Brian DeMars stumbled upon a Planechase card that inspired him to build a deck around it: Shardless Agent. He recommends giving his Shardless BUG Control deck a try at the SCG Legacy Open in Kansas City.
Jesse Smith has been working on a new Standard brew that’s centered on Thragtusk and planeswalkers: Bant Midrange. See if this is the direction you’d like to go in for SCG Open Series: Kansas City this weekend.
Marc Eric Vogt is a German Magic player who recently got ninth place at GP Ghent with U/W Miracles. Read his tournament report to see if this miracle-based deck is something you’d like to try at the SCG Legacy Open in Kansas City.
If you want to be prepared for the Standard metagame at SCG Open Series: Kansas City, don’t miss Michael Hetrick’s analysis of the numbers from the SCG Standard Opens in St. Louis and Las Vegas.
Trying to figure out what deck to play at the SCG Standard Open in Kansas City this weekend? Then watch as Todd playtests with U/W/R Delver on Magic Online.
Check out Ben Snyder’s interview with Eric Klug, one of the Magic community’s premier card alterists who can sometimes be found at StarCityGames.com Open Series events.
Since Sean wanted to explore more with the theme of +1/+1 counters, this week he builds himself an unexpected Commander deck with Chorus of the Conclave as its general.
Usman Jamil talks about the cards that were added to the Magic Online Cube with the release of Avacyn Restored and provides some suggestions for changes they can make to the cube in the future.
Learn about the current state of Standard after this past weekend’s SCG Standard Open in Washington, DC from Valeriy Shunkov so you can be ready for the format at SCG Open Series: Kansas City.
AJ tells you how he did last week at FNM with Mono-Green Aggro and why he thinks it might be a real contender in Standard at this weekend’s SCG Open Series in Washington, DC.
Bennie’s super-stoked to be attending the SCG Open Series in Washington, DC this weekend! See what decks he’s planning on playing in Standard and Legacy and tell him what you think in the comments.