What new toys is Avacyn Restored giving to Birthing Pod? SCG Standard Open in Indianapolis champion and Pod aficionado Dayv Doberne evaluates potential new cards for the strategy and suggests a starting point for Pod decks in the new format.
Ryan Schwenk is an American Magic player who currently lives in Nagoya, Japan. Being actively involved in the Standard Magic scene there, today he shares with you the current Standard metagame as he sees it in Nagoya.
Check out Sheldon Menery’s exclusive interview with Ruhan of the Fomori. Find out more about the popular commander that Sheldon played with in his play-by-play article last week.
Alex Ullman, who was a part of the Community Team that won the 2009 Community Cup Challenge, goes through White Weenie’s evolution in Pauper. Find out how you can succeed with this cheap to build Pauper deck.
Dan Barrett takes a look at 50 of the best performing rogue lists from the Modern PTQ season, showing it really is a format where you can play anything you want to at all! Try one out at your next Modern event.
Tired of playing the same old Standard decks? Then check out what dedicated deckbuilder Jesse Smith has been brewing up with new cards from Avacyn Restored! Get in on his state of the art technology.
What’s going to be the deck to beat in Standard after Avacyn Restored is released? Two-time SCG Standard Open Top 8 competitor Larry Swasey thinks it will be ramp. Read as he brews a ramp deck from scratch with cards from AVR.
StarCityGames.com Open Series grinder Brian Braun-Duin is back to tell you why being a complete lucksack matters in Avacyn Restored: miracles, of course! Find out what BBD plans to do with this new mechanic.
Last time he told you which ten cards to cut from your cube; this time Cube buff Justin Parnell tells you which ten cards you should add to your cube. Will you agree or disagree with his choices?
Keraan Chetty won the first Magic World Cup Qualifier in South Africa with his Naya Ramp deck. With its good matchup against Delver decks, you might want to consider playing it in Standard before the rotation.
Mike Lanigan takes another stab at Dear Azami with his take on a reader’s Edric, Spymaster of Trest Commander deck. If you like Mike’s work and want him to write more, show your support in the comments!
Check out the second installment of Magic: The Newsening for a parody of Magic news. Get ready for some laughs courtesy of Newsening anchor Reuben Bresler!
Bennie Smith’s new roommate Chuck is just getting back into Magic. Read about the Niv-Mizzet deck Bennie built for him to start getting into Commander and how he thinks some Avacyn Restored cards might fit into it.
German Eternal specialist Carsten Kotter has been very inspired by Avacyn Restored spoilers so far. He tells you about a few Legacy decks he’s been working on with new cards. Find out which new cards might impact Legacy!
Join @SCGLive for #SCGAL this weekend, alongside commentators Joey Pasco and Mike Flores!
