Loners At Worlds
This year’s World Championships saw a lot of consensus on what the best decks to play in Standard were – but the outliers were very interesting as far as what they say about the continuing dynamic nature of the Standard format.
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The Last Days Of Standard
Bennie Smith recounts his recent Standard exploits by looking at the many flavors of Hangarback Walker decks he’s tried out recently, and he looks forward to Battle for Zendikar Standard by starting to draft new decks off of the few spoiled cards seen so far!
Standard (And A Little Modern) After Worlds
With the World Championships in the books, Adrian Sullivan pores over the data in order to figure out where the Standard metagame is going next… and examines recent Modern trends in order to figure out what to play at #SCGCIN this weekend!
My Season Three Invitational
Tom “The Boss” Ross has had a long string of great finishes at the Invitational, and he came prepared to Infect his opponents this past weekend at the Season Three Invitational in Somerset. But not everything went as planned…
Gathering Courage
With the Season Three Invitational in the books, Todd looks back at the decisions that brought him there – and at the broader state of Magic as a whole, both real-life and digital, to see where improvements are necessary if Magic is to thrive.
Manabases In Battle For Zendikar Standard
We may not know very much yet about Battle For Zendikar, but we do already know that the mana we can access in this new Standard format will look very different than it does today. Ross Merriam breaks it down to get a sense of what lies ahead for us.
Sultai Delve In Standard
We have seen Gurmag Angler break out in both Modern and Legacy at this point, but does it have a home in Standard? Jim Davis believes so, and he has a potent Sultai deck to prove it!
Daily Digest: The Champ Is Here
Everything old is new again if you just wait long enough in this Standard metagame. The red-blue artifact deck returns, taking down Magic Online’s Standard Championships with a base-red deck full of burn and Ensoul Artifacts rather than the Pro Tour’s blue-based shell.
Three Rhinos And A Dream
The World Championships is Magic’s largest stage and its hardest tournament. Even getting into the event is a serious accomplishment, but Brad Nelson didn’t want to rest on his laurels when there were twenty-three other mages standing between him and the title.
Video: Suicide Zoo In Modern
Want to get aggressive for #SCGCIN this weekend? Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax runs an unusual deck he uncovered in his #MTGChamps testing through its paces for the consideration of Modern aficionados everywhere!
Do Over Project: Kresh, Back Into The Red Zone
For this week’s exploration into the Do Over Project, Sheldon Menery Embraces the Chaos once again and transforms his signature Commander, Kresh the Bloodbraided, into a whole new experience via a brand-new deck.
The 2015 World Championships – *4th*
The World Championships is the year’s hardest tournament, and this year there were especially huge swings as Sam Black went from fourteenth place to fourth with one timely 4-0 in Standard. He shares his thoughts on the event and its formats inside.
Analyzing The Standard Decks Of The 2015 World Championships
The World Championships this past weekend was really the pinnacle of this Standard format, and Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin is here to explore all the twists and nuanced turns of the event’s top-performing decklists.
Learning Through Experimentation
Experimenting with different cards in different formats is how we find new decks. As important as it is to remember to polish your experiments into fully-crafted decks before taking them to a major competition, remember this as well: nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Video: Grixis Control In Modern
With Grixis decks of various stripes constituting several of Modern’s best decks, GerryT takes Grixis Control out for a spin to see how powerful Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy is in the format!