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Uncle Istvan’s Maddening Deck

Commander is all about exploratory deckbuilding in a fun, flavorful format, and Abe takes that to heart while continuing to explore non-legendary creatures filling in that Commander’s role by building a new deck around a crazy axe murderer.

CEDTalks: Patrick Sullivan

Cedric Phillips sits down with Patrick “PSulli” Sullivan to chat about the results of #SCGCHAR, prepare themselves for the Season Three #SCGINVI, and recount a memorable hotel experience.

Re-Exploring Legacy

While Adrian Sullivan won’t be at the Season Three Invitational this weekend, he’s highly invested in seeing how Legacy plays out at that event – join him as looks at where the format stands after the last few major tournaments to see where it might be going at the #SCGINVI!

Kytheon, Hero Of Commander

The five Magic Origins flip-Planeswalkers are all pretty exciting for Commander, and today Bennie explores a color he’d normally shy away from — mono-white — to build around Kytheon, Hero of Akros.

The Last Minute

The experience is the thing – what does it mean to just fully immerse yourself in the most difficult and prestigious event of the year? Sam Black shares what he can of his preparation for this event by showing what it feels like to be a competitor at a challenge this incredible.

BBD VS. CVM: Mono-Red Aggro VS. Temur Dragons

Join BBD and CVM as they test for the Season Three Invitational, bringing back the red beatdown machine and testing the greed level of G/R Dragons by splashing two other colors just to pump up the power level!

Brad VS. The Boss: Abzan Aggro VS. Bant Heroic

Brad and Tom prepare for the Season Three Invitational by testing one of Standard’s most pivotal matchups, current “Best Deck” Abzan Aggro and its critical predator, Bant Heroic.

Lessons From Worlds Past

With the World Championships taking place this week in Seattle at PAX, Brian “The Dragonmaster” Kibler reminisces from the sidelines on the past World Championships he’s been fortunate enough to attend.

Daily Digest: Bomberstone

Powerful combo decks utilizing two different combos that attack from separate angles will always give GerryT that warm fuzzy feeling, but it’s especially potent when the thing joining them is a tutor that otherwise optimizes the first combo anyway.

Started From The Top, Now We Here

As Jim Davis prepares for the Season Three Invitational, he looks back at some of Standard’s top decks from just a few months ago to see if they might be positioned to reclaim some of their former glory this weekend.

My Top Four Standard Decks For The Season Three Invitational

Standard is a hard nut to crack these days because it keeps changing every time you think you’ve got it pinned down, but The Boss has some top choices to bring to the Season Three Invitational and take home another trophy!

Straight Outta Combat

Challenging your base assumptions about a format can be difficult, especially when you’ve been winning regularly. But Todd Anderson has noticed a distinct headwind between him and success with Bant Heroic, so he’s aiming to shake it up for the Season Three Invitational!

Mechanics Under The Commander Hood: Board Wipes, Part Three

Killing off creatures is a big part of what Commander is about, people play mass removal there the way Standard players play spot removal. Sheldon Menery concludes his comprehensive look at how to wipe the board with today’s look at mass removal spells that hit all of the things!

Daily Digest: The Real Counter-Burn

While we’re used to seeing Counterbalance only in the U/W Miracles deck, there’s no reason it can’t be used in other shells as well – as today’s deck showcases quite neatly.

Lessons From Eternal Weekend

Ross Merriam takes a look at his weekend playing Standard at the WMCQ as well as some Legacy on the side as he prepares for the Season Three Invitational this weekend!