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 continues his comprehensive look at how to wipe the board with today’s look at damage- and toughness-based removal spells.
We’ve seen how Magic Origins greatly shifted around the Standard format, but it’s doing the same to Modern too, just without us looking as closely at it. Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin checks in on the format to see where it’s at ahead of its return at Worlds next weekend.
Heroic has been a powerful option that not a lot of people reach for in the current Standard format, but a new spin on the deck to speed it up and make it more aggressive might be just what the deck was missing as every other deck in the format has gone through its convoluted changes.
With Martin Juza’s G/R Dragons deck being the only non-white deck in the Grand Prix London Top Eight, GerryT updates it and puts it through its paces as he tries to figure out what’s next for the Standard format.
Fourth walls are made to be broken, and Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren invites you into his mind as he prepares for the World Championships this weekend. Mind your feet, there’s plenty to trip on in here!
Matt Higgs loves Helm of the Gods, but he’s struggling to find the right home for it. Read those struggles inside and find out if he gets there finally in the end or if it’s going to be an even longer trip than he’d realized to please the gods of Theros.
Standard has proven to be quite the dynamic format at the moment, but is there even more to it than we have already seen? Sean McKeown takes a look at the format’s mana in order to divine new decks that might be possible, with interesting results.
Standard keeps shifting on us, and this week’s win for Abzan Aggro when the deck was believed dead just goes to show how dynamic the format really is right now. But there is one specific card that seems to be at the center right now…
Trying to figure out if you are still progressing or if you have hit a personal plateau can be hard, especially if you are still achieving successes in the meantime. With that in mind, Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax looks at his recent events to see where he’s at.
Abzan Aggro is Standard’s latest top dog, but can you push it a little bit further? Does its volume go to eleven? Dromoka’s Command is already one of the best cards in Standard, but it’s even better when it profitably clears your pact with a Demon!
Looking forward to the Season Three Invitational, Carsten Kotter takes the opportunity to look backwards to #SCGDC and see just how much you can get out of the metagame data in order to better understand the current state of the Legacy format.
It’s time to press the random button for inspiration and motivation again, and Abe Sargent hits the jackpot this time as a beloved Commander pops up and chases his muses all over the place!
While it may sound as if we are in the summer doldrums as we await Battle for Zendikar spoilers, now is actually the perfect time to pick up Khans Block and Magic Origins staples while the price is right!
With Grand Prix London in the books, Patrick Chapin examines the Standard metagame and asks the question “so what’s next?” as players prepare for Worlds and the Season Three Invitational. Will Standard continue its wildly-shifting metagame trends, or have we seen everything at this point?
With the Standard Open returning to Charlotte this weekend, we’re also returning to the Modern format which has been shifting wildly during this PPTQ season. Todd and The Boss, Tom Ross, explore some of Modern’s more unusual decks in today’s Versus Video.
