Daily Digest: Scales-Go
With #PTOrigins dramatically shaking up the format, all sorts of new ideas are starting to come out of the woodwork as we depart the seemingly-“solved” pre-Origins metagame for a dramatically different Standard.
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Video: Mono-Red Aggro
Joel Larsson’s #PTOrigins-winning Mono-Red Aggro deck is quite unusual as far as modern-day red decks are concerned, and to showcase just how special it is Todd Anderson takes on all comers in an MTGO Daily Event.
Devoted To Victory
Brad Nelson and the rest of his team agreed that #PTOrigins was the time to be the beatdown, they just did it with Dragonlord Atarka and friends instead. Check out what they did right, what they did wrong, and most importantly – what they’d do next.
Video: G/R Devotion In Standard
Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax felt like he and his team had made a huge mistake after round one of #PTOrigins, but it turns out G/R Devotion is just a powerhouse. Ari updates the sideboard to suit the metagame and takes it out for another spin!
Bant Heroic To Beat The Vancouver Top Eight
Standard has shifted to a new, more aggressively-minded format after #PTOrigins, but Bant Heroic has what it takes to keep up. Check it out as Tom “The Boss” Ross updates the deck for Grand Prix San Diego and beyond!
On The Outside Looking In
How quickly just a week changes things. Jim Davis came to #SCGRegionals expecting a continuation of the #SCGRICH metagame only to find a new breed of aggressive decks stormed out of #PTOrigins to completely re-define the Standard format!
Team And Individual Reflections From Pro Tour Magic Origins
While Ross Merriam might have hoped for better results at #PTOrigins, he looks back to reflect on what inputs at the team level resulted in the output of the finishes he and his teammates attained at the event.
Daily Digest: How To Beat Mono-Red And U/R Thopters
It’s time to start beating back the Mono-Red and U/R Thopters aggro metagame from #PTOrigins, and today’s brew looks like it has what it takes – all while beating down pretty handily itself!
Countdown To GP London – 8 Days Out! – Infinite Challenge Badges
Grand Prix London is more than the main event. Learn more about the Infinite Challenge badges that let you have side event fun for a day or all weekend long!
The Devil Is In The Details
Legacy is an incredibly complicated format to play, but some of the most critical decisions we have to make are almost invisible if we don’t know to look for them – and know to remain vigilant across a multi-round event.
Standard After Grand Prix San Diego
Standard has now had a month to play out with Magic Origins, and we’ve seen very different winners from week to week. Sam Black takes a look at the deeper forces driving the metagame in hopes of coming out on top as the metagame shifts.
Rallying At Regionals
Chasing new information and decklist tech over video streams can be haphazard at best, and CVM had to “only” play last week’s best deck, Abzan Rally, because he couldn’t get a decklist for U/R Thopters in time for #SCGRegionals. Check out his thoughts on the shifting Standard metagame inside!
A Brewer’s Look At Pro Tour Magic Origins
While #PTOrigins was all about red aggro and the breakout performance of U/R Thopters, there are some intriguing other decks to be found on the margins – and Chris Landsell pores over the top Standard decks from this weekend in search of brewers’ gold.
Abzan At Pro Tour Magic Origins
While there were a lot of potential options to choose for Pro Tour Magic Origins Patrick Chapin joined his teammate Matt Sperling in playing Abzan Control to try and run the field.
A Pro Tour Retrospective
GerryT made a deep run at #PTOrigins playing good old G/R Devotion in Standard and practicing a ton of Magic Origins draft, and this is the story of the Pro Tour through his eyes.