A Second Look At Magic Origins
With more than half the set spoiled, GerryT feels confident that it’s going to pull Standard in one specific direction and has started building new decks with that in mind.
With more than half the set spoiled, GerryT feels confident that it’s going to pull Standard in one specific direction and has started building new decks with that in mind.
Sam Black is a huge fan of Magic Origins so far, and he wants to take its flavorful protagonists out for a deckbuilding spin to see just how good they are and what they want to be doing.
Chris VanMeter has really settled into a solid groove this season with G/R Dragons, but Magic Origins is about to shake things up drastically and he’s got to figure out what comes next for him and his beloved Stormbreath Dragons.
After facing off against him in Baltimore’s Standard Open, Brad wondered whether Dylan Hysen’s Mono-Red Devotion deck was the real deal or not and put it through its paces in this week’s Open Series Spotlight!
With enough of Magic Origins spoiled to get a good feel for what the set might have to offer us in Standard, BBD and Tom “The Boss” Ross start testing out post-Origins Standard in today’s Versus Video!
John Dale Beety savors the flavor of two powerful planeswalker origin tales, and Magic Origins is absolutely dripping with resonances thanks to the complex emotions portrayed and Wizards’ careful attention to detail.
Magic Origins is turning out to be quite an exciting set full of quirky, interesting, and powerful cards… and Michael Majors is intent on putting one of the riskier, more dangerous ones to work!
Modern is where great Standard decks go when they die, and Collected Company might just help power out an Aristocrats-type deck if that is what you wanted to do.
A few new key spoilers today, as well as an announcement from WotC adjusting the number of rares and mythics printed in Magic Origins!
Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren has just started streaming Magic Online matches, and has some thoughts to share about what it will take to make Magic more watchable and accessible to a broader audience.
Magic Origins is set to shake up Standard, and Matt is excited to see it coming – but he also wants to take one last spin with the old format and make Deadly Wanderings finally work out.
After featuring it in yesterday’s Daily Digest, GerryT felt compelled to work on Legacy this week and puts Monastery Mentor through its paces in the Gitaxian Probe/Cabal Therapy/Brainstorm format to see how crazy it really is.
Ari Lax loves Storm something fierce, and Magic Origins has quite a present waiting inside for him. He also analyzes the rest of the set too with a critical eye – what will win him his second Pro Tour trophy?
Mark has been hearing a lot of echoes going around the echo chamber, all of them saying Magic Origins stinks and the cards are bad. But what if the only thing that’s bad is the lack of thought going into forming that firmly-held opinion?
With some key changes to Organized Play announced as of Pro Tour Magic Origins, Adrian discusses the change that makes his personal style of play potentially against the rules.