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Staying A Step Ahead In Standard

Standard is a highly dynamic format at the moment, full of powerful cards and decks that gain a significant advantage if you play them into the right metagame. Staying ahead is key, and Anthony Lowry looks at how to do just that for #GPLondon this weekend.

What I Didn’t Play At Pro Tour Origins

While the Pro Tour has come and gone and we all know what “the best decks” were from that event, that’s actually a very narrow slice of what is possible in Standard. Sam Black opens up his playtesting notebook to showcase just how widely he and his team looked in search of the best deck.

Blue/Black Control At Pro Tour Magic Origins

Is there anything better than getting to play a Pro Tour for your birthday? How about if it was also your fiftieth Pro Tour? Gerard Fabiano reflects on his #PTOrigins weekend as well as how important the support he’s received along the way has been.

Gold

Having entered Pro Tour Magic Origins within striking distance of Platinum if he could pull off a top finish, Adrian Sullivan reflects on his choices for that event and the choices made along the road that brought him there in the first place.

Attacking The Pro Tour Metagame

While BBD may not have had the result he wanted at Pro Tour Magic Origins, he has some vital lessons to take away from that experience and some key insights for what deck you should be picking up next to battle last week’s winners.

G/W Aggro At Pro Tour Origins

Two-time Pro Tour Champion Brian “The Dragonmaster” Kibler has a history of doing well with decks that don’t look like the rest of the field, and his 9-1 record with his G/W Aggro deck shows that it may have been the best-positioned deck in the room at #PTOrigins.

Countdown To GP London – 7 Days Out! – Buying And Trading With SCG!

Grand Prix London is going to be a bustling event, and if you are going to need cards to play in the Grand Prix – or just want to pick up something sweet from our inventory for whatever reason! – you’ll want to consider arranging that in advance. Come meet our friendly trade staff!

Brad VS. The Boss: 4-Color Delver VS. Infect

Join Brad Nelson and Tom “The Boss” Ross as they battle Legacy to prepare for #SCGDC this weekend! The Boss has his trusty Infect deck, while Brad is giving the powerful 4-Color Delver deck a try for the first time!

Todd VS. CVM: Shardless Sultai VS. Jeskai Stoneblade

Todd Anderson and CVM prepare for #SCGDC this weekend by battling with two of Legacy’s sweeter decks in a complicated dance of Brainstorms and beatdown tempo. Check it out!

The Prossh Experiment

It’s a common question – “how does the Commander Rules Council make its decisions about contentious cards?” Today Sheldon shows a peek inside that process as he tests Prossh, Skyraider of Kher to see how it impacts games as a Commander.

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.

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!