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!
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.
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!
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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 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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Mono-Red was the top deck at #PTOrigins and it came almost out of nowhere – or so it seems. Sam Black shares the origins of how his team picked the deck that won Pro Tour Magic Origins and shares how it shifts Standard going forward.
With #SCGDC just days away, BBD and Brad reprise one of the key matchups from #GPLille, battling U/W Miracles with Monastery Mentor versus the Aggro Loam deck that wasn’t on many people’s radar before it posted two copies to the Top Eight!
If you’re interested in coming to Grand Prix London, John Dale Beety has all the info you need to figure out how to get around and what you should go see while you’re visiting the city!
Gurmag Angler has been a breakout card in older formats like Modern and Legacy, but it doesn’ get a lot of play in Standard. Today’s deck from #PTOrigins may be helping to change that, mixing mill synergies and Delve fatties to overpower a wide variety of opponents.
While #PTOrigins saw a lot of successful breakout decks, Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren felt his strongest chances lay with improving Ray Tautic’s Abzan Rally deck – and earned a strong finish because of it!
