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Video: U/R Thopters In Standard

After exploding basically out of nowhere to nearly take the tournament down at #PTOrigins, the U/R Thopters deck has caught everyone’s attention – including GerryT’s. Check it out as he takes the deck out for a test drive!

The Pro Tour Is Mine

Matt Higgs has been brewing around artifacts for some time now, and his focus kept getting pulled to the colorless cards in Magic Origins. Seeing U/R Thopters in the finals of #PTOrigins was really vindicating, and this is his takeaway from that event.

Pro Tour Magic Origins And My 2015 Season

While the story of #PTOrigins may feature the breakout decks of Mono-Red Aggro and U/R Thopters, Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax had very strong results just running good old G/R Devotion… and he looks back at his past year of Pro Tour and Grand Prix decisions as well.

Dear Azami: Death By Mana

With Cassidy away at GenCon last week, Sean McKeown makes a brief visit back to Commander-land in order to work on a reader’s Surrak Dragonclaw deck designed to win based off of its land base – sometimes in unconventional ways.

Stupid Freaking Red Deck At Regionals

With just Day One of #PTOrigins in the books, it was clear that red decks were doing something right that weekend – so Mark Nestico took his friendly neighborhood Chandra aficionado’s advice and ran Mono-Red Aggro for #SCGRegionals. This is his story.

Daily Digest: POY Thopters

While this deck was not on anybody’s radar before #PTOrigins, U/R Ensoul Artifact was a top performer across multiple teams. Check it out and give it a try before your next Standard event – it’s much better than it looks on paper!

Countdown To GP London – 10 Days Out – Registration Rewards

Grand Prix London is going to be an amazing event, but you can tailor your experience to your needs even more if you want to. Nick Miller joins us to explain the Registration Rewards system we’ll be using for #GPLondon on August 15th-16th.

Sindbad And The Nephilim

House rules can keep Commander more interesting, and today Abe Sargent explores the potential to spice up your Commander deckbuilding by embracing some legendary-feeling but technically non-Legendary cards at the helm of a new deck built just for them.

Countdown To GP London – 11 Days Out – Event Overview

Are you excited about #GPLondon on August 14th through 16th? We sure are, and we think you should be too! StarCityGames is hosting its first Premier-level event overseas with this Standard Grand Prix in two weeks, and we’re hoping to see all of you there!

Todd VS. BBD: Omni-Tell VS. Grixis Delver

The Versus Series moves to Legacy this week for #SCGDC and battles with one of the most important matchups you can find in the format – Omni-Tell versus Delver of Secrets!

Breaking Down Pro Tour Magic Origins

Our illustrious CEDitor breaks down the top eight decks from #PTOrigins and analyzes just what this means for the format. How did we get here, and where are we going next?

The Optics Of Magic

Want to be the best in the world? Want to make the right play every time and prove yourself to an excited viewership as you claim your trophy? Is there no way you’d have missed that Eidolon trigger in the finals of a Pro Tour? Read on!

Daily Digest: Red Goes Back To Back

Mono-Red just won back-to-back Pro Tours by taking home the trophy this weekend at #PTOrigins… GerryT examines the PT-winning deck that will be keeping things aggressive for the next two months of Standard metagaming.

Mono-Red Is Busted, Stoneforge Mystic Sucks

It’s been an exciting weekend as we watched #PTOrigins and #SCGRegionals unfold, and Anthony Lowry reflects on the whole thing while looking forward to #SCGDC this weekend as well!

Cedric VS. CVM: Atarka Red VS. Abzan Rally

With #PTOrigins and #SCGRegionals this weekend, the question on everyone’s mind is “How do you beat Abzan Rally?” Our illustrious CEDitor represents the Patrick Sullivan wing of Magic by shuffling up the red cards to try and blow “the best deck” out of the water.