Todd VS. The Boss: U/W Control VS. W/U Heroic
In today’s Versus Video, Todd Anderson and Tom “The Boss” Ross battle with a very different pair of blue-white decks: Thopter Control and Heroic Aggro. Which will come out on top?
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Video: Abzan Midrange In Modern
While GerryT has been liking Jund recently as his B/G/x deck of choice, today he challenges that preconception by testing out Siege Rhino and friends to see how well it matches up against the Modern field.
Lowry’s Lists: SCG Regionals
With this weekend’s #SCGRegionals right in his own backyard, Anthony Lowry is excited – both for the event and the plethora of great options he’s got brewing up for Standard this weekend!
Daily Digest: Rallying Back
After #SCGCHI, a lot of people were scratching their heads about the Rally the Ancestors deck, wondering whether it was any good or not. After this weekend’s tournament win for a Rally deck at #SCGRICH, it appears we have our answer.
Origins In The Commander Cube
As fun as Commander is, it’s more fun if you’re Cube Drafting too while you play it! Abe Sargent takes a look at Magic Origins to update his Commander Cube, picking the best cards for each key archetype’s needs.
Shining A Light On SCG Chicago
Gerard examines eight decks from #SCGCHI that fell just outside of the spotlight’s circle, looking at 17th-24th to discern the broader trends of the Standard metagame for #SCGRICH and #PTOrigins over the next two weeks.
Artificer Flavoring
Magic Origins has quite a few interesting legendary creatures to build around for Commander, and Bennie puts Ma and Pa Nalaar to work in this off-the-wall combo machine full of interesting and unexpected outcomes!
Standard Practices
BBD examines the cyclical nature of the Standard metagame as he looks at the #SCGCHI results and predicts what is to follow at #SCGRICH and #PTOrigins over the next few weeks.
Shifting Standard: A Look At #SCGCHI
Brian “The Dragonmaster” Kibler takes a look at Standard’s most interesting decks after #SCGCHI, and of course at G/R Devotion with its love for Dragonlord Atarka. Which deck should you choose for #SGRICH and beyond?
Todd VS. CVM: Five-Color Rally VS. R/W Aggro
Todd Anderson and Chris VanMeter battle Standard today with the intent of figuring out how good the Five-Color Rally deck is under pressure, so they put it up against another key deck from #SCGCHI to see how it holds up against R/W Aggro!
Todd VS. Brad: Merfolk VS. Jund
In today’s Versus Video, Todd Anderson and Brad Nelson explore the recent high finishes by Merfolk in Modern by putting it up against a critical nemesis, good old-fashioned Jund.
Updating Modern With Magic Origins
Two of Adrian’s favorite Modern decks have potentially gotten key updates with Magic Origins cards, and he prepares them both for the $5K Premier IQ at #SCGRICH this weekend!
Daily Digest: Thopter Mysteries
The addition of Magic Origins to the Standard card pool has really fleshed out Magic 2015’s artifacts theme, and today’s deck from #SCGCHI focuses on blue and red’s shared appreciation of colorless power cards!
Breaking Serve
Being on the play is great, everyone knows that, but to win an event you’ll have to win a lot of games on the draw. Just by losing a die roll, you’ll have to break serve at least once to win the match… and Tom “The Boss” Ross examines what you can focus on to do that more often.
Dark Deal And The New Standard
While Todd played the same deck that won #SCGCHI, G/R Devotion isn’t very fun to play – and the likelihood that the format will evolve for #SCGRICH and beyond is very high. Check out what he’s considering for this weekend and give it a try yourself!