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Moving On From Chicago

After failing to innovate for #SCGCHI last weekend, Jim Davis looks at some of the most interesting decks from that event as he prepares for #SCGRICH.

Video: Bant Company In Modern

After scouring decklist databases and Daily Event statistics, Ari gives a Bant Collected Company deck a try to see how well it stacks up against the field after hearing a claim that it has the highest win percentage among all of the tracked archetypes.

CEDTalks: Patrick Sullivan

Cedric Phillips sits down with Patrick “PSulli” Sullivan to go over the results of #SCGCHI, discuss Patrick’s trash talking game when playing basketball, and give former SCGLive director, Conor O’Donnell a proper send off.

Daily Digest: Aggro Constellation

An interesting new take on an old deck will always catch GerryT’s eye, and a faster, more aggressive version of the tried-and-true B/G Constellation deck grabbed his attention at #SCGCHI! Check it out for #SCGRICH this weekend!

Reacting To SCG Chicago

Hot off of a semifinals appearance at #SCGSCHI, Ross Merriam examines how the Week One Standard metagame matched his expectations and what he thinks are the top decks at the moment.

Jeskai Something

Having spent all of Sunday at #SCGCHI trying to battle back from the rear of the pack, GerryT shares his insights on Jeskai in the format and the builds he finds most interesting moving forward from here.

CVM’s Spy Network: #SCGCHI From The Sidelines

This week Chris VanMeter looks at the top decks and final results of the new Standard format’s Week One metagame by digging through an entire weekend’s worth of stories and decklists out of #SCGCHI.

Commander VS: Four-Way Planeswalker Battle

For today’s Commander Versus Video, it’s a battle amidst the planes between Daretti, Freyalise, Ob Nixilis and Teferi. Which Commander will win the Multiverse?

BBD VS. Brad: Grixis Delver VS. Naya Company

For today’s Versus Video, BBD and Brad Nelson battle Modern to explore a pair of interesting decks that are recent $5K Modern Premier IQ winners.

Magic Origins Cards I Was Wrong About

With a few opportunities to play with Magic Origins in both Limited and Standard, Sam Black takes a second look at key cards in the set to re-evaluate their power or utility.

The Most Exciting Deck From SCG Chicago

Michael Majors fell in love immediately with the Rally the Ancestors combo deck from #SCGCHI, and he shares his love – as well as a few alternate builds as we take more metagame information into account – in this week’s article. Check it out in time for #SCGRICH this weekend!

Daily Digest: Kiki-Kut

The most intriguing combo decks combine two different plans so it is harder to disrupt them, and today’s Modern deck of note mixes Scapeshift’s Valakut kill with Kiki-Pod’s killer infinite combo!

Still Devoted: My SCG Chicago Experience

Brad Nelson has gone so far as to call G/R Devotion “The Fun Police,” as in “this is the reason you can’t just play whatever you want in Standard.” So it comes as no surprise that he and his squad played it at #SCGCHI – or that they did very well for themselves.

Tuning And Beating Abzan In Standard

Siege Rhino is a heck of a card, and this week’s results at #SCGCHI still suggest it is a top contender in Standard even though another deck stormed the Top Eight. Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren examines how to build, play, and mulligan with Abzan in time for #SCGRICH!

The Hall of Fame

After actually asking to get taken off of the nominating committee this year, Gary Wise found out he still had a vote for the 2015 Hall of Fame – and with great power comes great responsibility.