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New Cards, New Rules

While CVM may not be making it to #SCGCHI, his G/R Dragons deck is updated for this weekend and ready to battle. He also shares his thoughts about the rules shift to be more lenient when penalizing unintentionally-drawn extra cards.

How Magic Origins Will Affect Older Standard Cards

We’re all used to looking at the new cards and figuring out where we might want to slot them in; figuring out what old cards might have suddenly just tipped back over into playability is a far less obvious process.

The Best Card In Magic Origins

Michael Majors has been brewing up Standard decks with Magic Origins, and this initial testing has completely revised his opinion on one of the set’s iconic cards. Check out which one has caught his attention, and how that is influencing his deckbuilding for #SCGCHI this weekend!

Daily Digest: Ham Sandwich Boros

Modern may be a format where people are learning they have to play around Blood Moon, but usually not in game one – and no one’s really prepared to play against Chalice of the Void. Check out these R/W disruption decks and try one out before this weekend’s $5K Super IQ at #SCGCHI!

Fact Or Fiction: Banning Nothing In Modern Was Correct

Join Michael Majors and Ross Merriam for our latest installment of SCG’s latest debate series! They discuss the #MTGHOF, yesterday’s Banned and Restricted announcements, Magic Origins and more!

Brewing For Week One Of Magic Origins

There is nothing quite like the first week of a new Standard format, and Mark Nestico is super excited for #SCGCHI this weekend. He explores both extremes of the format, mono-red and U/W, in search of the perfect Week One deck.

Fact Or Fiction: Banning Nothing In Modern Was Correct

Join BBD and The Dragonmaster, Brian Kibler, for our latest installment of SCG’s latest debate series! They discuss the #MTGHOF, yesterday’s Banned and Restricted announcements, Magic Origins and more!

Odds And Ends: Summer 2015

With many things on his mind, Ari’s column today is a grab bag of issues, analysis, and his expectations as Magic Origins enters Standard and Modern evolves between now and the World Championships in August.

Fire Isn’t Always Red

Matt Higgs breaks down his Magic Origins prerelease, including multiple different builds he tried over the course of his event, as well as takes a quick peek at the future of Standard with a Heroic Red deck for #SCGCHI!

Video: Grixis Twin In Modern

While we are all awaiting the release of Magic Origins on Magic Online, Gerry explores the Modern format to prepare for PPTQs and the $5000 Super IQ at #SCGCHI!

Dear Azami: Reconciling Differences

What do you do when you have two decks you’re only having half as much fun with as you used to? Combine them into one new deck and have even more fun than ever before! Jess answers the call to marry a reader’s Animar, Soul of Elements to Karn, Silver Golem!

Daily Digest: Steroid

For today’s Modern Daily Digest, Gerry looks at a variety of similar Naya Zoo decks that have popped up over the last six months in order to explore whether it has a home in the metagame or is just a worse version of the Burn deck.

From Liliana With Love

Continuing on his deckbuilding romp through the Magic Origins flip-Planeswalkers, today Abe Sargent shows his love for Liliana, Heretical Healer by bringing her a shambling horde of Zombies eager for brains.

Magic Origins Set Review: Blue

Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin is here to share his thoughts (and decklists!) for Magic Origins in Standard, starting at his very favorite place – the color blue. Try one of his decklists out as you prepare for #SCGCHI this weekend!

Origins Brew Review

Carsten Kotter is here to share his multi-format look at Magic Origins, going through the set for playable cards in Modern, Vintage, and Legacy as well as intriguing cards for Standard.