Hanging With Hangarback
With Hangarback Walker appearing to dominate Standard as the most versatile card in every deck, it’s not enough to just join them these days – you have to know how to beat them, too.
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Video: Bant Heroic In Standard
Todd Anderson has been on the Heroic train for some time now, and following up on his Top Sixteen finish at Grand Prix London he presents the deck in a video walkthrough. Watch and learn the intimate details of how he’s consistently put up top results with the deck!
An American Dragon-Lover In London
CVM almost went with his heart and played Stormbreath Dragon at Grand Prix London, but instead he went with the safer calculated choice and played Bant Heroic. Read about his entire weekend within, and what he’d do differently if he could do it all again!
How To Sideboard With Bant Heroic
Tom “The Boss” Ross has been playing Heroic in one form or another for most of the season, and he’s well-prepared to stay on top of Standard’s ever-shifting metagame. Catch his updates to the Bant Heroic archetype as well as his sideboarding advice to win each matchup!
Daily Digest: The Legion Of Doom
There is some wondering if next week’s trip through the metagame cycle will finally be control’s time to shine, and today’s deck is looking to jump ahead and answer that question with a pile of Planeswalkers!
Video: Naya Company In Modern
With #SCGCHAR bringing Modern back to the forefront of the Open Series this weekend, Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax explores the shifting Modern metagame with a sweet Naya beatdown deck.
CEDTalks: Patrick Sullivan
Cedric Phillips sits down with Patrick “PSulli” Sullivan to chat about their performances at #GPDetroit, catch up on Modern for #SCGCHA, and eye up the potential first sponsor for the Open Series.
This Is Getting Ridiculous
Who knew the grind could be such a grind? Standard right now commands us to find the next week’s best deck or find ourselves in the loser’s bracket, and Ross takes a look at where we find ourselves today in order to figure out where we want to be tomorrow.
Legacy Esper Delve
With the Season Three Invitational soon to be upon us, Jim Davis takes a look at the Legacy deck he’s been brewing up over the past few months in search of the perfect weapon for that event.
The Sixteen Best Decks In Standard
While it’s hard to be sure, it looks like Standard may start cycling back through the previous iterations of its metagame rather than continuing to break out in new directions… so GerryT shares his look at the format’s top decks to prepare for your next event!
Igniting Jace’s Spark In Modern
Modern has gotten several new Magic Origins cards to shake up the metagame, but the one Michael Majors is interested in trying out there isn’t some tribal Elf or Goblin, it’s a two-drop from the Planeswalkers tribe instead!
BBD VS. Brad: Abzan Control VS. Esper Dragons
As the Standard metagame continues to shift and Abzan Aggro has taken the forefront, is it control’s time to reassert itself in the next wave of the metagame cycle? BBD and Brad battle head to head in order to figure out which control deck might be king: Abzan, or Esper Dragons?
Feeling Lost In Standard
With this much shifting around in the Standard format, Sam Black feels lost – when will the dynamic changes stop and the format settle into one place? While he waits, he has a few ideas for what the next gyration might look like in order to get out ahead of it.
Mechanics Under The Commander Hood: Board Wipes, Part Two
Killing off creatures is a big part of what Commander is about, people play mass removal there the way Standard players play spot removal. Sheldon Menery continues his comprehensive look at how to wipe the board with today’s look at damage- and toughness-based removal spells.
Magic Origins In Modern
We’ve seen how Magic Origins greatly shifted around the Standard format, but it’s doing the same to Modern too, just without us looking as closely at it. Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin checks in on the format to see where it’s at ahead of its return at Worlds next weekend.