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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
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?
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!
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.
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!
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.
Throughout #SCGCHI, Rally the Ancestors was the talk of the tournament – but almost as a curiosity. Ray Tautic changed that at #SCGRICH by just crushing the tournament, and Todd Anderson takes his winning list for a test drive in this week’s Open Series Spotlight!
For today’s Versus Video, Todd Anderson and Brad Nelson are battling old-school style with a pair of their favorite retro Standard decks from a bygone age – back when Opposition and Upheaval were considered “fair” blue cards. Check it out!
