Abzan Aggro is Standard’s latest top dog, but can you push it a little bit further? Does its volume go to eleven? Dromoka’s Command is already one of the best cards in Standard, but it’s even better when it profitably clears your pact with a Demon!
Looking forward to the Season Three Invitational, Carsten Kotter takes the opportunity to look backwards to #SCGDC and see just how much you can get out of the metagame data in order to better understand the current state of the Legacy format.
It’s time to press the random button for inspiration and motivation again, and Abe Sargent hits the jackpot this time as a beloved Commander pops up and chases his muses all over the place!
While it may sound as if we are in the summer doldrums as we await Battle for Zendikar spoilers, now is actually the perfect time to pick up Khans Block and Magic Origins staples while the price is right!
With Grand Prix London in the books, Patrick Chapin examines the Standard metagame and asks the question “so what’s next?” as players prepare for Worlds and the Season Three Invitational. Will Standard continue its wildly-shifting metagame trends, or have we seen everything at this point?
With the Standard Open returning to Charlotte this weekend, we’re also returning to the Modern format which has been shifting wildly during this PPTQ season. Todd and The Boss, Tom Ross, explore some of Modern’s more unusual decks in today’s Versus Video.
Another week of Magic Origin Standard, another week of huge metagame swings and an entirely different archetype taking home the trophy at Grand Prix London. Abzan Aggro dominated that event, fully updated to take down everything Standard could throw at it.
Modern has proven to be a rapidly shifting and dynamic format – but we’re used to it only shifting when a lot of attention is paid to it. Anthony catches up with recent developments in the Modern metagame before this weekend’s Modern Open in Charlotte!
The morph mechanic went “mega” in Dragons of Tarkir and Chris Lansdell is mesmerized! You won’t want to miss our resident brewer’s latest signature creation!
Sam Black takes an Abzan deck featuring new Magic Origins option Gather the Pack through a four-round Standard event!
We know who made the Top 8 of Pro Tour Magic Origins, but did they play the best Standard decks? Adrian Sullivan makes a deep dive into the PT data and surfaces with some fascinating conclusions!
Recent shifts in the metagame have favored recursive morph creatures and powerful death triggers, and if you want to stop their shenanigans you’re going to have to exile them from the game entirely.
How quickly the Standard format has shifted these past four weeks! Follow along as The Dragonmaster, Brian Kibler, examines the metagame cycle and how we might use it in order to predict the next shift and ride it.
Kothophed, Soul Hoarder is not supposed to be a warm and cuddly hug deck, and Bennie Smith takes that fact to heart as he builds a cruel and heartless Commander deck to match his new demonic overlord!
There’s nothing quite like rediscovering an archetype you hadn’t realized was missing, but today’s deck asks “Is Abzan really better than Jund?” We’re so used to playing Abzan it’s like we’ve forgotten there’s another option – definitely check it out!
