Brian reflects on what could have been at the Season Two Invitational – and what Modern could be with just a little more careful maintenance of the format to remove the cards that enable long-standing degenerate issues in the format.
Grand Prix Charlotte is this weekend, and this battle between BBD and CVM is trying out both something old and something new in order to prepare for it!
With Grand Prix Charlotte this weekend and some lessons learned about the Modern metagame from the Season Two Invitational, Brad and Todd battle to get ahead of shifts in the top decks!
Modern is a pretty unforgiving format to begin with, but receiving bad advice makes things even harder than it needs to be. Bennie has a bunch of new decks he’s interested in, and a few bad-beat stories as well…
Adrian Sullivan has long been a member of a cabal of rogue mages, and he is considering rogue deck choices in Modern for Grand Prix Charlotte this weekend. Take a look at what he’s considering and give one a spin yourself!
While Grixis it the “hot” color combination for Twin decks these days, Todd has had a lot of success with Temur Twin – and he shares the format fundamentals that are behind both his build and his wins.
Everyone knows Phelddagrif is the “hug” commander, but Sheldon’s version of hugging hurts. His new Hippo deck focuses on stopping the love, not spreading it.
Ross Merriam has a lot of experience with Splinter Twin decks in Modern, so he didn’t really expect to learn something new when he picked up Grixis Twin for the Season Two Invitational. What he learned surprised him, and he shares his insights in time for Grand Prix Charlotte.
The GP Charlotte festivities kick off Friday, June 12! Meet the coverage personalities who will be on-hand at the Grand Prix and how you can enjoy the #GPCharlotte action wherever you are!
Jim looks back on the Season Two Invitational to explore just how complicated the Standard metagame is right now, and where Modern stands in its current iteration.
Gerry continues his search for interesting facets of the Modern metagame, and he’s unearthed a pretty sweet Bant brew that you might want to check out before this weekend’s Grand Prix Charlotte!
Brad stumbled upon G/R Devotion again in a roundabout way, then realized he’d found the perfect deck for the Season Two Invitational. Read all about it here, and what you need to do to bring it to your next Standard event!
If big-mana decks like Tron and Amulet Bloom are going to continue dominating Modern, their weakness might be against decks like Infect that just don’t give them any time. Ari tests that theory in today’s video!
Sam takes an in-depth look at the results from the Season Two Invitational and projects where he thinks the metagame will turn for Grand Prix Charlotte – while also exploring some lesser-known brews that have been popping up on Magic Online!
Michael takes a look at the Modern results from the Season Two Invitational and analyzes how the format will evolve for Grand Prix Charlotte this weekend. The shift draws him from Jund to Grixis, but why?
