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.
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!
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.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
Todd and BBD battle Magic Origins Standard, testing for #SCGCHI this weekend to see who is most devoted to winning: Todd and his B/G Devotion deck, or BBD and Mono-White Devotion?
After making fun of it for a very long time, Ari has seen just enough success for the Modern Merfolk archetype to pique his curiosity. He takes the deck out for a spin in order to figure out whether or not it’s improved and form a new opinion.
In today’s Daily Digest, Gerry looks at a few efforts to focus more on Primeval Titan instead of Scapeshift.
Anthony Lowry loves Chandra, but today’s 75 is not about the Fire of Kaladesh – in fact, there’s nary a red card to be found. Check out his pair of decklists featuring Starfield of Nyx and test ’em out for #SCGCHI this weekend!
Adrian Sullivan crunches some serious numbers on this year’s Hall of Fame candidates and compares them to each inductee in the year they were voted into the Hall in order to inform his own ballot.
