First Pick At Magic Origins: Part One
Want to crush your Magic Origins Prerelease this weekend? Ari is here to share everything you could possibly need to know about the set; check this out today and then come back for part two tomorrow!
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No Good, Very Bad Decks
Todd has no problem taking a first pass at a new archetype, knowing that whatever he’s building is probably awful and might even get him laughed at. Bad decks give way to better ones, and building a great deck means building some bad ones first.
Ask A Judge – Origin Of Rules
Ask A Judge returns with the answer to all of your Magic Origins-related questions just in time for this weekend’s prerelease. Catch up on anything you might need to know here!
8-Rack In Modern
8-Rack is an often-underestimated deck archetype in Modern, and those are exactly the sorts of decks Tom “The Boss” Ross likes to pick up and beat you with. Check out his thoughts on the archetype and how it fits into the format and give it a try yourself!
A Post-Origins Gauntlet
The key to figuring out any new format is establishing a baseline, and the best way to do that is to build the format’s gauntlet. Ross does exactly that for Magic Origins Standard so you can run your decks through their paces!
Sparking Forgotten Themes With Magic Origins
Magic Origins is full of intriguing cards that flesh out both the major and the minor themes of the last few years of expansions, and Jim explores how it seems to have just a little bit of something for everyone.
Daily Digest: Next Level Tron
Tron is one of those Modern archetypes that doesn’t shift very much, and it’s hard to find a new angle of attack either with it or against it. Today’s deck of note has managed to find a compelling argument for a different build – check it out!
The Fun Police: Running Back G/R Devotion
We had a powerful Standard format full of strong decks before Magic Origins hits, so it’s reasonable to expect that we’ll still have a format full of strong decks – and anything you’re playing using the new cards will still have to hit that level to compete.
Magic Origins Set Review For Commander
For the 300th edition of Embracing The Chaos, Sheldon takes an in-depth look at Magic Origins with his quarterly set review. This set is pretty chock-full of awesome Commander cards!
A Third Look At Magic Origins
GerryT is in a mood to brew, and he’s got all sorts of spicy ideas boiling over in his brain. Check out his thoughts on a variety of new Standard decks featuring Magic Origins and give them a test drive, maybe one will be right for you at #SCGCHI!
Elves By The Packload
CVM is an early fan of the new Elves from Magic Origins, and he shares his initial thoughts on that archetype and how to build it after a week’s worth of experience now that the full spoiler is out.
Commander VS: Brawlapalooza
It’s time to get down and dirty in today’s four-player Commander Versus video as we pit all sorts of crazy shenanigans against each other. If you’re a fan of the Commander format, check it out!
Chord Of Calling In Standard And The Hall Of Fame
With a plethora of new Elves in Magic Origins, Chord of Calling seems like it’s about to get a shot in the arm for this new Standard season – and Sam shares his initial thoughts on his 2015 Hall of Fame ballot.
Video: Grixis Control In Modern
While we all wait for Magic Origins to make its way to Magic Online, Todd takes the opportunity to test out a few tweaks to Patrick Chapin’s Grixis Control deck from Grand Prix Charlotte.
BBD VS. Brad: U/G Devotion VS. Mono-Black Aggro
It’s time to battle Standard with Magic Origins, and today Brad and BBD explore an interesting pair of new archetypes by pounding them into each other head-first.