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Standard Pro Tour Retrospective

Ari Lax gives concrete context to the notion of having several Standard Pro Tours a year. How much do new sets affect the Standard format? What does history teach us about the future implications of WotC’s recent decisions?

Changing The Rotation Of Standard?

The Innovator doesn’t just think ahead when it comes to metagames or deckbuilding. He also thinks ahead when it comes to the business of Magic and the culture at large. Read Patrick’s big ideas about what he thinks might be coming next…

Where Standard Is Going

It isn’t enough to understand the things that worked at the Pro Tour; you have to understand what it means for Standard in the weeks and months to come. Josh Ravitz tells you where we’re going by looking at where we came from.

Daily Digest: Striking A Chord

Sometimes GerryT finds an existing deck with a new twist. Sometimes he pays tribute to an underperforming archetype that finally broke through. And sometimes, he unearths a sweet mutated monster of a list like this one…

The Modern Series: Betrayers Of Kamigawa

While Betrayers may not have made the biggest splash in Standard, its financial implications have grown mightily since the advent of Modern! Chas reviews the cards that grew, and in some cases, are still growing!

CEDTalks: Matt Sperling

Cedric Phillips sits down with Matt Sperling to talk about his top 8 at Pro Tour Magic 2015, what it was like to test on his own, and how he came to R/W Burn for the tournament when almost no one else did.

Legacy Innovation Spotlight 2

It’s time to pay tribute to the brewers of the world! In this fresh Legacy look, Carsten shows you a few decks that, given the right time and the right mind, could show up to play spoiler at The Invitational at #SCGNJ in a few weeks!

Video: G/W Aggro In Standard

G/W Aggro has been on a tear in Standard over the last month! See one of the greatest aggro mages in history test this Selesnya deck in this video!

Brad VS. Todd: Jund Walkers VS. B/G Reanimator

Time to breathe some new life into post-Pro Tour Standard! Brad and Todd battle it out with some of the sweetest recent brews the format has to offer!

Destroying Evil The Caleria Way

Enough about the manly heroes of the Multiverse! It’s time for the relentless ladies of Magic to join forces in the latest of Abe Sargent’s Random Commander challenges!

Todd VS. BBD: U/W Control VS. R/W Soldiers

Todd and BBD are ready to test out some Pro Tour hits! Try the winning archetype or one of the most interesting breakouts for #SCGNY!

Change Can Be Good

Shaheen is a veteran mage and when he speaks, the masses listen! Hear his thoughts on all the change Magic has gone through recently and check out his latest list before #SCGNY!

Return Of The Aristocrats

Sam Black is one of the most innovative deckbuilders in Magic. Some of his sac outlet-fueled strategies have done unthinkable things to formats. Here, he starts down that path again for the Modern IQ at #SCGNY!

Daily Digest: Getting Aggro With Esper

GerryT loves a list that differs from the norm. With control decks starting to make new waves thanks to Ivan Floch, Gerry finds one list in particular to be pretty interesting going into #SCGNY…

Pro Tour Esper

It’s been a while since we were able to call Esper Control a rogue deck, but despite its small percentage of the current meta, Gerard was able to post a decent finish! Read about his advice and sideboarding for the deck before #SCGNY!