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The Kitchen Table: Look Ma, No Hand

Abe takes a trip in the Wayback Machine to revisit the Tempest Block-era preconstructed deck “Migraine” and builds a hand-size-control Commander deck based around Malfegor and a whole host of cards that care about drawing and forcing discards.

Video: Vintage Masters Sealed #1

Follow Sam along as he opens a Vintage Masters sealed deck and explores this quirky, high-powered Limited format!

Who’s The Boss?

Tom Ross won the Season Two Invitational and earned himself a poison token with his likeness. Learn more about The Boss and his dominance with aggressive strategies on the Open Series.

Devoting Ohio To Black

While Josh didn’t have as much success in the Invitational as he might have hoped for, he was still able to paint Columbus quite black anyway with a finals appearance in the Standard Open. Check out how he’d update his deck for this weekend’s Grand Prix or #SCGVEGAS!

Daily Digest: Time To Get Nasty!

Today’s Daily Digest looks at an odd U/W/R build – not quite aggro, not quite combo, sharing a lot in common with the Heroic/Cipher decks while being incredibly different at the same time. Take a look and give it a spin before #SCGVEGAS!

The Next Evolution Of U/W Control

Frank has been playing a lot of different versions of U/W Control lately in Standard, and has some thoughts on the Detention Sphere vs. Planar Cleansing argument that might surprise you… or your opponent, at #SCGVEGAS!

Modern For The Honest Man

The Dragonmaster has a long-standing love for Knight of the Reliquary in every format, and today he builds around two different companion colors for his favorite G/W shell!

BBD VS. CVM: Melira Pod Vs. RUG Twin

Continuing their exploration of Modern in time for Khans of Tarkir PTQ season, BBD and CVM duke it out with Melira Pod vs. RUG Twin!

Brad VS. Todd: RUG Scapeshift Vs. Melira Pod

Brad and Todd battle Modern in time for PTQ season, putting Melira Pod up against one of its worse matchups, RUG Scapeshift, to explore the ins and outs of these two popular decks.

Metagaming Modifications

Brad wants to tell you the secret to his success: sculpting his deck specifically for how large an event is and how the metagame changes in the later rounds of two-day tournaments… or to face the challenges of single-day events where you can’t take more than one loss and win the event.

Humble Brags

Commander guru Bennie Smith is still waist-deep in Conspiracy hype for his favorite format, and he both gets a Conspiracy draft in and builds a new Commander deck around another Conspiracy legend, Brago, King Eternal!

A Dream Comes True

Tom has been talking about his Standard deck in his column for a while, which didn’t seem to stop him from winning the Season Two Invitational last weekend! Catch his thoughts on that tournament, and how he’d update the deck for #SCGVEGAS!

Leaving A Legacy: Secrets of Delver

After an 8-0 finish in the Legacy portion of the Season Two Invitational and a second-place finish in the Legacy Open as well, Rich Shay has an incredibly strong BUG Delver of Secrets deck that he finds incredibly strong… and the results sure are backing him up!

Ooh, We’re Halfway There

Hot off of a Top Four at #SCGPROV, Jim had only a so-so showing for the #SCGINVI this past weekend. Read his thoughts on the format and what he’d play for #SCGVEGAS this weekend!

The Most Valuable Lesson You Might Ever Learn

Gerry is re-learning an important lesson about what works and what doesn’t in modern-era Constructed Magic, and he shares it alongside his experiences at this past weekend’s Season Two Invitational… and what he is trying out going forward, for #SCGVEGAS and beyond!