Rocky Road
Last time John was bubbling over for a B/W Midrange brew… which seems to have appeared in the finals of the SCG Standard Open at Cleveland. While he’s still excited, there’s another deck that has captured his heart…
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CVM vs. Kenny: G/W Aggro vs. Junk Midrange
CVM and Kenny re-enact the finals of the SCG Open: Cleveland after tuning the runner-up’s deck with a few changes, exploring an important matchup in great depth leading in to Pro Tour Theros in Dublin!
Dissecting Delver
Carsten picks apart the different variations upon Legacy’s most-played archetype, blue-based tempo decks. Once you understand the aspects they all share, then you can build new variants – or build to withstand them.
Legends Of The Fall
Bennie examines the five new Legends at the helm of the Commander 2013 decks due out November 1st, looking for similarities in their mechanics and considering their impact on the format.
Above the Curve #41: Destined For Dublin
BBD joins the guys on this Pro Tour special! They’ll break down G/W Aggro, give you insight into prepping for the Pro Tour, and walk through a board state from their testing!
SCG Weekend Preview: #SCGMKE
The StarCityGames.com Open Series travels to Milwaukee, Wisconsin this weekend for a Standard Open on Saturday and a Legacy Open on Sunday!
Seven Key Questions For Standard
Mike looks at recent results and watches the Standard metagame evolve in real time, in time for Pro Tour Theros in Dublin and the Star City Games Standard Open in Milwaukee this weekend.
In Defense of Elegance: Reconsidering the Modern Banned List
Jeff Cunningham returns with an insightful look at the structure of the Modern banned list, and the implications not of each individual decision but of the modes of thought that build this format. Could it be a better format, if built a different way?
Sisterhood Of The Traveling Parish
Glenn types a sentence he never thought he would type… as he looks at Norin the Wary in a pair of Soul Sisters builds in Modern.
My PT Theros Deck And Other Brews
Gerry looks at what he finds interesting in Standard, and shows us where his current testing has led him with his PT: Theros decklist!
Video: Drafting With Ari! THS #1
Ari takes advantage of Theros’s release on Magic Online to bring you his first video draft of the new format… plus a little Momir Basic at the end.
Fighting The Best
Two-time SCG Open winner Ali Aintrazi tries out a few brews for Theros Standard. Building a Chimera, mastering battle with Kalonian Hydra, and whipping BBD are all inside…
Week One In The New Pauper
Alex looks at some new decks in the wake of some big bannings for Pauper, exploring a seismic shift in the commons-only format that cut combo decks back a few notches.
Three Post-Cleveland Standard Lessons
Adrian looks at the midrange decks that flourished at StarCityGames Open: Cleveland, and explores the interaction between aggro and midrange decks in Standard.
The Kitchen Table: The Next 100 With Prime Speaker
Abe kicks off a new project with this first edition of The Next 100, a deeper look at your favorite Commander decks… by building the “ideal” deck for that Commander and excluding each of those cards!