Return To Ravnica Rundown
Get ready for Return to Ravnica by reading Ashley Morway’s thoughts about some of the new cards. She’s particularly looking for cards with potential in Standard as well as for goodies to add to her Commander decks.
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Laying Down The Gauntlet: Aggro And Midrange
Although the complete Return to Ravnica spoiler isn’t out yet, Ari decided to go ahead and start building a Standard gauntlet with the decks that will change the least and test new decks the most: aggro and midrange.
Reflections On Ramp And The Last Burst For Kuldotha Phoenix
Read about the Standard deck that renowned rogue brewer Adrian Sullivan has been playing a lot lately and feels is a reasonable choice for SCG Open Series: Atlanta featuring the Invitational this weekend.
Izzet’s Epic Experiments
Since he’s an Izzet mage, Valeriy Shunkov has been hard at work testing a couple of red and blue decks that he’s come up with for Standard once Return to Ravnica is released.
Cube Holistic Wisdom – The Case For Answers And Versatility
This week Usman Jamil discusses the role of flexible cards that serve multiple purposes and their uses in Cube (including some Return to Ravnica cards that have been spoiled!).
Dear Azami – Readying The Return To Ravnica
It looks like everyone is ready for the upcoming Return to Ravnica, including a reader who has requested Sean’s help with his Skullbriar, the Walking Grave Commander deck that contains spoiled cards.
Going Infinite With Angel Of Serenity
If you’re a power gamer trying to break formats, Patrick Chapin thinks it’s your duty to attempt to exploit Angel of Serenity’s infinite possibilities in Return to Ravnica Standard.
Promos 101
Have you ever wondered where that weird foil or full art card came from or what the most valuable FNM card of all time is? Chas has got you covered in his first article in a series on promotional Magic cards.
Todd vs. BBD: Affinity vs. RUG Delver
Todd and BBD feature Modern in this week’s playtesting video. See if Todd’s fast aggro deck is able to overrun BBD playing aggro-control or if BBD is able to battle through the onslaught of creatures.
Return To Ravnica Sketches
This week Mike shows you a few rough Return to Ravnica Standard decklists to give you some new and different ideas of what can be (and how the shape of the world might soon look) with the new set.
Farewell Scars And The Rise Of Midrange
Instead of talking about Return to Ravnica spoilers, Brian Kibler looks at the key cards from Scars block and M12 that will no longer be around in Standard and what that might mean moving forward.
He Went To Jarad
Since Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord is already available in Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari for us to scavenge for Commander, Bennie figured why not go ahead and work on building a deck around him?
Thank God It’s FNM: U/R Deadeye Navigator Combo
Although his featured deck this week isn’t quite ready for the SCG Standard Open in Los Angeles or SCG Classic Series: Richmond, AJ thinks that U/R Deadeye Navigator Combo is a deck you could have fun playing with at FNM.
Changes
If you like to play Delver, SCG Classic Series: Birmingham Top 4 competitor Todd Anderson recommends giving his latest list a try at the SCG Standard Open in Los Angeles or SCG Classic Series: Richmond.
Modern Exploration
GP Nashville winner Reid Duke continues telling you about the decks he encountered during his journey in the world of Modern for the Players Championship, including Jund, Zoo, and more!