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Preparing For A “New” Standard

Shaheen Soorani is back to tell you about the decks with which he made Top 8 of the SCGs Invitational in Baltimore and Indianapolis—Esper Control and Esper Stoneblade—and some ideas he has for Standard with M13.

Core Set Sealed Deck

Reid Duke’s best and favorite format is core set Sealed Deck, and he wants to offer you some tips for this weekend’s release events by combining his first impressions of M13 with general Sealed Deck strategy.

SCG Open Series Preview: St. Louis, Sort Of

This weekend will mark the first major tournament to feature Magic 2013 in Standard and Legacy, so join us in St. Louis! Glenn Jones shows you everything you need to know.

A Glance Into Gerry’s Notebook

Take a look inside Gerry’s notebook, where he’s been hard at work scribbling down all kinds of decks for post-M13 Standard. Get ideas for what to play at the SCG Standard Open in St. Louis this weekend!

Battle And Door

Two of Adam’s favorite Magic cards are in M13: Battle of Wits and Door to Nothingness! See the decklists he’s already brewed up with these two cards if you like playing unusual Magic decks.

M13 Set Review: Commander

If you’re a fan of Commander, don’t miss Sheldon’s review of M13 in which he goes over the cards he thinks probably won’t get played, might get played, probably will get played, and definitely will get played.

Getting Aggressive With M13

With Rancor’s return to Standard in M13, Sam Black is looking to take advantage of it in Infect and Hexproof decks. Get aggressive with Rancor at the SCG Standard Open in St. Louis this weekend!

M13 Set Review Part 2: Black And White

Continuing his Magic 2013 set review after going over the red and blue cards on Monday, today Patrick Chapin tackles the black and white cards from the new set.

Branching Out With Delver

Although PT Dark Ascension Top 8 competitor Matt Costa doesn’t usually play rogue decks, he’s been working on a couple different adaptations of Delver with cards from M13. Get ideas for SCG Open Series: St. Louis.

Magic 2013 Flavor Musings (Or Taking A Sharpie To Rancor)

Find out what John Dale Beety thinks about the flavor of Magic 2013 as a whole, its flavor text and art hits and misses, and why he had to take a Sharpie to a Rancor from M13.

In Contention #84 – Hanukkah In July

In this episode of In Contention, the official podcast of the SCG Open Series, Reuben, Kranny, and Joey talk about M13 spoilers and their impact on various Constructed formats, Prerelease experiences, and Kranny introduces his Battle of Wits list.

M13 Overview And The State Of Legacy

Read which M13 cards two-time SCG Legacy Open finalist Drew Levin thinks will make a difference in Legacy and his thoughts about the health of the format after the Legacy Grand Prix in Atlanta.

Mind Twists #5

After taking last week off since he was at SCG Open Series: Seattle, Dayv Doberne is back with the fifth edition of Mind Twists. Time to exercise those brain muscles!

The Best Of M13

Just like when Avacyn Restored was released a few months ago, this week PT Kyoto Top 8 competitor Cedric Phillips goes over what he feels are the best cards in each color in M13 and why.

Video: U/R Splinter Twin In Modern

Get ready to play Modern at Grand Prix Columbus in a couple of weeks by watching Todd Anderson pilot U/R Splinter Twin in a Magic Online Daily Event.