Carsten Kotter thinks the true heroes of Legacy are the deckbuilders and brewers that work to keep the format from becoming stale. He highlights three quirky decks that are good enough to be contenders at the SCG Legacy Open in Portland.
Hall of Famer Brian Kibler tells you about his Modern testing for the Players Championship with Magic superstar Jon Finkel and why it was his absolute favorite tournament he’s ever played in.
BBD recommends trying Solar Flare at SCG Classic Series: Birmingham and the SCG Standard Open in Portland while you still can. He also goes over some cards he thinks will see Standard play from Return to Ravnica.
Want to join the Golgari Swarm in Return to Ravnica? Bennie Smith digs into the current Standard card pool that will survive rotation to see which cards might be a part of competitive black/green decks.
Last Friday, AJ was able to play his friend’s G/W Aggro deck at FNM. Find out how his matches went and what he did and didn’t like about the deck to get ready for the SCG Standard Open in Portland and SCG Classic Series: Birmingham.
GP Nashville finalist Todd Anderson discusses some of the more interesting spoilers released at PAX this past weekend and goes over the implications of those cards as well as their respective guilds.
Magic Online champion Reid Duke tells you what he learned about the nature of Modern as a format this past summer and goes over the three “safe” deck choices in his first article in a series on Modern.
In this episode of In Contention, the official podcast of the SCG Open Series, Kranny and Joey reveal In Contention’s exclusive Return to Ravnica preview card! They also discuss the Players Championship and SCG Open Series: Minneapolis.
Players have two fantastic options if they want to play Magic this weekend: the SCG Open Series will be in Portland, OR all weekend, while Birmingham, AL will be the site of the SCG Classic Series on Saturday.
Return to Ravnica looks so awesome thus far that SCG Invitational winner Gerry Thompson just can’t wait to brew. See what Standard decks he’s come up with using spoiled cards and get a brief update on his Legacy bucket list.
GP Boston-Worcester Top 4 competitor Cedric Phillips responds to some of those who replied to him when he posted a controversial tweet about Magic: The Gathering coverage last weekend.
Read about how Brian DeMars reaffirmed two big lessons while building his Magic 2013 Sealed deck and drafting his way to victory at Grand Prix Boston-Worcester!
In this installment of Other People’s Decks, Sheldon shares with you several interesting Commander decks that were brought to his attention when he asked for some input in the MTGSalvation forums.
Four-time GP Top 8 competitor Sam Black goes over some card interactions that aren’t rotating that he thinks might be viable strategies in Standard once Return to Ravnica is released.
Although it’s weak to Bonfire of the Damned, John Dale Beety still played his beloved Tokens at a recent Standard tournament in Texas. See if it’s a viable option for SCG Open Series: Portland and SCG Classic Series: Birmingham.
