Welcome to the Standard edition of Too Much Information! SCG Invitational finalist Michael Hetrick breaks down and analyzes the meta from three recent events: SCG Standard Opens in Worcester and Indy and the SCG Invitational in Indy.
It’s almost time to celebrate the new year…of Magic! Top Australian pro Jeremy Neeman talks M13, including exclusive interviews with Ajani and Liliana, a review of a sweet reprint, and a discussion of a few unassuming role-players.
You probably know Glenn Jones as SCG’s Event Coverage Coordinator, but he likes to spend his free time playing casual Magic formats—including Commander, Cube, Winston Draft, Type 4, and many, many more.
Brian DeMars is surprised Griselbrand hasn’t been tearing up Vintage the way he anticipated it might, so he has rethought how to best take advantage of him in the current Vintage metagame with his Griselbrand Oath deck.
Ari Lax made Top 4 of Standard with Esper Midrange and placed 18th in Legacy with Storm at SCG Open Series: Detroit this past weekend. Read why he recommends both decks for SCG Open Series: Seattle (and see his five-minute primer for Storm!).
If you’re interested in playing Pauper with paper cards, Alex Ullman has compiled a complete list of cards that have seen serious play in the format and the number of each card you would need to purchase to have a playset of every potential card.
With nothing banned in Standard, Valeriy Shunkov thinks we have the perfect chance to prove that we’re able to fight the Delver menace. He’s been working on a Naya Pod deck that you should look at playing at SCG Open Series: Seattle.
Cube theorist Usman Jamil gives you ideas for cards that you can include in your cube to enable and support symmetrical disruption decks while also being generally useful to the cube as a whole.
Sean McKeown was itching to build a deck with a new Planechase commander, so he went ahead and built himself a sweet 100-card deck with Vela the Night-Clad as general.
Find out why Patrick Chapin is so excited about a new card coming out in M13, Thundermaw Hellkite, and see the many decks he already thinks it will find a home in.
In the wake of Land Tax, Chas Andres takes a look at can’t miss specs: where to identify these can’t-miss shots, how to buy, when to sell, and a few cards might be due for a meteoric rise.
Don’t miss Ben Snyder’s interview with SCG’s own Brian Kibler, who has won Pro Tours, designed award-winning games, and helped hundreds of amateurs reach their dream of playing competitive Magic through his writing and videos.
Adrian Sullivan has been getting a little tired of playing with Seachrome Coasts lately, so he made two nostalgic, mono-colored brews to play for fun: Mono-Green Aggro and Mono-Red Aggro. Check them out!
The unbanning of Land Tax in Legacy lit up a firestorm the likes of which has rarely been seen on Twitter. Reuben Bresler gives you all the deets about the tweets.
Lauren Nolen won the SCG Invitational in Indianapolis with U/W Delver in Standard and RUG Delver in Legacy. Read why he recommends both decks to anyone going to this weekend’s SCG Open Series: Detroit.
