Three-mana planeswalkers tend to come in two varieties: useless in Standard, and broken. Which will Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer be? Kevin Jones compares it to recent examples and reaches a surprising conclusion!
Corey Baumeister takes to the graveyard and then the skies as he pilots Izzet Phoenix on Magic Arena! Will his feisty firebirds carry the day?
A topdeck sealed Brad Nelson’s fate at Mythic Championship III, but it was only a bittersweet end to an amazing weekend! Relive the moments from three days that only could’ve happened in Vegas!
The shortest preview season of all time means there’s only one episode on Core Set 2020, and this episode has it all. Gerry and Bryan discuss how it differs from traditional Standard set design, the best reprints in the set, their honorable mentions, and their Top 10s.
Todd Anderson leans into the rough Modern environment we find ourselves in, searching for a deck that can handle the top tables at #SCGPITT this weekend and beyond!
Sheldon stops by his local gaming store, Johnny B’s, and returns with a play-by-play of a hard-fought Commander match with his Muldrotha, the Gravetide monstrosity. He also shares his thoughts about a few M20 cards that have caught his attention for the format, ready to be slotted into his decks!
“Not quite on a broken, banned card’s level” is still high praise! See why Shaheen Soorani is so enthusiastic about Drawn from Dreams, a worthy successor to Dig Through Time in Standard!
GerryT got a nickname for himself as “Mardu Guy,” and he’s been playing his signature Mardu Pyromancer deck in Modern! Get his updates for SCG Pittsburgh…and see what surprising card got the axe!
Core Set 2020 previews continue to steadily unveil the new set one card at a time, and Emma Handy reminds us that one small card can make a big difference if that one card is the right card.
A stopped clock is right at least twice a day, and after a year of predicting Teshar, Ancestor’s Apostle would break Standard it may finally be Bryan Gottlieb’s day to prove he was right. With more decklists than you can shake a stick at, surely one of them’s gotta work, right?
Core Set 2020 brings a whole host of new planeswalkers to the Standard party, and Wyatt Darby knows just what to do with Vivien, Arkbow Ranger!
Sam Black has his eye on Chandra, Awakened Inferno and is looking for the best shell to put her in. Can he find a suitable home that will dominate the upcoming Standard format?
The Modern format definitely has a boogeyman in the powerful new graveyard deck formed around Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis, and Dylan Hand has some advice for what it will take to cut it in this cutthroat new world we find ourselves in!
New Planeswalkers are always something worth trying to find a home for in Standard, and Abraham Stein has Vampires on the mind thanks to Core Set 2020 and Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord!
Brought Back is a “fixed” Second Sunrise, only able to return two permanent cards, but it’s also a mana cheaper than the banned spell! Todd Anderson explores its strange and wonderful possibilities in Modern.
