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Izzet Drakes After The Grand Prix Milwaukee Top 8

Owen Turtenwald called his shot and made the Top 8 of Grand Prix Milwaukee with Izzet Drakes! Today he shares his innovations and how he’d change the deck for future metagames!

Building The Best Arclight Phoenix Deck In Modern

Gerry Thompson has long been Mr. Mardu in Modern, but the fusing of Pyromancer decks with graveyard decks is all because of this card! And Gerry is trying to find the happy medium, perfect build! Has he done it?

High Risk, High Power Drafting

Ryan Saxe can’t believe it, but this Draft format is still largely unsolved! Case in point: this draft where he had several tough picks! Which cards would you have chosen? Vote and share!

Top 10 Pieces Of Standard Tech This Week!

The Innovator knows innovation when he sees it! This Thanksgiving he’s giving thanks for a friend’s home court victory, a tribe just below the format’s surface, and the possible resurgence of a baddie that’s been kept down too long!

Breaking Burn In Modern

Burn has been right at the cusp of the top since Modern first premiered! Emma Handy has made no secret of her love of Bolts lately, and this is her full breakdown of how to ride the fire to victory!

Jeskai Control Is Not A Midrange Deck

We’ve got a great debate blooming between Ari Lax and Brad Nelson! Today, Brad is breaking down Standard Jeskai to help you understand what your role in matchups should be and why!

Building The New Boros Beats!

Bennie Smith, man of the people, sent out another poll to get his next commander! You voted, and now he’s delivering! What other ways are there to build this one?

Going Rogue With Boros Treasure Control!

Boros what now?! Sam has never been one to shy away from creative deckbuilding, and this Standard is no different! See the wild archetype that Sam believed in enough to take to his hometown Grand Prix!

How To Win More Against Bad Matchups

SCG is thrilled to welcome SCG Tour veteran Dylan Hand! He’s using his first trip to the podium to talk about something every player needs to learn: how to deal with horrible matchups so well that you actually start winning against them!

Video Games!

The guys have brilliantly put together theme decks from some of their favorite video game franchises! Who will outlast the rest of the pod to beat the game…and who will end up getting a game over early?

Magic Data In The New World

Why is it so hard to get really good data when it comes to Magic metagames? Bryan enlists the help of a friend with a fascinating new project to assist in understanding what it’s like to data mine the tournament scene in 2018!

Why Standard’s Second Tier Is Important Right Now

Several decks have put themselves above the rest of the competition in Standard, but Stein thinks that’s a mistake! Read about why this Standard is so different and what you can do to stay on top!

Beats By Drake: The Modern Deck That Matters Most Right Now

Crackling Drake isn’t tearing up Modern (yet?), but it still inspired Ross Merriam to pick up something else with a lot of game! His team nearly won yet another SCG Open team event, and this archetype is one of the big reasons!

What’s The Play?!

Lords of Limited Episode 73 is here with five “What’s the Play?” scenarios for you as well as exclusive Ultimate Masters preview cards, courtesy of Wizards of the Coast! With over 170 drafts between them, your hosts break down the format to get you to 3-0 fast!

Introducing The SCG CON Winter Cube!

The Patron Saint of Cube, Justin Parnell, has been working tirelessly with a team for months, and he’s finally ready to unveil one of the most exciting events you’ll find when you hit up SCG CON Winter in a few weeks!