Which Challenger Deck has the most valuable cards? Which has the shortest path to upgrading into a Tier 1 deck? And how can you use that knowledge for fun and profit? Chas Andres has the details, plus This Week’s Trends!
Ari Lax disagrees with a lot of the Izzet Phoenix takes he saw last week, and disagrees hard! He shares his core insight to beating the Modern menace, and the decks and builds that follow from that insight.
Last weekend, three major Modern tournaments saw three Izzet Phoenix decks make the finals! Ross Merriam and Todd Anderson replay those last clashes ahead of SCG Cincinnati!
Gerry and Bryan discuss the surprise dominant deck at the Hunter Burton Memorial Open and a different take on Arclight Phoenix, plus Duo Standard, best-of-one overall, and the million-dollar Mythic Invitational!
The Esper Professor made the Top 8 at Grand Prix Tampa with Izzet Phoenix, but he’s already heading back to control in Modern! Get his latest Jeskai list ahead of SCG Cincinnati!
Kevin Jones missed earning Gold Pro status at Grand Prix Tampa, but he’s already looking toward a new Magical adventure! Check out the Standard decks he’s considering for SCG Cincinnati!
Izzet Phoenix is hardly invincible. Yet GerryT keeps seeing players make the same mistakes against Modern’s most-played deck. Fix these issues before SCG Cincinnati!
Let the speculation begin! With 36 new planeswalkers arriving in War of the Spark, how will Wizards of the Coast break its norms for the card type? Brad Nelson has a few ideas. Make that a lot of ideas…
The Boss expects lots of Izzet Phoenix and Dredge in the Modern seat at SCG Cincinnati. Want to cut through that part of the field? He has five decks that can make it happen!
Is going all-out with Arclight Phoenix really the best approach in Legacy? Todd Anderson explores the merits of trading power for consistency ahead of SCG Cincinnati!
You’ve met the Commander Advisory Group in Sheldon Menery’s past articles. Let him introduce you to its charter, which lays out how CAG members will communicate with the Rules Committee and the public!
If you try to play Limited like it’s Constructed, you’ll throw away games! Ryan Saxe highlights three key mistakes he sees frequently and tells how to avoid them!
Izzet Phoenix has raw numbers in Modern, but is it posting a winning record? What strategies beat it in practice in Philadelphia? Those questions answered, and many more, in this week’s Mox Insights!
Reprints may have most of the Modern Horizons hype, but Carmen Handy is more interested in the new cards! She’s imagined a variety of cards in likely categories. See what you think!
Sam Black locked up Gold status with a Top 8 at Grand Prix Tampa, and he did it with old-school Lantern Control! He shares the highs, the lows, and the idea behind Kaya, Orzhov Usurper ahead of SCG Cincinnati!
