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Azorius Aggro From Top To Bottom

Azorius Aggro was the winning Standard deck at SCG Baltimore, and Andrew Elenbogen had a hand in it! Today he rebuilds the deck from top to bottom, just in time for SCG Dallas!

Thief Of Sanity Steals The Show: Updating Esper Control For SCG Dallas

Esper Control proved a strong pick at SCG Baltimore, but Abraham Stein is already seeing reactions to last week’s hot tech, Thief of Sanity. Where should the archetype go for SCG Dallas?

Married To Your First Draft Pick?

You’ve made a great Pack 1, Pick 1, but Pick 2 has nothing good to play with it! Do you force yourself to take a filler card or look elsewhere? Ryan Saxe shares one of his most surprising Ravnica Allegiance drafts yet!

Three Aggro Options For SCG Dallas

When the rest of the field wants to play big, slow decks, the conditions are perfect for aggro to take the crown! Ross Merriam examines three Standard decks that could put a speedy end to SCG Dallas!

Getting Edge Over Sultai, Esper, And Nexus

After SCG Baltimore, the Standard metagame has clear targets, and The Innovator is taking aim! He examines top-performing lists for the weekend and finds a key idea for attacking the metagame at SCG Dallas!

To Gate Or Not To Gate

With 100 drafts and 26 trophies between them, your hosts go deep on tough Ravnica Allegiance draft picks involving Gates deeper into drafts. Learn when you should commit to various archetypes!

Five New Ways To Break Legacy

Between Arclight Phoenix, Light Up the Stage, and Accumulated Knowledge with Mission Briefing, Legacy is hopping! SCG Indianapolis Legacy Classic runner-up Ben Friedman shares his spicy takes ahead of SCG Syracuse!

The Modern Format Returneth!

Todd Anderson and Ross Merriam are taking a quick breather from Standard in order to test some new Modern decks that came to life with Ravnica Allegiance! Update your decks accordingly!

What’s The Best Standard Deck For SCG Dallas?

GerryT is hard at work on putting the metagame trends together! He’s got countless decks ready to go on Arena, and all the testing he’s done has led him to the conclusions he lays out for you here! Get ready for SCG Dallas right!

Find The Best Nexus Deck And You Get To Win SCG Dallas

Between Wilderness Reclamation and Nexus of Fate, it’s pretty clear that Standard is at the mercy of this strategy…if we can find the best version! Dylan Hand is hard at work on making it happen! Can you?

Buy High, Sell Low? How Does This Make Sense?

It may violate everything you thought you knew about finance, but Magic is a strange animal. Chas Andres explains why right now is the exception not the rule, and how this will all change again sooner rather than later!

Soldier Tribal, Azorius Style!

Can’t figure out how to make a Constructed staple like the new Lavinia work in Commander? You’re in luck! Bennie Smith gives her the EDH treatment she deserves here!

Thought Erasure Is The Best Card In Standard

Don’t bother plugging in that mic. Ari is just going to drop it. He’s an expert on taking thoughts from his opponents, and the Pro Tour Champion is ready to take more than ever at SCG Dallas! Good luck to everyone this weekend!

SCG Baltimore Standard Testing!

Ross and Todd can’t wait for SCG Baltimore! This Standard is fresh, new, and ripe for innovation and surprise! Which decks do they like to break out this weekend? VS Live! has their picks!

Standard Is More Than Hydroid Krasis

It’s Episode 115 of The GAM Podcast and regular contributor Cedric Phillips is filling in for an ailing GerryT! Cedric and Bryan were eye witnesses to the formation of the Standard metagame this past weekend, but what will happen at SCG Baltimore?