Refining And Redefining Standard After The Bans
One of the format’s most celebrated players and pilots is pretty astonished by Standard’s new look! To try to understand the format as it was and as it will be, we look to Brad Nelson!
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Heralding The Primal Dawn
The Elder Dinosaurs have Bennie Smith’s mind racing! First he built with Ghalta, Primal Hunger. Now he takes a look at the “Akromasaur” with abilities for days: Zetalpa, Primal Dawn!
The Control Top 10
Shaheen Soorani isn’t looking forward to facing a flood of Ramunap Red if a key Energy card gets banned, but the Standard Control cause carries on! Today he shares his Top 10 cards from Rivals of Ixalan!
Daily Digest: How To Cope When Storm Is The Norm
If Storm decks are getting you down in Modern, here’s a solution Ross Merriam has come up with: revel in this deck! SCG Dallas will have its share of Baral, but you don’t have to comply!
The GAM Podcast Returns! Rivals Of Ixalan Top 10s!
Gerry and Bryan are finally back! And you know how Magic players like to say things aren’t close? Seriously, their picks from Rivals of Ixalan are not remotely close.
Fact Or Fiction: Out Of Energy
Gerry Thompson and Patrick Sullivan debate the cards that should go–and both believe something needs to go–from Temur Energy and its related oppressors. Vote for the cards you think should stay or go here!
Where I’m Starting For New Standard
Full disclosure: Gerry doesn’t know what the bans will be, if anything. But you know what? We have a new set. We have an announcement coming. And we have a Pro Tour Champion who wants to build decks! It’d be criminal to stop him!
Rivals Of Ixalan Financial Review: Part 2
The moment you’ve waited for all week is here! Chas Andres returns with all the expertise you need to make decisions on your Prerelease weekend pulls!
Preparing For Next Weekend’s Dallas Standard
Next weekend will be SCG Dallas, a team event. That means some new form of Standard will be on display, and Brennan DeCandio has an excellent early start on the new strats!
Brad VS. Todd, Round 5: Temur Tron VS. Temur Tron
It’s time to cap off a fun weekend of VS with the format that once you Paup, you just can’t stop! Unless you’re playing a Tron mirror. Then maybe you can stop…Let’s watch and find out!
The Top 20 Cards In Rivals Of Ixalan
We are officially at the tradition level with Todd Stevens and his always-fun deep ranking of the newest Magic expansion’s cards! With surprise picks and surprise omissions every time, no one guarantees more value! Speaking of value…
Next Week’s Standard Ban Scenarios
Well, it’s that season again. The tug of war between ban fatigue and energy fatigue is at an all-time tension, and Todd’s an excellent voice of reason. This could go any number of ways. These are the most likely.
Rivals Rule Changes & GP Playmats!
The Great Designer Search 3 kicks off soon, and the 2018 Grand Prix playmats are revealed.
Rivals Of Ixalan Commander Review!
There are sets that are good for Commander, and then there are sets that are great for it! Rivals of Ixalan is one of the latter! So which cards are fueling the fun? And could this be the best Commander set of all-time?
Drafting Digest: Rivals Of Ixalan Kickoff
Get a head start on Rivals of Ixalan Draft with Ryan Saxe’s Drafting Digest! Early in a format, he often likes to take rares early to test them out. Will that hold true today?