Ryan Saxe makes no bones about it: he thinks Red is the weakest color in Rivals of Ixalan Draft! But with the packs seemingly pushing him that way, can he bring himself to get Mountains at the basic land station?
Some successful players have gone on record as saying it’s not necessarily correct to put a Noble Hierarch in its place on turn 1! Ross Merriam is an old school mage who disagrees! He talks about Magic mechanics and Modern Humans this week!
The Standard metagame is running deep these days! Patrick Chapin revels in the diversity but points out an underlying and very strange thread running through this metagame! The answers are yours!
Mark Nestico has shaped Kami of the Crescent Moon into a competitive yet compelling Commander deck! Check out his list and explanations. Just watch out for his music references. Killers today, they are…
Jadine Klomparens has been a midrange mage most of the time lately, but that all changed in Philadelphia! Read about the epiphany that taught her that there’s more than one way to define Magic’s middle child!
Team formats create interesting and complicated tournament results, so we need some experts to sort it out! Fortunately, the two we’ve chosen today don’t necessarily agree! Whose side are you on, anyway?
The Todds battle the odds (and each other) on VS! They’re kicking this week off with a new-Standard matchup. Will Todd Anderson take Game 1 with Grixis Energy, or will Todd Stevens seal the deal with Bant Approach?
Counters Company had its time in the Modern sun, but its aggro backup plan often fell flat. So what happens when you go all-in on the combo instead? Ross Merriam has the answer!
Last week, Brad Nelson talked some serious smack about fans of the new green two-drop on the block! He asked for opponents, and now it looks like he’s found one in Gerry Thompson!
Wow. If you want an excellent guide to the present prices of Modern staples, which are due for reprints, which are resilient to reprints (and practically everything else involving the history of the format’s finance), Chas has done it!
It’s a giant Elder Dinosaur with abilities for days…what’s not to love? Bennie Smith brings the ramp with Zacama, Primal Calamity for Commander!
Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax sees a lot of decks in the new Standard, but there are a lot of archetypes already falling out of favor. Most of them are aggro decks. For excellent guidance on how to construct decks like Tom Ross and Paul Rietzl, this is your stop!
The colorful expansion symbols have been banished from the room on VS! Watch Todd Anderson pilot U/R Snow Delver against Ross Merriam and Mono-Black Control in this week’s Pauper finale!
And here you thought death saved you from taxes! Modern is a strange place where Spirits (and Eldrazi!) can tax your mana better than you ever thought possible! SCG Philly is one day away!
In Week 1 after a quadruple Standard banning, the top Standard decks looked awfully familiar. Peter Ingram says that’s not good enough, and today he presents several avenues he’s eager to explore before SCG Philadelphia!
