Video Daily Digest: Ramp Of Approval
It was going to happen sooner or later: there’s a ramp deck in Ixalan Standard popping up on Magic Online! Ross Merriam has the details you need to battle (or battle with!) this menace at SCG Baltimore!
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Social Currency
Now on Select! Gerry Thompson has plenty of moments he’d take back if he could. Instead, he’s shaping a better future for himself and the people around him. No card choices here, just his best tech for the metagame of life and the social currency that needs more attention in Magic.
The Best Of 2017 Modern Awards
2017 had plenty of cards that promised to shake up the Modern format…and a few that actually did! Carmen Handy passes out dubious digital trophies by the armful ahead of SCG Baltimore!
What If We Bought The World Out Of Basic Islands?
Magic buyouts: people either do them or grumble about them! But what if someone stopped buying out Reserved List cards and tried buying out Islands? Like, literally all of them. Plus, This Week’s Trends!
Nine Cards You Should Play At SCG Baltimore This Weekend
SCG Baltimore features Standard, Modern, and Legacy action! If you’re looking for the one deck to crush your Team Constructed seat, Ari Lax doesn’t have it…but he does have well-positioned cards for the weekend that everyone is ignoring! Get the jump on the other squads!
Energy Or God-Pharaoh’s Gift? Well…
In the not-so-distant future, Todd Anderson confronts the dilemma facing Standard players at Grand Prix Atlanta: to use Attune with Aether or “that other” PT finals deck? Which is actually more likely to win this weekend?
Video Daily Digest: Adorned Pouncer And Friends
The top decks of Pro Tour Ixalan were mostly known quantities, but several players went rogue and walked away with cash! Today’s highlight from the PT Top 64 runs…Adorned Pouncer?! Ross Merriam has some explaining to do!
Turning Bronze To Gold: Third Place At Pro Tour Ixalan
John Rolf made his Pro Tour breakthrough in Albuquerque, jumping from Bronze to Gold with one great finish! Read about his process, his latest Ramunap Red list, and how to sideboard with it at Grand Prix Atlanta!
To Magic’s Armchair Quarterbacks: Enough.
Jim Davis looks back over his predictions for Pro Tour Ixalan (four out of five, not bad!) and calls out the armchair quarterbacks who tried to tear down Top 8 competitors after they made mistakes! The class on class starts now!
The GAM Podcast: Episode 52 – Pro Tour Ixalan And Six Undervalued Standard Decks!
Gerry Thompson and Bryan Gottlieb discuss what happened when the Pro Tour visited Albuquerque and talk six under-the-radar Standard decks that might surprise at Grand Prix Atlanta!
Pro Tour Ixalan In Perspective
Gerry Thompson finished Pro Tour Ixalan 430 places shy of where he wanted. He got unlucky with variance, but that’s not the whole story! It’s all a matter of perspective, and today, Gerry’s teaching you how to look at your worst tournaments!
The Mistake And The Rebound
Magic players make mistakes, even the game’s elite. We’re human; nobody’s perfect. Invitational winner Dylan Donegan shows how those mistakes aren’t as important as the way players rebound from them!
Is It Time To Ban Attune With Aether And Aether Hub?
When almost half the decks at a Pro Tour are playing two specific cards as four-ofs, something’s not right! Brennan DeCandio dives into the Pro Tour Ixalan results ahead of Grand Prix Atlanta!
Anderson VS. Merriam: Esper Gift VS. B/R Aggro
Today’s matchup is anything but “Standard” on VS! Will Todd Anderson claim the crucial games with Esper Gift, or will Ross Merriam run him over with B/R Aggro? Grand Prix Atlanta awaits!
Deck Doctoring Vorosh, The Hunter
Sometimes a set of 100 cards just isn’t up to snuff. That’s when you call in Sheldon Menery, Deck Doctor! But today’s Vorosh, the Hunter patient is a special case…