Split Second: January 30th, 2017
The second week of Aether Revolt results, a dangerous incident at GP Prague, and the Professor plays the booster box game. This is Split Second!
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Daily Digest: Ayyyyyy, Bing!
Remember when the Eldrazi beat everyone to death in Modern? Most of those cards are still legal. Put down your Cats! There’s plenty of other great Standard stuff out there!
The 10 Most Likely Cards To Break In Aether Revolt
Aether Revolt’s SCG Tour metagame has shaped out, but The Innovator is not convinced. He fully believes the Pro Tour will look a lot different, and he has his eyes on the plethora of new set combo pieces that are dangerously close to the brink!
Improvising A New Blue Budget Brew
Seriously, for the amount of money this deck costs, it doesn’t matter what it does! But luckily, what it does is cool! Matt Higgs puts together a new archetype that tries to get maximum mileage out of Aether Revolt!
Attacking Constructed: New Deckbuilding Concepts
SCG Tour star Jeff Hoogland has never been one to just pick up the deck everyone else is playing. That isn’t his style, and that’s why he’s been so successful! So how does he do it? He answers the question himself!
The Potential Ramifications Of Magic Digital Next
It’s a brave new world in the Magic world in 2017. Between Duels of the Planeswalkers and Magic Online’s long and varied history, Magic has had mixed results in the digital space. But as Chas Andres theorizes, that could drastically change sooner than later!
Standardized Testing For SCG Richmond
The Boss has it together for this weekend! If you want his take on how SCG Richmond is likely to shape up, the answers are here!
Todd VS. Brad: Jeskai Saheeli VS. U/R Control
Todd Anderson takes Jeskai Saheeli into battle against Brad Nelson’s pure U/R Control deck. Combo or no combo: who’ll will this Standard clash with SCG Richmond implications?
Split Second: January 26, 2017
Promo lands for Standard players, The Command Zone evaluates new mechanics, and Pro Tour teams announced. This is Split Second!
Video: Jeskai Control In Modern!
As PT Aether Revolt approaches, Shaun McLaren revisits his greatest Pro Tour triumph! His PT Born of the Gods-winning Modern decklist from 2014 remains entirely Modern-legal, and today he takes it into battle against the latest lists on Magic Online! What lessons does it hold for the SCG Richmond Classic?
Control At SCG Richmond
To the surprise of no one, Shaheen Soorani is very interested in playing a control deck in Standard for this weekend’s SCG Richmond showdown! Is Jim Davis’ U/B Control the way to go? Could Shaheen actually play B/G instead? Or is Esper viable again? Join Shaheen as he mentors the control mages!
Daily Digest: Have You No Shame, Sir?
Every single Magic card–okay, almost every Magic card–has a shot to be competitive at some point. Get out your Limited chaff box. Get out your unplayable Draft trash. Because it just may slot in nicely to this up and coming archetype!
The Pillars Of Aether Revolt Standard
After one week, do we already know the cards this Standard revolves around? GerryT thinks so! SCG Richmond is on its way!
Deck Selection Part 1: The Devaluation Of Importance
Brad has had it: Why don’t we talk about deck selection more?! He studies this phenomenon in the first of an excellent two-part series here!
Cata Mining Columbus
Data mining isn’t good enough when Saheeli’s Pet is everywhere! Adrian takes a look at the numbers that will predict SCG Richmond Standard!