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!
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!
After one week, do we already know the cards this Standard revolves around? GerryT thinks so! SCG Richmond is on its way!
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!
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!
Tom “The Boss” Ross is just full of G/R Energy, and he can’t wait to Electrostatic Pummeler his foes into oblivion! But Michael Majors and his conspicuously counterspell-free B/W Control deck have other ideas. Who’ll win this Standard clash with implications for the SCG Richmond metagame?
Todd Anderson is on his way to Richmond for the SCG Tour’s next stop, but he’s already got eyes on the big showdown overseas! He can already see the metagame shaping up, and accordingly, he’s already thinking of how to counteract it! Todd: Don’t ever change.
Sometimes a draft just goes your way, but you still have to make the right picks! When all the options seem good, Ryan Saxe guides you toward great!
The brewing and new set knowledge aren’t over until The Innovator says they are! Patrick Chapin returns to lay down the last of the Aether Revolt landscape when it comes to card evaluation and fresh deck ideas! Best of luck at SCG Richmond, everyone!
Gold cards are sneaky good these days! Matt Higgs has noticed and wants to provide some new brew ideas for those that want to sacrifice creatures in the name of fun at SCG Richmond!
Jim Davis almost did it last weekend. He almost claimed the glory of a week one top 8 in a field of decks he had under his foot from the word go. But a top 16 will have to do. With SCG Richmond just days away, Jim, how good does it feel to be playing a traditional two-color control deck?
When commentators and players say that a deckbuilder or player has included “a package” in their decklist, what does that mean? Emma Handy talks about the house Stoneforge Mystic built before SCG Richmond!
Yo ho ho! Bennie “Blackbeard” Smith is giving up his Magic life! He’s taking to the high seas! Or high skies, whatever Kaladesh has going on. And yes, this is a Commander article about the lady with the monkey. … … YAR!
While green and black may have put the finals of SCG Columbus on lockdown, Todd Stevens is all about the red, white, and blue as he updates his Jeskai Saheeli deck for SCG Richmond! Is this still the Standard deck to beat?
An FNM Promo players have been requesting, Commanderin’ talks Aether Revolt, and The Professor reviews new playmats. This is Split Second!
