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Gerry VS. Todd: Jeskai Control VS. Dredge

GerryT playing Jeskai Control in Modern? No surprise there. But Todd Anderson’s put up the Temur Box in favor of…Dredge?! Who’ll win this clash between a classic control deck and a Classic-winning combo build ahead of the #SCGNY Modern Open?

Proper Sequencing

Want to know how great players steal wins where most players would get losses? A lot of it comes down to small advantages in sequencing their plays! And Emma Handy is ready to demonstrate this critical Magic concept for you before #SCGNY!

My Exotic Orchard: A Story Of Perspective

What does Magic success look like when you look back on it? What are the dangers of achieving too much too soon? In this wonderfully honest piece, Brad Nelson drops his guard and invites you to share in his insecurities as he traversed the bumpy landscape of professional Magic.

Fact Or Fiction: The Great Pro Tour Debate!

It’s the series you can’t get enough of! We’ve separated all of the Pro Tour tech, the top #SCGNY Modern contenders, and a lot of debatable statements into two piles; it’s up to Tom “The Boss” Ross and Ross Merriam to sort them out!

The Most Underrated Decks In Modern

SCG Tour ®star Todd Stevens cannot contain his excitement about #SCGNY and a return to Modern! See the decks he feels need more attention going into this weekend!

Banting At The Pro Tour

Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren almost got himself another Pro Tour top 8! How did he do it? By being the bad guy! See the improvements Shaun made to everyone’s favorite hated Standard archetype before you hit #SCGNY’s Classic!

Missing In Sydney, Australia

Sam Black rarely puts himself out there with the safest deck choice, and Pro Tour Eldritch Moon was no different. Here he provides the logic that led to his metagame call, his fascinating rogue brew, and what he anticipates the future holds for the archetype!

Daily Digest: Merging Emerge

We’ve established that Emerge decks are for real, but now everyone is working to find the very best one! Ross Merriam takes a look at the latest incarnation of one of #SCGNY’s top Classic contenders!

Video: Temur Emerge In Standard!

GerryT takes the deck that came within a hair of conquering the Pro Tour into this new video! Is this the deck to beat at #SCGNY’s Standard Classic on Sunday?

Best Pro Tour Ever?

Chris Lansdell isn’t done with brewing just because a great Pro Tour has concluded! #SCGNY’s Standard Classic could be the site of even more Standard innovation if you follow Chris’s latest!

The Boss VS. Todd: Merfolk VS. Temur Delver

It’s a Modern clash ahead of #SCGNY! Will Tom “The Boss” Ross lay down the law with the mono-blue power of Merfolk, or will Todd Anderson, fresh off an SCG Classic Top 16 with a Temur Delver deck drawn from his “Temur Box,” run the list back for another victory?

Grumpy Old Men In Australia

Ten Grumpy Old Men. One Pro Tour. Shaheen tells all from Australia and reveals his team’s decklists, including the one that earned him cash at PT Eldritch Moon! Will it work for you at the #SCGNY Standard Classic?

Disrupting Emrakul

The new big Standard target is the largest target of them all: Emrakul, the Promised End! How will the metagame react to the first lady of Magic destruction? Ross Merriam thinks you’ve got to throw her off her game before she gets anywhere near the battlefield, and he’s evaluating the best ways to do so for the #SCGNY Standard Classic!

Daily Digest: Sea Change

SCG Regionals took place during Pro Tour weekend, and as expected, there are a lot of crazy brews out there! Ross Merriam has found one of his favorites for you to try at #SCGNY’s Standard Classic!

Emerging Patterns

Michael Majors has been banging the emerge drum since spoiler season, and he’s finally getting his due! The Pro Tour metagame showed a variety of ways to get the strategy into the top tables of Standard, and Michael Majors is ready to outline the future of this very controversial mechanic! #SCGNY’s Standard Classic is on the horizon!