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Daily Digest: The Mill Hall Of Fame

Mill players are beautiful. No matter what, they stick to their plan and take great joy in watching their confused opponents play along and grow the graveyard. Ross Merriam has found another of these rare magical creatures. How many will you spot at #SCGDFW?

Rediscovering Reanimator

Innistrad is all about dead things and scary monsters, so why isn’t anyone digging things out of the graveyard? Resident brewer Matt Higgs plays in the dirt so that you can enjoy your #SCGDFW Sunday Classic!

So You Want To Cast Ulamog: A Guide To U/R Eldrazi Control

A lot of big time control cards are no longer around in Standard. That means it’s a lot tougher for control mages to get their game on. Luckily, Players’ Champion Jim Davis has specifics on how you can control #SCGDFW’s Standard Classic!

The Pursuit Of Self-Awareness

Ever wonder how a pro player feels when they can’t get it done on a given Magic weekend? Even someone as great as Brad Nelson has rough weekends. Today, he wants to discuss the evolution of the strong player mentality and how you can see yourself within it.

Video: Esper Zur in Modern

Esper Zur was a surprise quarterfinalist at the #SCGORL Modern Classic! Watch Ari Lax pilot the deck through a League and get his take on its chances at the #SCGDFW Open this weekend!

My #SCGDFW Decks!

There’s an archetype that’s pretty much way ahead of everything else in Modern: It’s called whatever you want. Todd Stevens relishes this new era of Modern diversity, and he’s talking his favorite #SCGDFW archetypes here!

I <3 Emrakul

A lot of players seem sort of down on the latest incarnation of Emrakul. Sam Black isn’t convinced they’re correct. Read about Sam’s ideas for building around the mother of all alien destruction!

Daily Digest: Forever Jund

Jund will absolutely positively never go away. Ross Merriam is convinced that Jund is the cockroach of Magic decks; it’ll be here forever long after other decks are gone, and it might be at the #SCGDFW Standard Classic!

The Promised End Of Standard

A 13/13 with a bunch of abilities for thirteen mana? Pass. A 13/13 with a bunch of abilities for ten mana? Not really interesting. But what about seven mana? Six mana? Less? Patrick Chapin delves deep into the anomaly brought to us via Eldritch Moon.

Standard Deck Experiments

Tom Ross has proven that although G/W Tokens is the biggest deck in the format, things are a lot more complicated than that. Michael Majors tweaks on a few builds that may be the difference in getting you to the top of #SCGDFW’s Standard Classic!

Grim Nemesis Presents: The Nahiri EP (Lyrics Inside!)

Gather around the stereo. The latest work of the best metal act in all the Multiverse just hit iTunes and Spotify! John Dale Beety provides a little bit of insight and a lot of headbanging!

Gerry VS. Majors: Abzan Company VS. Death’s Shadow

GerryT wants to gain arbitrarily large amounts of life with Abzan Company. Majors wants to put himself and his opponent under Death’s Shadow. Who will win this clash of styles ahead of the Modern Open at #SCGDFW?

#SCGDFW, The Modern Format, And Eldritch Moon

Though there are tons of options for Modern this weekend at #SCGDFW, CVM has his eye on one archetype above all others! Chris weighs in on the format, and of course, the latest spoiler on everyone’s mind: Emrakul, the Promised End!

Daily Digest: Esp-Zur

Zur the Enchanter is one of Magic’s most charming weirdos. He appears now and again, makes a mess of a tournament or two, then vanishes. Ross Merriam wants to know if he’s here to stay at #SCGDFW!

Fighting Humans On Turn 1

Ross Merriam knows why a lot of players are losing to Humans decks, but he’s not sharing the secret with you. What’s that? Oh, he is. Here. Because you’ve got the #SCGDFW Standard Classic coming up!