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10 Things To Know About Esper Dragons

Gerard is a pro, however, he can’t make the Pro Tour this weekend, which means he’s willing to give away his information for free! See the specifics of piloting what he thinks is the most underrated deck in the format before #SCGStates!

Brad VS. Todd: Abzan Control VS. Savage Naya

These two pros have a big event this weekend, but that just means they won’t be blocking you from tearing apart #SCGStates! We’re only a day away from the Standard and Modern double-header of the season! We’ll see you there!

Bring To Knight: BFZ Synergies For Each Format

Bennie puts down the Commander decks so that he can experiment with some of the most potent BFZ combos in more competitive formats! #SCGStates will assuredly show off lists with these Battle for Zendikar standouts!

Bant Megamorph And Mardu Dragons

Fresh off of a strong finish at #SCGATL, “The Boss” Tom Ross shares his thoughts on the current state of the Standard format, how he’d tune his Bant Megamorph deck for #SCGStates this weekend, and what else he’s considering as an option for the weekend.

My Deck Is Bad And I Feel Bad

Getting things wrong can just be a slight misstep on the way to getting things right, and if you can get big things wrong and still make the semifinals of a Standard Open, well, it must be nice. Todd shares what he learned playing Jeskai Black at #SGATL and how he’s fixed the deck to run it back at #SCGStates this weekend!

Gearing Up For Atlanta

Grand Prix Atlanta is going to have a special side event all weekend just for Commander players, and Sheldon Menery is getting his finely-honed decks ready for a long weekend of Embracing the Chaos… and hoping that you’ll join him not just in the games but in the spirit of the weekend.

Control In The New Standard

Jim Davis loves control decks when they’re a good fit for the format, and today he shares what he’s found so far in trying to make control work in Standard against the top decks. In addition to sharing his deck for #SCGStates, Jim has a #PTBFZ home game to play… details inside!

Daily Digest: Dragon Superfriends

With G/W Megamorph and Jeskai Black sitting at the top of the current Standard metagame, any deck that looks well-positioned against both will deserve further consideration. Today’s Temur Dragons deck does exactly that, and might be worth playing at #SCGStates this weekend!

Brewing Mardu

While there has been a lot of talk about adding Mardu cards to the Jeskai deck, Chris Lansdell is mostly exited to just play more Mardu cards and is happy to leave the Jeskai Clan out of it entirely. Check out his build and give it a spin before #SCGStates this weekend!

Evolutionary Leap In Standard

Brewing for a new Standard format is the best, and Sam Black just wouldn’t be himself if he wasn’t looking at all of the awesome sacrifice-themed cards in order to see whether there’s a viable “Aristocrats”-style deck for #PTBFZ.

Beating G/W Megamorph And Jeskai Black

With two weeks of metagame results thanks to the SCG Open Series, Patrick Chapin analyzes where we’re at and where Standard could still go in order to get a sense for the #PTBFZ Standard metagame and the surprises that could show up in time for #SCGStates this weekend!

The Rise Of Vryn’s Prodigy In Legacy

With Dig Through Time earning a ban in Legacy, we’re left looking for other powerful blue cards that might fit into that rather large hole. Michael Majors keeps that in mind as he explores Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy in various Legacy shells!

Commander VS: Four-Player Mystery Surprise

Today’s Commander VS. spins the mystery wheel of all possible Commander decks in order to come up with some fresh new surprises. Who could it be? It could be anyone, after all…

Beating The Big Two

It’s hard to believe that Standard might just be a two-deck metagame with a lot of fringe strategies beaten by either G/W Megamorph or Jeskai Black, and GerryT digs into each of those decks’ weaknesses in order to synthesize something new to beat them with in time for #PTBFZ and #SCGStates!

Daily Digest: Devoid Of Losses

Battle for Zendikar is full of cards that are hard to understand outside of their synergistic context, but today’s deck takes a look at the Devoid mechanic and the Ingest / Processor tensions that come with its “Colorless Matters” theme.