The Bans Suck
Everyone agrees that the bans are great and that they did the right thing…right? Wrong! Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren is happy to be the bad guy. Yeah, the two formats probably needed some help, but was this really necessary?
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Split Second: January 11th, 2017
An early update to the banned and restricted list, LoadingReadyRun enjoys Aether Revolt early, and hard times for The Professor. This is Split Second!
What Pressure Feels Like
Many of us have experienced the pressure of playing in a PTQ Top 8 or an IQ final, but we’ve never played Magic as long or as under as much pressure as the God of Storms did as he fought for his entire year’s worth of work! This is what the SCG Tour is all about!
Aether Revolt Through A Modern Lens
Standard may have the spotlight, but don’t forget that Aether Revolt is good enough to move the Modern needle! Jennifer Long takes a look at some of the cards players may be sleeping on a little too soon!
Daily Digest: Madcap Skills
Don’t just dive head-first into your all-in decks! You have plenty of time to kill your opponent with your ridiculous combo! Ross Merriam teaches you some finesse in this completely mad brew!
Video: G/B Tron In Modern!
Quick Tron tweaks were the reason for Joe Lossett’s #SCGPC win, and Ari Lax wants to see just how good the adjustments were! Join him for a few rounds of Modern testing!
The Bans I Lived Through
The new year is a time of great change, and a lot of players think the scheduled ban announcement will be a huge shift in Modern and/or Standard. CVM has played a long time and thinks its worth looking at the historical precedent!
Aether Revolt Aggro
A lot of pros are working themselves hard by trying to go deep on combos and control. Tom Ross just wants his opponents dead. See The Boss in Aether Revolt action as he provides you with plenty of tools to cut the nonsense and just see how fast you can take your opponent from twenty to nothing!
My Expertise…On Yaheeni’s Expertise
Whenever a brewer sees that they can use a card that allows them to cast another card for free…what a perfect storm of awesome! Chris Lansdell takes the black Aether Revolt sweeper for a test drive!
The-Card-That-Must-Not-Be-Named
When is a card so absurdly good that you can’t even say its name?! Well, Jim Davis? We’re there. Jim talks about a few other cards you could do some cool things with, but really? He just wants to talk about one thing. Too bad it’s too good to speak of!
Video: 8-Rack In Modern!
With the best black spell in years being on the way from Aether Revolt, Shaun McLaren wants to learn this archetype! See him put in the reps here!
Daily Digest: Pushed
If you want a good place to start as far as changing the Modern landscape with Aether Revolt, Ross Merriam recommends a list!
The Elephant In The Room
The last couple of days have seen plenty of impressive previews, but one in particular made the Magic community in general and Sam Black in particular sit up and take notice! Get his take on Fatal Push as a card, what it means for the Modern metagame, and how it affects his beloved Lantern Control!
Everyone Hide! The Previews Are Revolting!
Aether Revolt previews are out in force, but Shaun McLaren couldn’t take shelter from them even if he wanted to! In his inimitable fashion, the Canadian Pro Tour Champion explores several cards about to shake the foundations of Standard and Modern…and a few that are just plain fun!
Aether Revolt Modern Decks
Aether Revolt seems poised to shake up more than Standard! Todd Stevens gives his take on what it means for Modern, including a “sleeper” pick!