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Modern On A Budget

Mrs. Mulligan wants all the Modern players she can assemble! That’s why she’s teaching players that are interested in the format to not be afraid of costs! For more info on how to ease into the format safely, read Jennifer’s advice!

2016 Magic Year In Review

Adrian Sullivan reviews his Magic events of 2016 and draws lessons from the highs and lows to help you with your game in the New Year!

Return Of The Modern Bucket List

The multitudinous possibilities of Modern have Gerry Thompson excited, and he’s ready to take a walk on the format’s wild side! From Seismic Swans to Madcap Moon and beyond, check out the wonderful and just-plain-weird (yet surprisingly successful) decklists he wants to pilot!

Daily Digest: The Sky Return

Even control decks need a way to close the game. Ross Merriam presents a U/W Control build with a rather surprising win condition!

Video: Mono-White Martyr In Modern!

One color, no mercy! Shaun McLaren brings his spicy Mono-White Martyr of Sands deck to bear on Magic Online!

Player Of The Year Resolutions

Tom Ross ended 2016 as the top points earner on the SCG Tour and its Player of the Year, but don’t think for a minute that he’s resting on his laurels! Even a player of his accomplishments has things to improve, and today he shares the resolutions he’s made for an even more Magical 2017!

Video: Mardu In Modern!

Join Sam Black as he tries to see the power of Smuggler’s Copter in Modern! Will it pass the test?

Daily Digest: Death From The Loam

If you like the Lands deck in Legacy, you may fall in love with Ross Merriam’s latest Modern find! How do you play this many lands and never flood?!

My Banned List Wishlist

Would Sam reduce the power level of one of his favorite decks in the name of keeping a format fair? What would he do about Standard and Emrakul? Does he feel Sensei’s Divining Top should be a legal card at #GPLouisville?

The Best Color In The Modern Rainbow!

Pro Tour Champ Shaun McLaren loves to learn Magic in new and interesting ways! That’s why he’s forced himself to mess with mono-color Modern decks to get an idea of what he’s missing by not having to jump through hoops for his mana! What is your favorite Modern color at the moment?

Smart Ways To Fix Formats

“This format is bad.” “Ban this card.” These are base level solutions that don’t truly solve anything. Fortunately, Ari Lax has the podium, and he wants to explore and study the reasons things are what they are right now in order to provide Standard with a much healthier future!

Daily Digest: You’re Killin’ Me, Smalls

Ross Merriam will have to illustrate to you the finer points of this deck, because everyone else is just looking on speechless. This. Deck. Rules.

The Death Of Interaction And Color Balance

Brad Nelson found his way into the Players’ Championship again this year, but something felt very different. Through all his playtesting, his discussion with colleagues, and his own reflections, he now understands what’s missing from Standard! And he wants to help fix it!

The Modern Series: Planar Chaos

Chas Andres loves looking deep into the finance of mostly-forgotten Modern-legal Magic sets, and you love reading them! So he’s providing more of the excellent same here, along with some very strange trends in the post-Christmas card market!

Post-Modern: Banning And Unbanning 48 Cards

The rights and wrongs of unbans and bans are a lot more deep than just looking at decklists or declaring you want that card that always beats you to get axed. It requires critical thinking and a brilliant Magic mind. Patrick Chapin takes you down the rabbit hole of creating and curating Magic formats in 2017!