Daily Digest: Thinking Out Cloud
Cards from the past never truly go away, do they? Ross Merriam is putting up his umbrella so that death doesn’t rain down upon him at the #SCGINVI!
TagModern
Battling With And Against Dredge
Tom Ross put up yet another SCG Tour® top 8 last weekend with the new powerful Dredge deck in Modern! Is this deck powerful enough to fight through hate? Is it the best deck for the format at #SCGINVI? The Boss has the strats!
Fact Or Fiction: The Broadcast Booth Debates The #SCGINVI!
They’ll be calling all the #SCGINVI action as it happens, but what do Cedric Phillips and Patrick Sullivan think will happen at the Invitational? Get the Magic broadcasting masters’ takes on Modern, Standard, and what’s sure to be an impressive field of players fighting to make The SCG Players’ Championship!
Four Approaches To Deck Selection
Tournament preparation isn’t just about playtesting. Your Constructed events actually begin when you pick your deck! Emma Handy does this on a weekly basis, and she’s got advice for doing so at #SCGINVI and every event beyond!
Ten #SCGINVI Sideboard Cards You Should Be Using
The SCG Players’ Champion is already deep into testing for #SCGINVI this weekend! And he can’t believe the amazing sideboard cards that no one is using in the current metagame! See the cards that you should absolutely have on hand for the big show!
Daily Digest: The Doctor Is In
Ross Merriam wants to give you a hard truth about the nature of Magic, so gather around. This card. Is never. Ever. Going to go away. #SCGINVI will have this card, and you just need to accept that.
Delirium In The New Modern
Think Delirium is only destined for Standard greatness? Think you know all the decks you need to watch for at #SCGINVI? We’ve got Pro Tour Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin bringing you the pinnacle of Modern analysis right here!
A Complete Weekend Roundup For #SCGINVI
#SCGINVI will showcase the two biggest competitive formats in the business! Luckily for us, a ton of data from both formats was made available over the weekend! And even more fortunate? We’ve got a brilliant Magic mind in Sam Black to tell us what it all means!
The Eldritch Evolution Of Modern Combo
Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren knows that Eldritch Evolution is a dangerous card in a format full of scary combo decks! This week, he’s going to try to push these established archetypes over the edge into degeneracy for #SCGINVI weekend!
Finding Your Perfect Deck
Are you a Standard mage without a Modern deck? Are you an experienced Modern player without a clue in Standard? SCG Tour® star Todd Stevens can help you find your perfect format counterpart for #SCGINVI weekend!
Grim Flayer Jund And Other Modern Brews
Michael Majors knows what you want for #SCGINVI weekend: decklists! He’s breaking out his Platinum Pro playbook to show you all the incredible tech he’s been developing in between tournament weekends! Want some inspiration? You’re in the right place!
I Don’t Mean To Toot My Own (Shriek)Horn…
Ross Merriam has another tournament under his belt thanks to the breakout Dredge builds that are taking the Modern world by storm! If you’re taking this brand new version of an old classic to the #SCGINVI, Ross has some wonderful tricks ready for you to conquer!
Video: Grixis Madness In Modern!
Modern is the format on everyone’s mind coming out of the weekend, and the #SCGINVI will only stoke the fire further! Leave it to Sam Black to brew up another new way to approach the metagame!
Video: Grixis Reveler In Modern!
GerryT has been a pretty big fan of Bedlam Reveler! So much that he’s brewed up an innovative Modern list that you can check out here! #SCGINVI is on the way!
Identifying Early Plays
Simple question: What deck is your opponent playing? The first two turns can provide crucial clues if you know how to look for them! Jennifer Long gives dozens of examples from a very diverse and deep Modern format ahead of #SCGINVI weekend!