Updating Modern With Magic Origins
Two of Adrian’s favorite Modern decks have potentially gotten key updates with Magic Origins cards, and he prepares them both for the $5K Premier IQ at #SCGRICH this weekend!
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Todd VS. Brad: Merfolk VS. Jund
In today’s Versus Video, Todd Anderson and Brad Nelson explore the recent high finishes by Merfolk in Modern by putting it up against a critical nemesis, good old-fashioned Jund.
Video: Bant Company In Modern
After scouring decklist databases and Daily Event statistics, Ari gives a Bant Collected Company deck a try to see how well it stacks up against the field after hearing a claim that it has the highest win percentage among all of the tracked archetypes.
Daily Digest: Kiki-Kut
The most intriguing combo decks combine two different plans so it is harder to disrupt them, and today’s Modern deck of note mixes Scapeshift’s Valakut kill with Kiki-Pod’s killer infinite combo!
BBD VS. Brad: Grixis Delver VS. Naya Company
For today’s Versus Video, BBD and Brad Nelson battle Modern to explore a pair of interesting decks that are recent $5K Modern Premier IQ winners.
Daily Digest: Going Against The Hive Mind
With no new cards banned in Modern as of the last announcement, GerryT digs up an alternative look at how aggro you can go with Primeval Titan and Amulet of Vigor.
Todd VS. BBD: Grixis Control VS. Abzan Company
For today’s Versus Video, Todd and BBD battle Modern as they test out some of the format’s more powerful new decks. Check them out in time for the $5K Premier IQ at #SCGRICH this weekend!
Daily Digest: How To Midrange Without Tarmogoyf
Jund and Abzan have been two sides of the same awesome B/G/x coin in Modern for some time now, but what if it was the green you could give up and mix the two of them? Today’s pair of Mardu decks ask exactly that.
Daily Digest: The Modern Festival Finals Champion
Today GerryT presents the winner of the MTGO Modern Festival – Dredgevine! Give it a spin as you prepare for the $5,000 #SCGCHI Premier IQ this weekend or your local PPTQ!
Don’t Blink
Modern is a format constantly in transition, but one thing it always has is a set of core rules describing what the format is about. Todd looks at this week’s Banned List announcement with a critical eye for recent developments in the Modern metagame.
Daily Digest: Ham Sandwich Boros
Modern may be a format where people are learning they have to play around Blood Moon, but usually not in game one – and no one’s really prepared to play against Chalice of the Void. Check out these R/W disruption decks and try one out before this weekend’s $5K Super IQ at #SCGCHI!
A Modern Theory: Supplemental Products
Chris Lansell asks an intriguing question: since many newer players hear about Modern and think cards from Conspiracy or the Commander decks were legal because of their modern card frame, what if they were?
Daily Digest: Steroid
For today’s Modern Daily Digest, Gerry looks at a variety of similar Naya Zoo decks that have popped up over the last six months in order to explore whether it has a home in the metagame or is just a worse version of the Burn deck.
Video: Grixis Twin In Modern
While we are all awaiting the release of Magic Origins on Magic Online, Gerry explores the Modern format to prepare for PPTQs and the $5000 Super IQ at #SCGCHI!
Odds And Ends: Summer 2015
With many things on his mind, Ari’s column today is a grab bag of issues, analysis, and his expectations as Magic Origins enters Standard and Modern evolves between now and the World Championships in August.