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Daily Digest: Utopia Sprawl Is Taking Over Modern, Part 3

Gerry continues his search for interesting facets of the Modern metagame, and he’s unearthed a pretty sweet Bant brew that you might want to check out before this weekend’s Grand Prix Charlotte!

Flash In The Pan

Jim looks back on the Season Two Invitational to explore just how complicated the Standard metagame is right now, and where Modern stands in its current iteration.

A Twin Epiphany In Columbus

Ross Merriam has a lot of experience with Splinter Twin decks in Modern, so he didn’t really expect to learn something new when he picked up Grixis Twin for the Season Two Invitational. What he learned surprised him, and he shares his insights in time for Grand Prix Charlotte.

Understanding Blue In Modern

While Grixis it the “hot” color combination for Twin decks these days, Todd has had a lot of success with Temur Twin – and he shares the format fundamentals that are behind both his build and his wins.

Open Series Spotlight: Merfolk

Merfolk was not a deck that was on anyone’s radar for the Season Two Invitational, but Brad Nelson takes the list piloted to a Top 4 finish by Richard Adams through its paces in this week’s Open Series Spotlight!

BBD VS. The Boss: Abzan Company VS. G/R Tron

BBD and The Boss, Tom Ross, bring two of Modern’s top archetypes to battle it out in preparation for Grand Prix Charlotte this weekend!

Back For Seconds At GP Charlotte

Chris has wanted to make it to the Top Eight of an Invitational for so long now, and he got his wish – and a lot more! – this past weekend. But now he’s got a Grand Prix to look forward to, and he updates his Amulet Bloom deck to take down Charlotte!

Adapting Jund For GP Charlotte

Gerry looks back on his results from the Season Two Invitational, and takes advantage of the fact that the metagame has narrowed following that event to set his sights on Grand Prix Charlotte.

Grixis In Charlotte

Michael takes a look at the Modern results from the Season Two Invitational and analyzes how the format will evolve for Grand Prix Charlotte this weekend. The shift draws him from Jund to Grixis, but why?

Modern Tidbits

Sam takes an in-depth look at the results from the Season Two Invitational and projects where he thinks the metagame will turn for Grand Prix Charlotte – while also exploring some lesser-known brews that have been popping up on Magic Online!

Lessons From Columbus

Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax analyzes the results from this weekend’s Season Two Invitational and Modern Open to see how the metagame shifted to get to this point – and crunches data to figure out what to expect this weekend at Grand Prix Charlotte!

Video: Jund In Modern

Gerry has been on the leading edge of a shift back towards good old fashioned Jund in Modern, and he puts his very tightly-developed list through its paces for Grand Prix Charlotte in today’s Modern video

Daily Digest: Aggro Mill

Life isn’t the only thing you can reduce to zero in order to kill your opponent, and Gerry has an unexpected deck that might just get ’em at Grand Prix Charlotte from all the way out in left field.

Delve And Delver

While Sean is more well-known for his 99-card creations than his 60’s in recent years, he’s been known to shake things up in Modern from time to time. Check out his weapon of choice for Grand Prix Charlotte, Sultai Delver, as well as why you should play it and how to play it well.

Jeskai Will Never Die

Shaun McLaren became a Pro Tour Champion on the strengths of Jeskai Control in Modern, and while it has fallen off of most players’ radars in recent months he feels it can still be a good choice – and shares his build for Grand Prix Charlotte this weekend!