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Your 10-Minute Modern Crash Course

SCG Baltimore will feature a lot of Modern, a format we’ve seen little of since its last big banning! So how do you win SCG Baltimore when you’ve spent all your time on Standard? You just ask Carmen Handy what to do!

This Is What Will Happen In Each Modern Banned List Scenario

Chas has to write blind? He has to endure his predictions going up at the exact time of the banned list announcement for Modern? No problem! Predicting is what he’s great at when it comes to MTG markets, and today is no different. Read fast!

Modern Banned And Restricted Announcement Debate!

With Ironworks gone, we’re looking at a new Modern format! But how much will change now that the best combo deck is gone? Three of our brightest minds think it over!

How Wayward Swordtooth And Teetering Peaks Won Me SCG Worcester

Even if someone was brilliant enough to call this the archetype to play last weekend, they weren’t brilliant enough to call this list! Dominic was the pilot that got it done, and he’s sharing the details of his current list and its sideboarding strategy here!

Ravnica Allegiance Edition!

Patrick Sullivan returns to his Fact or Fiction glory to take on Ravnica Allegiance and two of his colleagues, Todd Anderson and Tom Ross! They debate a problematic new Standard card, as well as invite the set into Modern and Legacy!

Top 10 Modern Cards In Ravnica Allegiance

Standard has reasonably gotten most of the Ravnica Allegiance attention, but Bryan isn’t stopping there! He’s got his picks for the cards with the best chance to make an impact in the much more powerful Modern format!

A Massive Amount Of Ravnica Allegiance Previews

Gerry may have been out last week, but nothing was going to keep him from talking about all the Ravnica Allegiance previews we got over the last week! There’s no shortage of exciting cards to talk about, so let’s get going!

Electrodominating Modern

Instant removal that lets you cast free spells? Yeah, that should do fine in Modern. Carmen shows off the many archetypes that may soon find themselves playing more unfair than ever! Imagine one of these decks winning SCG Worcester…and THEN getting this card!

Sphinx Of Foresight Is Busted

Good cards come and go, but it’s not every set that we see something that could change the very way we approach the game itself! This card stands to be one such example, and Ben Friedman can’t begin to overstate the reasons why!

Deputy Of Detention Is Obviously Great. Here’s Where To Start.

It seems everyone is aware of the transparent power involved in printing a card like this, but since it’s not a Human or Spirit, there are questions that need answering! Tom answers the most important ones now!

The Teams I Expect To See At SCG Columbus

Three Merfolk decks on one team? At SCG Columbus, why not? Bryan Gottlieb shares the various approaches he expects to see in the Buckeye State and shares his updates to several key Modern decks!

Modern Trends Leading Into SCG Columbus

Ross Merriam reviews December’s Modern developments before updating his signature Izzet Phoenix deck in light of the latest metagame shifts. Be ready for his list at SCG Columbus!

Checking In On Old Modern Favorites

Has the rise of Izzet Phoenix made the conditions right for once-feared Modern decks to rise again? Sam Black considers Amulet Titan and Lantern ahead of SCG Columbus!

How To Prepare For SCG Columbus

With Team Modern the format for the SCG Columbus main event and no Unified rules to restrict players’ deck choices, what will reign supreme? Dylan Hand gives general insights, plus the five decks he might choose to play!

Exploring Thopter Prison

What happens when two veteran deckbuilders go to work on evolving the concept of Modern Lantern Control? This deck, that’s what! Check out the new build that has Lantern expert Sam Black and his collaborator excited to battle Modern!