Playing With Rampaging Ferocidon In Core Set 2020 Standard
With Rampaging Ferocidon back in Standard and one month to use it, is red primed for a late renaissance? PVDDR explores Mono-Red Aggro, Dinosaur decks, and more!
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Graveyard Decks For SCG Dallas
Graveyard decks may be down after Modern’s latest double banning, but they’re not out! Tom Ross shows how graveyard-exploiting strategies could exploit a new lack of sideboard hate to win SCG Dallas!
The Cards You Need To Buy And Sell After The B&R Announcement
The August 2019 Banned and Restricted announcement sent a shockwave through Magic finance. Chas Andres is here to sort the wreckage and give his buying and selling recommendations!
My Top 8 Winning Cards From Monday’s Modern Changes
Which cards are the biggest gainers after Faithless Looting and Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis got the boot from Modern? Newly unbanned Stoneforge Mystic tops the list, but Sam Black’s other choices may surprise you!
Questions About Modern We Now Must Answer
Was there a secret power behind Hogaak’s throne in Modern? Can Faithless Looting decks find suitable replacements for that card? And is any card truly safe? Bryan Gottlieb offers his answers to those questions and more!
Playing Unfair With Stoneforge Mystic
What’s the point of getting a broken card in Modern if you’re only going to play fair with it? Ross Merriam goes beyond Stoneblade to bring you three lists looking to break Stoneforge Mystic in half for SCG Dallas!
Stoneforge Mystic Is The Best Control Finisher Ever
Todd Anderson knows a thing or two about Stoneforge Mystic decks, so it’s little wonder he got to brewing with it in Modern right away! Check out his three preliminary Stoneblade builds and find a favorite to work on for SCG Dallas!
Mono-Blue Tron Deserves Fresh Attention In Modern
Out with the Forests, in with the Islands! Ari Lax sees untapped potential in Mono-Blue Tron, and he’s here to share the good, the bad, and the adorably uncertain in two public lists and his own build!
The Standard Cards You Need To Buy Before Set Rotation
The August doldrums provide one of the best buying opportunities for the year! With four Standard sets sticking around post-rotation, Chas Andres has your top speculation targets, plus This Week’s Trends!
Success Versus Mastery
Magic superstar Brad Nelson meditates on the fleeting hollowness of success, the lasting rewards of mastery, and how he went from chasing the first to seeking the second.
Mono-Red Phoenix: Before And After Hogaak
With a ban on Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis feeling like a done deal on August 26, Kevin Jones looks at Mono-Red Phoenix as a foil to the Arisen Necropolis on its last weekend of freedom … and beyond.
How To Playtest For A Big Tournament Without A Team
You’re gearing up to play in a big tournament. Congratulations! There’s just one problem: you have no team to test with. PVDdR shares his strategies for Constructed and Limited when you’re flying solo!
The Modern Deck I Want To Play And The One I Should Play At GP Las Vegas
Tom Ross knows he should play Hogaak at the Modern Grand Prix in Las Vegas this weekend, but a competitor can dream! What surprise pick does he want to play instead?
Kethis Combo: The Amazing Deck That Almost Never Was
The Hidden Hand almost kept this powerful Standard decklist concealed until it was too late to play it! But Sam Black is here to share the secrets of the quirky combo that Mox Amber was waiting for all along…
Winners And Losers In A Post-Hogaak World
With a future Modern banning of Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis being broadly assumed by the competitive Magic community, what decks would thrive in the future? Ross Merriam calls three winners and three losers in a post-Hogaak world!