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In-Depth Standard Finance: Shocklands And Golgari

Guilds of Ravnica prices are causing some wild flux in Standard! Chas explains what’s going on with the early meta, how it’s affecting Modern, and what in the world is going on with the Magic Online price swings!

How Arclight Phoenix Changes Modern

It happened fast, but it happened. Modern changed almost overnight, and SCG Dallas is going to feel it. GerryT explains the latest great archetype in Modern and why a huge metagame shift may be happening!

How To Beat Dredge And Win SCG Dallas

Four Dredge decks in the Top 16 of a Modern Challenge? Owen Turtenwald has seen this movie, and he’s ready to flip the script! A must-read ahead of SCG Dallas!

Storm, Forever And Forever, A Thousand Years

Patrick Chapin’s brewing for Standard in the best Izzet tradition! Could Thousand-Year Storm really be the card to beat Golgari Midrange?

Fighting Off Golgari One Idea At A Time

How do you solve a problem like Golgari? Brad has seen a lot of decks of its style over the years, and they traditionally have a few weaknesses. So where to begin for SCG Dallas’s Standard Classic?

Winning The Mana Battle In Standard

As Golgari decks look for traditional ways to outmaneuver one another, Sam Black is interested in playing a different game altogether! See how he’s exploiting Standard before the Classic at SCG Dallas!

Know Your Enemy: Using Control To Put Golgari At Your Mercy

Golgari is good. Big deal. When isn’t it? Todd Anderson has the answer to the deck with the answers! His streams and endless testing has put him confident he can beat Golgari with this! For now anyway…

Living End Is Back From The Dead

One of the best Modern theorists in the game right now is here with some advice: start cycling! SCG Dallas is sounding like the place for burn spells and graveyard combos, but which of them will conquer? Bryan knows!

The Best Modern Decks For SCG Dallas!

Join our talented staff and weigh in on the best Modern deck to use to take down SCG Dallas this weekend! Did any of our writers choose the deck you’d play? Don’t forget to vote!

Your Golgari Midrange Matchup Guide

She’s the best person in the business to ask about black and green fair decks! Fortunately, Golgari flavors are all over Standard for the SCG Dallas Classic on Sunday, and we’ve got Jadine explaining how to win!

Beating A Golgari And Jeskai Meta With Selesnya

Seeing Golgari Midrange and Jeskai Control take the meta by storm hasn’t given Ross doubts! That just means he gets to do what he loves most: adjusting his strategy to prey on the unsuspecting opposition at SCG Dallas’s Standard Classic!

How To Make The Good Standard Decks Better

We now have a healthy dose of metagame for Standard, but Pro Tour champion Ari Lax doesn’t think we’ve gone far enough! See the many archetypes that are finding success and how they can improve drastically!

The Standard Cards You Should Own Now

Don’t say he didn’t warn you! Many of the cards Chas called have already proven themselves, but don’t despair! There’s still money to be made if you’re willing to listen to more excellent Guilds of Ravnica season advice!

The Case For Jeskai Control In Standard

Gerry has listened to a lot of friends and expert magicians, and this is the deck he’s come away with! The last time we were in Ravnica, Gerry used this color combo to kickstart his ascent to the top of the Pro Tour! Get his sideboard guide, most recent list, and more!

What The New Standard Winners Mean For The Format

The first week gave us some pretty definitive results…sort of. Owen Turtenwald chimes in on some of the top end decks of Standard while providing tips and tricks for aspiring pilots!