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The First Week With Jace Decks And How To Beat Them

Shaun McLaren has spent the last week on the Mind Sculptor grind in Modern! Today he reveals his results. What’s gained in value? What’s on a downswing? And what’s the tech card that might crack all the codes?

A Three-Pronged Approach To Card Evaluations

Ever hear about cards having certain floors and ceilings? It’s a common way to describe Magic, but few go into detail on what these things really mean for building a deck! Ross Merriam teaches you as only he can!

How Bloodbraid And Jace Will Change Everything

Jace is blue. Bloodbraid is green and red. This means Temur, and that means Todd Anderson is hyped beyond words! He has loads of decks for the new best cards on the Modern block! Brainstorm, cascade, win!

8 Keys To Winning In Standard Now

Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax has tested enough and he’s ready to rule! This Standard is healthy, but it’s also exploitable. He has an excellent guide that sums up his testing work perfectly for your upcoming IQs and the SCG Worcester Classic!

Diving Into Pauper Finance

The Pauper train keeps on rolling! And what’s not to love? Affordable? Check! Diverse meta? Check! So what does Chas see financially in this format? Surprisingly, the answer is a lot!

Fact Or Fiction: The Great Jace Face Off!

It’s all the world can sculpt their minds around right now! Jace and his rival are about to be unleashed on Modern, and Patrick Sullivan and Sam Black want to have a few words about it!

GerryT’s Ten Things: Legacy Looks Fun Again!

GerryT kicks off his new column with plenty of decklists and attitude to spare! What does he like and not like among the latest Magic Online Standard lists? How broken is Pauper? And why does he think Legacy looks fun again?

How To Jace

The last time we saw Jace he only had a fraction of the tools he has to work with now! Patrick Chapin has Jace’d harder than pretty much anyone the world over, and he wants to re-open the floodgates with all these Jace strategies!

The Complete Sultai Midrange Sideboard Guide

Are you battling with Sultai at the Standard Classic in Indianapolis this weekend? Brad Nelson doesn’t want you going in without his expertise! He’s got it all here for the taking!

The Levels Of No Ban List Modern

Many of SCGCON’s attendees will have the goal of conquering the most degenerate format of them all! So how do they do it? Sam Black gets you started on the road to running over your opponents in some crazy fast games of Magic!

Entering The Jace Era

Todd Stevens hasn’t spent much time on Islands in his Magic career, but like it or not, that’s about to change! He thinks Jace is going to take over the format, and these are the decks he’s starting with!

A Financial Look At The Modern Unbans

Having Jace and Bloodbraid Elf injected into Modern has made for madness in the markets overnight! Chas Andres talks about this and more in his latest column!

Pack 1 Pick 1: More Rivals Of Ixalan!

Gerry, Cedric, and Ari debate the best picks from packs freshly cracked! Vote for the guy you think navigated the early picks best!

Modern Jace Places

It’s a blue mage miracle! Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren shows you all the decks he’s ready to try Jace, the Mind Sculptor in! Aggro kids need not apply!

Fresh Entry Into New Standard

Modern has been hiding Standard for a few weeks now, but Ari is on the case! Is it still as healthy as it was weeks ago? And what are the best decks to be playing? Catch up on everything you’ve missed here!