Pro Tour testing brings out Magical love-hate relationships like no other! Ari Lax shares his experiences from trying out Amonkhet. What’s it really like trying to work with Censor? Is Nissa, Steward of Elements any fun? And is he celebrating the return of Ishkanah, Grafwidow to the metagame?
Before April 27, 2017, Ross Merriam and Brad Nelson took inspiration from Magic Online Standard League 5-0 lists with Amonkhet. Ross chose U/R Control. Brad Nelson chose Four-Color Saheeli with Felidar Guardian.
Today, their footage was found…
The Boss didn’t go all-in on week one. The format wasn’t ready for it. Instead, he put up an excellent finish with one of the big decks right now! But don’t get too comfortable with Tom casting Spiders! He’s dying to break out the style of aggro decks you have come to expect!
The SCG Atlanta results are in, and Chas Andres is reacting…but not overreacting! Is Mardu’s future dominance assured? Does that Mono-Black Aggro deck in the Top 8 offer spec potential? And what’s driving price spikes in other formats?
The Amonkhet complete review continues! In this first installment after the banning of Felidar Guardian, Patrick Chapin talks blue. With more than a dozen decklists and well over 6,000 words of content, this is the way to start your Magical week!
It’s a Standard throwdown after SCG Atlanta! Todd Anderson has Last Deck Standing Mardu Vehicles on his side, while Michael Majors has gone shiny and new with U/W Drake Haven! Come for the unintentional filming-schedule-induced comedy, stay for the games!
With his Red Review in the books, Adrian Sullivan branched out a bit into black! Today he showcases several decks featuring both colors, from B/R Control with few win conditions to R/B Aggro with madness themes! Get ready for SCG Atlanta!
Brad Nelson is going big like Standard hasn’t seen in a while! But his Jund Aetherworks deck isn’t the only one looking to make splashy plays. Can Todd Anderson’s R/U Reveler deliver the pain instead with SCG Atlanta just around the corner?
Just in time for SCG Atlanta, Gerry Thompson has your initial testing results! Is Mardu Vehicles at the top of the Standard heap? Is a Delirium deck viable again? And what do the aggressive decks of the format look like? GerryT has your answers inside!
It’s an Amonkhet draft-off where four Premium writers make their picks…and you pick the winner! See how Sam Black, Cedric Phillips, Todd Stevens, and Conley Woods would start these five Amonkhet drafts and get ready for GP Richmond next weekend!
Brad Nelson had a Four-Color Saheeli primer lined up for today, but Felidar Guardian got emergency-banned yesterday! Instead, he talks about how this decision and others in recent years add up to a communication problem for Wizards of the Coast.
With Felidar Guardian taking a surprise ban to the snout, the search is on for the new best Standard deck! Luckily, Todd Anderson’s been sinking his time into Winding Constrictor decks, and if you want to feel the Snake’s embrace for SCG Atlanta, this one’s a must!
No Felidar Guardians here! Tom “The Boss” Ross is going classic aggro with a Mono-Black machine, while Michael Majors has a B/G Delirium deck complete with Vessel of Nascency. With SCG Atlanta Standard suddenly wide open, which idea will reign supreme?
Michael Majors is a realist: Felidar Guardian will be legal for SCG Atlanta, so it’s time to deal with it! He divides the Week 1 metagame of decks he’s built and seen into four tiers, from “has potential, needs work” to his top recommendations!
With the introduction of cycling to Standard, Sam Black sees the delirium mechanic as a big winner! He explores the possibilities of Sultai and Abzan Delirium before revealing a Saheeli Delirium deck that just might go down as a history maker at SCG Atlanta!
