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Where We Went Wrong: Dragons of Tarkir

Chas looks back at his predictions for Dragons of Tarkir now that the cards have had a chance to flourish in Standard and Modern. How well did his predictions hold up, and what lessons (if any) should be taken away from the experience?

Todd VS. The Boss: Temur Dragons VS. Chromanti-Flayer

After so many weeks of grinding for huge events, Todd and Tom Ross want to check out some of the quirkier and more fun sides of Standard in today’s Versus Video!

Brad VS. Todd: Abzan Midrange VS. Temur Delver

With Grand Prix Charlotte this weekend and some lessons learned about the Modern metagame from the Season Two Invitational, Brad and Todd battle to get ahead of shifts in the top decks!

The Season Two Invitational And The State Of Modern

Brian reflects on what could have been at the Season Two Invitational – and what Modern could be with just a little more careful maintenance of the format to remove the cards that enable long-standing degenerate issues in the format.

Bant Company For Charlotte

Brian has been hard at work building Collected Company decks around an honest green-and-white-creatures shell, and he presents his latest build just in time for Grand Prix Charlotte!

Video: Grixis Command In Modern

Kolaghan’s Command has been breaking out all across Modern, and Sam pushes it to its logical extreme in this Grixis Control shell.

Video: Infect In Modern

If big-mana decks like Tron and Amulet Bloom are going to continue dominating Modern, their weakness might be against decks like Infect that just don’t give them any time. Ari tests that theory in today’s video!

G/R Devotion At The Invitational

Brad stumbled upon G/R Devotion again in a roundabout way, then realized he’d found the perfect deck for the Season Two Invitational. Read all about it here, and what you need to do to bring it to your next Standard event!

Understanding Blue In Modern

While Grixis it the “hot” color combination for Twin decks these days, Todd has had a lot of success with Temur Twin – and he shares the format fundamentals that are behind both his build and his wins.

Open Series Spotlight: Merfolk

Merfolk was not a deck that was on anyone’s radar for the Season Two Invitational, but Brad Nelson takes the list piloted to a Top 4 finish by Richard Adams through its paces in this week’s Open Series Spotlight!

BBD VS. The Boss: Abzan Company VS. G/R Tron

BBD and The Boss, Tom Ross, bring two of Modern’s top archetypes to battle it out in preparation for Grand Prix Charlotte this weekend!

Adapting Jund For GP Charlotte

Gerry looks back on his results from the Season Two Invitational, and takes advantage of the fact that the metagame has narrowed following that event to set his sights on Grand Prix Charlotte.

Modern Tidbits

Sam takes an in-depth look at the results from the Season Two Invitational and projects where he thinks the metagame will turn for Grand Prix Charlotte – while also exploring some lesser-known brews that have been popping up on Magic Online!

Lessons From Columbus

Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax analyzes the results from this weekend’s Season Two Invitational and Modern Open to see how the metagame shifted to get to this point – and crunches data to figure out what to expect this weekend at Grand Prix Charlotte!

Video: Jund In Modern

Gerry has been on the leading edge of a shift back towards good old fashioned Jund in Modern, and he puts his very tightly-developed list through its paces for Grand Prix Charlotte in today’s Modern video