Many of us have experienced the pressure of playing in a PTQ Top 8 or an IQ final, but we’ve never played Magic as long or as under as much pressure as the God of Storms did as he fought for his entire year’s worth of work! This is what the SCG Tour is all about!
Instead of arguing, CVM is all about discussion! Everyone expected something to happen, but nobody expected this! So how do you feel about Standard and Modern now? Chris gives his take and asks for yours!
We knew it was coming, but we didn’t know just how big the changes would be! Michael Majors has never been on level one, and he’s looking at these bans with a careful eye in an effort to glean a lot of subtext about future Standard. Read on!
How messed up would Aether Revolt Standard have been without the triple bannings of Reflector Mage, Smuggler’s Copter, and Emrakul, the Promised End? Ross Merriam and Brad Nelson bring you a Copter-on-Copter battle from the future that was, with Ross’s W/B Aggro taking on Brad’s Mardu Vehicles!
Now then, with all of that pressure to beat Emrakul, Copter, and Reflector Mage out of the way, Ross Merriam can crack his knuckles and do some fun stuff! Like seeing how many counters he can possibly put on a single monster. Or like winning the game with a giant robot. See? Magic is great.
Was Wizards of the Coast trying to break Standard in half, or did it merely succeed? The appearance of Felidar Guardian in the same block as Saheeli Rai has Patrick Chapin wondering what on Earth is going on. He’s seen this movie before, and today he shares his earliest decks that might help you survive the sequel!
With Aether Revolt previews complete, it’s time to see the set in action! Todd Anderson has his eye on W/G Humans, while Michael Majors is trying to break U/W Aetherflux Reservoir! Who’ll win this battle of #MTGAER-augmented ideas?
The new year is a time of great change, and a lot of players think the scheduled ban announcement will be a huge shift in Modern and/or Standard. CVM has played a long time and thinks its worth looking at the historical precedent!
Michael Majors isn’t waiting for the first week of Aether Revolt. He’s not even waiting for the rest of the previews! He already has plenty of rope to use on every kind of combo deck Standard can imagine! Emrakul, the Promised End is on notice!
A lot of pros are working themselves hard by trying to go deep on combos and control. Tom Ross just wants his opponents dead. See The Boss in Aether Revolt action as he provides you with plenty of tools to cut the nonsense and just see how fast you can take your opponent from twenty to nothing!
Brad Nelson is going full blown little kid on this set! He’s head over heels for the drama of Aether Revolt, but that’s not enough! The man must brew! He’s got a few decklists, lots of card analysis, and plenty of predictions for the return of Magic’s biggest villain!
Whenever a brewer sees that they can use a card that allows them to cast another card for free…what a perfect storm of awesome! Chris Lansdell takes the black Aether Revolt sweeper for a test drive!
The only thing better than a new set’s preview season is checking in with Magic’s best minds to lead us into the new era of our new formats. GerryT is here to do just that. Check out his excellent work in breaking down the hype into layman’s terms so that we can get ahead of our opponents during the early days of new Standard!
When is a card so absurdly good that you can’t even say its name?! Well, Jim Davis? We’re there. Jim talks about a few other cards you could do some cool things with, but really? He just wants to talk about one thing. Too bad it’s too good to speak of!
Mark Nestico reality-checks players pining for a “Golden Age” of Standard that never was and shares the secret of what makes a time in Magic truly great!
