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Standard Speed, Modern Misgivings, And Kaladesh Curveballs

If you want Sam to focus on one thing this week, you’re in for disappointment! Sam has important things to say about Kaladesh Standard, an important Modern format ban, and what players are messing up when it comes to Kaladesh Draft!

Video: Grixis Control In Standard!

Grixis Control won the Pro Tour, so of course Sam Black had to take Shota Yasooka’s Standard deck for a spin! Watch him Torrential Gearhulk his way through four rounds on Magic Online ahead of the #SCGBALT Standard Classic!

10 Important Facts About Kaladesh Standard

Shaun McLaren has a Pro Tour trophy. He has two Pro Tour finals appearances. He knows his stuff! And he’s sharing that stuff with you as we move toward the #SCGBALT Standard Classic next weekend! What is your favorite quirk of this bizarre and wonderful Standard season?

The Man Of Many Formats

Chris VanMeter and his bountiful beard are surveying the many formats of tournament Magic! Get his latest takes on Standard, Modern, and even Legacy! He has his eye on a four-mana enchantment for #SCGBALT, and no, it’s not Sneak Attack…

The Standard Cards That Matter

Worried about the next scary deck to appear in Standard? Mark Nestico says that approach is all wrong! Today he goes over the cards to watch out for, with a certain Vehicle at the top of the list!

So You Don’t Want To Play W/U Flash?

W/U Flash put up the strongest results at Pro Tour Kaladesh and dominated the Top 8 at Grand Prix Kuala Lumpur. But what if you don’t want to play what’s arguably the best deck in Standard? Michael Majors has his brewing cap on and he’s ready to share several potentially metagame-busting creations! Will one win you the #SCGBALT Standard Classic?

Delirium: Your Sideboard Guide

A bad metagame call one week can become brilliant the next! Mike Sigrist was down on his choice of B/G Delirium for the Pro Tour, but as last week’s Grand Prix results proved, it still has a place in the metagame! Get his take on how to build the deck and sideboard effectively for #SCGBALT and beyond!

Daily Digest: The Best In The World. At This.

Plenty of talented musicians end up one-hit wonders. Ross Merriam highlights a Standard deck from the acknowledged master of casting small white creatures and turning them sideways!

A Magic Tale Of Two Cities

If you’re not playing the tip-top deck of the format, Standard is looking downright Dickensian these days. Ross Merriam has your guide to W/U Flash and what any deck that wants to dethrone it must accomplish! The #SCGBALT Standard Classic is two weeks away. Start preparing now!

The Boss VS. Todd: W/R Tokens VS. B/G Delirium

It’s a Kaladesh Standard clash! The W/R Tokens deck in the hands of Tom “The Boss” Ross has put up a Pro Tour Top 8 appearance, while Todd Anderson’s archetype, B/G Delirium, bagged a win at Grand Prix Providence. Who’ll take this five-game showdown ahead of the #SCGBALT Standard Classic?

Spreading Standard

Pro Tour Champ Ari Lax spent his weekend with a deep run at the latest Standard battleground! The format is starting to shrink down to just a few decks at the top…or is it? Ari provides what he believes to be the force secretly driving the format and what it means about its future!

What You Should Know About The New Old Standard Rotation Schedule

When a big change like this comes to Magic, most experts think of something. Chas Andres, however, thinks of everything! Join Chas as he tells you the good, the bad, and the unforeseen when it comes to WotC’s rotation schedule return!

Flash, Vehicles, Delirium

The decks we thought were going to dominate this format? They’re nowhere. The next wave that came up behind them? Also vanishing. We need a Pro Tour Hall of Famer to provide the best and freshest worldwide Magic data! Is the format’s next evolution in the numbers here?

Daily Digest: Can Eldrazi Fly Car Machines? You Know What, Just Go With It

They’ve conquered entire planes of existence. They’ve swallowed time itself never to be felt again. Now that they are qualified to run forklifts, there’s no stopping them! Run, Kaladesh! Run for your lives!

The Agony Of Defeat

Adrian Sullivan’s fate may forever be that of the Pro Tour grinder. He’s on, he’s off, he’s on, he’s off. Pro Touring is not for the ill-prepared or for the emotionally fragile. Today he talks candidly about giving up and about being close (but not close enough).