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A Complete Weekend Roundup For #SCGINVI

#SCGINVI will showcase the two biggest competitive formats in the business! Luckily for us, a ton of data from both formats was made available over the weekend! And even more fortunate? We’ve got a brilliant Magic mind in Sam Black to tell us what it all means!

Finding Your Perfect Deck

Are you a Standard mage without a Modern deck? Are you an experienced Modern player without a clue in Standard? SCG Tour® star Todd Stevens can help you find your perfect format counterpart for #SCGINVI weekend!

Brad VS. Todd: Jund Delirium VS. B/U Zombies

Jund Delirium took down the trophy at Grand Prix Portland. B/U Zombies proved its power at Pro Tour Eldritch Moon. Who will win in this Standard showdown between Worlds-bound Brad Nelson and SCG Tour® star Todd Anderson ahead of the #SCGINVI?

The Long Road Back

CVM has re-joined the competitive Magic scene, but after some time away he’s definitely feeling the rust! Read about how he plans to get back on track for #SCGINVI this weekend!

Zombies And Angels: The Decks That Almost Made The Pro Tour

The final lists that Pro Tour competitors turn in are the last products of weeks and weeks of brewing efforts! World Championship contender Mike Sigrist is ready to let the decks from his testing team out of the bag so you can tweak on them for #SCGINVI weekend!

Daily Digest: Spell Queller Queller

Spell Queller thinks it can just quell a bunch of spells? Well we’ve got spells that will quell those Spell Quellers and un-quell the spells that they quelled! Read up and Ross Merriam can make your #SCGINVI go swell!

Temur Emerge Tips And Tricks

Temur Emerge is a tremendously powerful deck…and tremendously complicated. There’s no substitute for practice, but Ari Lax outlines your path to mastery here! If you’re considering Temur Emerge for Standard at #SCGINVI, this is a must-read!

Daily Digest: Eyes On The Prize

Syracuse Modern Open Champion Ross Merriam has more than a few thoughts on Prized Amalgam…some of them in Standard! Is a Top 32 decklist from Grand Prix Rimini the future of Emerge decks? Give it a try at #SCGINVI!

The Boss VS. Todd: B/W Control VS. R/G Ramp

It’s a battle of Pro Tour Top 8 decks! Tom “The Boss” Ross takes up the winner’s B/W Control list, while Todd Anderson indulges his love of a good Ramp deck! Who will win this Standard clash of prize-winning lists ahead of the #SCGINVI? There’s only one way to find out!

Barely Delirious

Magic veteran Adrian Sullivan is back from the Pro Tour to talk about the difficulties of overcoming such a high level event and how he feels about the #SCGNY Standard Classic format we’ll see this weekend!

Emerging Victorious

Platinum Pro Andrew Brown joins SCG to discuss his Pro Tour Eldritch Moon top 8, his unusual build of a breakout archetype, and how to pilot the deck correctly if you’re taking on the #SCGNY Standard Classic this Sunday!

Building The Best Emrakul Deck

If GerryT is right–and he sometimes is–the #SCGNY Standard Classic will be the first signal that Standard is now an Emrakul, the Promised End arms race! Gerry studies how to prey upon the Eldrazi that is preying upon everyone else!

Daily Digest: I’ve Done My Research

If you’re not careful on Sunday at the #SCGNY Standard Classic, there’s a good chance you could put your opponent on Bant Company instead of on this excellent new brew!

Crazy Eights

Tom “The Boss” Ross makes a lot of top 8s for certain. But today he’s making a few in a different way! He’s talking about his favorite current Standard and Modern decks and then some in this can’t-miss #SCGNY preview piece!

Proper Sequencing

Want to know how great players steal wins where most players would get losses? A lot of it comes down to small advantages in sequencing their plays! And Emma Handy is ready to demonstrate this critical Magic concept for you before #SCGNY!