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A Wharf Class Athlete

Whether it’s the Olympics or Magic, Matt Higgs loves the underdog! He’s taking one of the sleeper rares of Eldritch Moon and brewing away for #SCGNY’s Standard Classic!

The Deck That Took Me To The World Championship

A Player of the Year title wasn’t enough for Mike Sigrist’s stellar Pro Tour legacy. Now, he’s got his eyes on the biggest trophy in the business! Read about how to pilot the newest powerful Standard deck in the metagame as you get ready for the #SCGNY Modern Classic!

Best Pro Tour Ever?

Chris Lansdell isn’t done with brewing just because a great Pro Tour has concluded! #SCGNY’s Standard Classic could be the site of even more Standard innovation if you follow Chris’s latest!

Video: Temur Emerge In Standard!

GerryT takes the deck that came within a hair of conquering the Pro Tour into this new video! Is this the deck to beat at #SCGNY’s Standard Classic on Sunday?

Daily Digest: Merging Emerge

We’ve established that Emerge decks are for real, but now everyone is working to find the very best one! Ross Merriam takes a look at the latest incarnation of one of #SCGNY’s top Classic contenders!

Missing In Sydney, Australia

Sam Black rarely puts himself out there with the safest deck choice, and Pro Tour Eldritch Moon was no different. Here he provides the logic that led to his metagame call, his fascinating rogue brew, and what he anticipates the future holds for the archetype!

Banting At The Pro Tour

Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren almost got himself another Pro Tour top 8! How did he do it? By being the bad guy! See the improvements Shaun made to everyone’s favorite hated Standard archetype before you hit #SCGNY’s Classic!

Fact Or Fiction: The Great Pro Tour Debate!

It’s the series you can’t get enough of! We’ve separated all of the Pro Tour tech, the top #SCGNY Modern contenders, and a lot of debatable statements into two piles; it’s up to Tom “The Boss” Ross and Ross Merriam to sort them out!

The Pro Tour Eldritch Moon Review

Want a definitive breakdown of the decks that rocked the Pro Tour? Cedric Phillips is granting your wish! Check out his detailed study of what he likes, loves, and loathes from the decks that were all over the stage on Sunday!

What A Pro Tour!

If you’re a fan of Emrakul, you got your money’s worth at Pro Tour Eldritch Moon! Join CVM as he celebrates his favorite archetypes and strategies as we head to #SCGNY’s Standard Classic!

Emerging Patterns

Michael Majors has been banging the emerge drum since spoiler season, and he’s finally getting his due! The Pro Tour metagame showed a variety of ways to get the strategy into the top tables of Standard, and Michael Majors is ready to outline the future of this very controversial mechanic! #SCGNY’s Standard Classic is on the horizon!

Daily Digest: Sea Change

SCG Regionals took place during Pro Tour weekend, and as expected, there are a lot of crazy brews out there! Ross Merriam has found one of his favorites for you to try at #SCGNY’s Standard Classic!

Disrupting Emrakul

The new big Standard target is the largest target of them all: Emrakul, the Promised End! How will the metagame react to the first lady of Magic destruction? Ross Merriam thinks you’ve got to throw her off her game before she gets anywhere near the battlefield, and he’s evaluating the best ways to do so for the #SCGNY Standard Classic!

Grumpy Old Men In Australia

Ten Grumpy Old Men. One Pro Tour. Shaheen tells all from Australia and reveals his team’s decklists, including the one that earned him cash at PT Eldritch Moon! Will it work for you at the #SCGNY Standard Classic?

Standard Is Broken

A truly diverse Pro Tour Top 8 means the format is perfectly reasonable, right? Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax isn’t so sure. He learned a lot about the format in his team’s testing, and he’s convinced we’re seeing the beginning of what will end up being a historically dangerous environment! Read his analysis here!