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13 Reasons To Fear The 13/13

Why can’t Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren get any sleep lately? Simple: Emrakul is giving him nightmares! Here he lists the thirteen reasons that The Promised End may be keeping us all up in the future! Run for your lives!

#SCGDFW, The Modern Format, And Eldritch Moon

Though there are tons of options for Modern this weekend at #SCGDFW, CVM has his eye on one archetype above all others! Chris weighs in on the format, and of course, the latest spoiler on everyone’s mind: Emrakul, the Promised End!

Standard Deck Experiments

Tom Ross has proven that although G/W Tokens is the biggest deck in the format, things are a lot more complicated than that. Michael Majors tweaks on a few builds that may be the difference in getting you to the top of #SCGDFW’s Standard Classic!

The Promised End Of Standard

A 13/13 with a bunch of abilities for thirteen mana? Pass. A 13/13 with a bunch of abilities for ten mana? Not really interesting. But what about seven mana? Six mana? Less? Patrick Chapin delves deep into the anomaly brought to us via Eldritch Moon.

Daily Digest: Forever Jund

Jund will absolutely positively never go away. Ross Merriam is convinced that Jund is the cockroach of Magic decks; it’ll be here forever long after other decks are gone, and it might be at the #SCGDFW Standard Classic!

I <3 Emrakul

A lot of players seem sort of down on the latest incarnation of Emrakul. Sam Black isn’t convinced they’re correct. Read about Sam’s ideas for building around the mother of all alien destruction!

Lessons From The Sidelines: #SCGORL

Want to see what a Pro Tour Champion sees when they watch SCGLive coverage? Want to know how Ari Lax sees the #SCGDFW Standard Classic metagame? You’re one click away from being way ahead of the curve!

Video: W/R Humans In Standard

Gerry Thompson may finally be giving up. G/W Tokens may have given him back-to-back Top 8s, but W/R Humans gave Tom Ross back-to-back trophies! Let’s see what Gerry thinks of #SCGDFW’s Classic competition!

A Tale Of Two Tournaments

Mark Nestico got run over last weekend. There’s no better way of putting it. So why is he in such good…Spirits? Because he’s got a deck for the #SCGDFW Standard Classic that’s so well-positioned…it’s scary!

Fighting Humans On Turn 1

Ross Merriam knows why a lot of players are losing to Humans decks, but he’s not sharing the secret with you. What’s that? Oh, he is. Here. Because you’ve got the #SCGDFW Standard Classic coming up!

The Archive

Looking for a few sweet brews for the #SCGDFW Standard Classic this weekend? Join our own Chris Lansdell as he ventures into the unknown with some insane builds just for the occasion!

Video: Naya Tokens in Standard

It’s your last chance for Standard tech ahead of #SCGORL and Ari Lax delivers! Check out his Naya Tokens list and watch him take it for a spin through a Magic Online League!

Brad VS. Todd: Naya Planeswalkers VS. U/R Eldrazi

It’s a Standard battle to remember ahead of #SCGORL! Will Brad Nelson and his team of Naya Planeswalkers claim victory, or will the U/R Eldrazi of Todd Anderson annihilate all hope?

Ross VS. Majors: W/R Humans VS. G/W Tokens

It’s speed VS. power! Will the Standard W/R Humans deck brought to prominence by another Ross bring Merriam the victory, or will Majors reassert the authority of format staple G/W Tokens? Watch and learn ahead of #SCGORL!

Grixis And The Road To #SCGORL

Shaheen is obviously all about control for this weekend, but it may surprise you to learn than he’s got an experiment underway in his deck selection. See what the control expert is changing in his play methods!