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Take Me To Church

Archangel Avacyn and Chandra, Flamecaller are rumored to be big hitters for the #SCGBALT weekend, but one card that slipped past a lot of radars is Westvale Abbey! See the decks Chris Andersen is building in order to maximize this incredible land!

Inside My Shadows Over Innistrad Testing

It’s time to get you ready for the big weekend! #SCGBALT will be positively incredible! With tons of new Standard decks, a new metagame set, and everything else in between, GerryT shows you what he’s come up with for new Standard!

#SCGBALT And Week One Standard

A lot of untuned decks will eliminate strong players from the early #SCGBALT rounds this weekend. So how do you avoid being one of them? Mark Nestico discusses the ways you can avoid providing byes on the first week for Shadows over Innistrad Standard!

Todd VS. The Boss: B/R Dark-Dwellers VS. W/U Midrange

No card untested. No deck left unexplored. The VS Series crew has worked hard to figure out #SCGBALT, and they’re passing their exclusive info onto you!

Crazy Colorless Mana

With all the new Shadows over Innistrad spoilers getting the excitement, it’s easy to forget that there are a lot more Standard cards out there! Adrian talks about the dangerous colorless possibilities hiding behind the new Innistrad hype!

Ross VS. Majors: Naya Planeswalkers VS. B/W Control

It’s time for the Select kids to get their #SCGBALT testing game on! Both players are going big and bad in their prep for week one. Which one will carry the advantage into next weekend?

Todd VS. Brad: U/R Prowess VS. G/R Ramp!

#SCGBALT will feature a host of brand new decks and strategies, and players cannot wait to get their hands on them! What have Todd and Brad gotten their hands on this week? More Shadows over Innistrad! Who will prevail?

Cards To Embrace And Avoid At #SCGBALT

Tom Ross has a lot of #SCGBALT implications to discuss. There’s Shadows over Innistrad’s overrated and underrated cards. There’s the new breakout deck someone bravely posted a few days ago. There’s a lot to cover, and Tom is ready to get you caught up!

The Gitrog Monster In Every Format

Bennie Smith’s amphibian addiction is out of hand! He has brews ready for whatever format you’d like, but they all feature one very large and increasingly famous monster!

Green’s Place In Shadows Over Innistrad Standard

Brad Nelson is ready for #SCGBALT! He feels that most are sleeping on what could very well be the most prominent and dominant color in the format! See the Forest-powered decks he has ready to go!

Finding Your Core

One of the ways to have a great deck in an early format is to find the deck’s core. SCG Players’ Champion Jim Davis explains the process and what we have on the table for #SCGBALT’s breakout!

Three Up, Three Down

Ross Merriam provides three cards that have been unbelievable in testing, and three cards that have not pulled the weight they promised! Find out what they are before #SCGBALT next week!

Standard Rules Of Engagement

SCG Tour ®great Todd Anderson puts a few decks together using the rules he’s come to live by when it comes to early Standard formats! Ignore them at your own risk for #SCGBALT!

The Shadowy Road To #SCGBALT

CVM can’t wait to get his hands on Shadows over Innistrad! #SCGBALT’s Standard debut next weekend begins when we all descend upon the Prerelease this weekend! What cards do you need to make all the difference in your upcoming Standard events? CVM highlights the all-stars!

Shadows Over Innistrad Winners And Losers

A lot of players have sketched out new decks, but few of them have tested to the extent Michael Majors has! See the decks and cards that are doing well, and see the cards the format can live without!