Thursday, May 13th – While people are clamoring for Standard tech, and sleeving up UW Planeswalkers, Jund, and Mythic Conscription, it seems that the pre-Rise hype for Polymorph has died down. Today, Craig Wescoe rekindles the fire for this shape-shifting strategy… He presents a detailed Polymorph primer in time for Nationals Qualifiers this weekend!
Wednesday, May 12th – We have a lot of ground to cover today. With the StarCityGames.com Atlanta Standard Open and about a month of Rise of the Eldrazi play under our belts, it’s time to focus our attention on picking the best deck for the National Qualifiers (I’m still going to call it Regionals) and getting a grasp on the evolved metagame.
Wednesday, May 12th – The Standard Metagame is beginning to solidify, and with Nationals Qualifiers and Grand Prix: Washington DC fast approaching, it’s time to select your weapon of choice. Kyle Boggemes presents the case for three popular and strong archetypes today: Planeswalkers, Mythic, and the perennial Jund.
Tuesday, May 11th – The trouble with Fog decks is that they suck. The strategy is inherently flawed: You wait out their gameplan and then kind of incidentally kill them. The problem is that, in order to fuel your Fogs, you need to play Howling Mine effects which makes sure that your opponent has enough gas to finish you off if you ever stumble. So why am I here to tell you to play a TurboFog deck?
Tuesday, May 11th – With Nationals Qualifiers approaching fast, and Grand Prix: Washington DC on the horizon, Sam Black examines the best way to adapt the current Most Popular Deck in Standard: U/W Control. He takes us through the basic elements that the deck requires, suggests a strong list, and provides an entirely different bonus take on the color pairing!
Tuesday, May 11th – Grand Prix: DC is just around the corner, and there are a lot of things to discuss. First of all, Jund is still a big contender in the metagame, despite what some people might say/think. It did get second at the StarCityGames.com Atlanta Standard Open, and if built differently it could have a much better chance against the new Super Friends (Planeswalker) deck.
Monday, May 10th – I ran some games with UWR Planeswalkers against Jund, and the results were pretty positive. Or, rather, at first they were very poor – but after looking at the Top 16 decklists for Atlanta, it became apparent that most players weren’t playing Vengevine in their Jund lists, and therefore our Jund list was pretty ahead of the curve when it came to beating the Planeswalker deck.
Monday, May 10th – Looking for something new to play this weekend? What if I told you I had a deck that was a 90 percent favorite versus U/W Control and U/W/r Planeswalkers? What if I told you that deck was also favored against Jund? Would you play it?
Monday, May 10th – In today’s edition of The Combat Phase, Jamie Wakefield continues the engaging tale of his return to Magic. He shares his current Mono Green deck, which now involves a selection of cards suggested by the Forum Folk last week. And as always, his article is peppered with enjoyable life tales and fun times.
Monday, May 10th – The StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Atlanta gave us our first real look at the format post Rise. Jund was present, but did not dominate the event. There were breakout decks and new twists on old favorites, but do the numbers back up Jund€™s demise as The Best Deck?
Monday, May 10th – With Blue/White Control taking over Jund as the top deck in Standard, Patrick Chapin shares his latest build, bringing us a deck that straddles the world of Tap-Out and pure Control. He also brings us an Esper deck from the fevered mind of Gerard Fabiano!
Friday, May 7th – In today’s edition of Duel With Ruel, Antoine Ruel tries an updated version of Manuel Bucher’s Grim Ultimatum deck against Jund, piloted by his brother Oli. With Rise of the Eldrazi rocking Standard in a plethora of ways, can Jund still Blightning its way to the top?
Friday, May 7th – Nationals Qualifier tournaments are on their way, and the Standard PTQ season is in full swing. Brian Kibler takes a look at two emerging strategies from the flowering metagame – UWR Planeswalkers and Mythic Conscription – and offers his thoughts on their strengths, weaknesses, and place in the format.
Friday, May 7th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’ve got some awesome footage from the StarCityGames.com Open in Atlanta, discuss the hot new decks that showed up there, and go over the the decks you will expect to see across tournament tables for the next few months. Let’s go!
Friday, May 7th – While the smart money is on Blue/White Tap Out and Jund as the two top contenders from Standard, the perennial Mythic deck continues to take home the bacon across the board. With no Rise of the Eldrazi on Magic Online, Manu pits the original build against a host of decks in the eight-man queues.
