Wednesday, March 24th – With almost two tons of results (3,984!), Jared breaks down the largest StarCityGames.com Open ever. With the Jund menace making up over a quarter of the field and taking 10 of the Top 16 places, do the rest of the numbers back up that level of domination? In a word: yes.
Tuesday, March 23rd – If you are playing Standard and using a deck other than Jund, you have your work cut out for you. Justifying playing anything but the cascading machine is no small task. A lot of people hate Jund, and with good reason…
Tuesday, March 23rd – This week’s edition of Duel With Ruel sees Antoine face Oli in a Jund / White Weenie battle to the death! Over fifty games, the guys dissect the matchup from both sides. Today, Antoine shares the Jund perspective. Later this week, Oli presents the White Weenie side of the matchup.
Tuesday, March 23rd – Grand Prix: Brussels is this weekend, and Manuel Bucher has been pounding people with his Jund in preparation! Packing a full complement of Master of the Wild Hunt, will Manu’s deck be the Last Jund Standing come Sunday evening? Read on to find out!
Monday, March 22nd – I took a unique deck to the StarCityGames.com Indianapolis Open. Unique in the sense that probably no one else in the room was likely playing it, but people who read my column on a regular basis (hey, mom) should recognize it. I had written about my Hedron Crab deck a little while ago and had be doing fairly well with it online, so after making a few minor changes and a few offerings to various deities I decided to put my money where my mouth was.
Friday, March 19th – At Grand Prix: Kuala Lumpur, Brian Kibler ran with an exciting update to the Blue/White Control strategy, eschewing countermagic for a strong mana package and powerful x-spells galore. The strategy bore fruit, and Brian rode it to a Top 32 final placing. Today, he shares his tournament story, and updates the list for tournaments to come…
Friday, March 19th – Earlier this week, Antoine Ruel brought us the lowdown on the Blue/White perspective of the UW versus Naya Standard matchup. Today, Manuel Bucher rounds out the matchup with his thoughts on the match from the Naya side of the table.
Thursday, March 18th – Adrian Sullivan has been a strong supporter of Mono-Red in Standard for many a month. In today’s Sullivan Library, he discusses the latest evolution to the deck, the strategy, and his outlook on the color in general. If you’re looking to set the world alight, let Adrian provide the matches!
Thursday, March 18th – While Jund is the best deck in the format, the metagame has its fair share of pretenders to the throne. The two most popular second-string choices – UW Control and Boss Naya – face a battle to the death today! Antoine Ruel brings us the lowdown from the UW side of the table today, with Manu coming tomorrow to talk all things Naya.
Wednesday, March 17th – Grand Prix: Kuala Lumpur is the kind of event I used to resent: a Constructed tournament with a format different that that of the current PTQ season. What I used to dislike is the extra time required to learn a new format, decide where to position oneself in the metagame, and having to assemble a new deck of cards to play. Life is certainly simpler when you only have to work on one format at a time!
Wednesday, March 17th – With Standard operating under a strict Jund regime, a number of strategies have arisen to combat this tricolor behemoth. Marijn Lybaert ran Green/White at Pro Tour: San Diego, and today he updates his list with a touch of Black and explains the pertinent sideboard strategies. Is this the Jund-killing deck that the metagame desires?
Wednesday, March 17th – With Jund proving to be a perennial player in the current Standard metagame, news of its demise has been greatly overstated. To combat the Cascading menace, Zvi Mowshowitz revisits his popular Mythic strategy, and walks us through everything we need in order to bring the giant elephant to its knees. Unmissable stuff!
Tuesday, March 16th – Going into Grand Prix: Kuala Lumpur, Sam Black was set on playing Zvi Mowshowitz’s excellent Mythic list. However, he decided to audible into an innovative U/W build at the last minute, and it paid dividends. Today, he takes us through the reasons why, explains the decklist, and brings us a game-by-game breakdown of his performance.
Friday, March 12th – With the StarCityGames.com Standard Open this Saturday, eyes are turned to the more popular Standard decks in the metagame: Boss Naya, U/W Control, and (of course) Jund. However, Craig Wescoe believes that his White Weenie build, recently seen in the Top 8 of Pro Tour: San Diego, could be the strategy that takes home the bacon. Do you agree?
Friday, March 12th – The more Standard changes, the more it stays the same. With the StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Indianapolis this coming Saturday, the world is poised to see how many Jund decks make the Top 8. Manuel Bucher played Jund at Pro Tour: San Diego, and today he takes us through his tournament games and sideboarding strategies.
