With a pretty stagnant Standard format, Mike Lanigan has been turning his eye to Modern. He shares some new lists that have popped up, as well as his own innovations.
Mike Lanigan
Mike Lanigan is high school math teacher by day and a shop owner by night. His tournament grinding may have slowed a little, but his love of the game has not. Mike's goal is to bring you a mix of perspectives from shop-owner insights to finance tips to metagame shifts and everything in between.
Today Mike Lanigan looks at underplayed Modern cards. These cards are undeniably powerful, but for whatever reason have yet to catch on. Mike makes the case for jamming them in decks and picking some up as specs.
Mike Lanigan presents his latest brew for Modern: a port of the old Aristocrats deck, replete with Chord of Calling and the Melira combo. Lastly he covers a few notable cards that are inching up in price.
Mike Lanigan surveys the new decks to come from the Pro Tour, as well as the price changes in key cards as we near rotation.
Mike Lanigan runs through his initial build of Mono-Green Devotion, powered up by all sorts of M15 goodies. This deck is sure to be a part of the new meta, so don’t come unprepared!
It’s time for the M15 set review! Mike Lanigan breaks down his picks for the top ten Standard cards from the new core set, with analysis of how they’ll impact the established decks and metagame.
Today Mike Lanigan wraps up his review of M15 for Standard and Constructed playability, covering red, black, colorless and gold cards.
Mike Langian continues his review of M15 for Standard, covering blue and white. Be sure to tune in next week for the final section!
Nissa Worldwaker looks to be quite the contender, and M15 has no shortage of cards to pair with her. Mike Lanigan looks at new green cards that are sure to make an impact.
Mike Lanigan recaps his tournament at GP Chicago and goes over some promising spoilers from the upcoming M15.
Mike Lanigan advocates shaking up your habitual Magic habits and playing unfamiliar formats to sharpen skills. Vintage Masters provides just such an opportunity.
Mike Lanigan looks at Standard right before the SCG Invitational and considers the financial impact of Conspiracy and M15.
Mike Lanigan breaks down the Modern Event Deck, discussing what’s financially relevant and the modifications that will be required to make it playable in Modern tournaments.
