This week Adam takes a step back and examines the fundamentals to designing and tuning your own deck’s sideboard, including the type of cards to keep in mind when analyzing the meta and deciding on your own 15.
Hero’s Downfall
In prep for the upcoming Columbus SCG Invitational, Ryan returns to his RW Devotion list and shares his updated sideboard.
This week Paul shares a list that exploits the synergy between Courser of Kruphix and Underworld Connections before putting the game away with Rakdos’s Return. Is this the best of the BGx options in Standard? Paul thinks so.
Mike Lanigan is equipped with a brand new Standard brew, G/W Constellation. He shares his thought process building it and the final result.
Corbin Hosler takes one last look at Theros Block Constructed, going a little beyond the PT top eight to find possible gems.
If Elspeth is so powerful in R/G Monsters in Block, why not jam her in the Standard equivalent? Mike Lanigan makes the case for a Standard port of R/G Elspeth.
While Block Pro Tours are not a perfect predictor of post-rotation Standard, they can still provide valuable insights. Danny Brown looks to Atlanta to see what lessons we can draw this year.
Mike Lanigan provides his recent thoughts on G/B Dredge, before recounting his rounds at a TCG Player tournament with Mono-Blue Devotion.
The summer lull in Standard is the time to start considering what to do with last block’s cards. Danny Brown examines this year’s batch in detail.
Mike Lanigan covers a variety of topics in today’s article, including an update of Standard Dredge with the new Journey cards.
Ryan launches into another round of spoilers, focusing on a few key cards, including one innocuous-looking 2-drop you might have overlooked.