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Ryan shores up some new revisions to his Vintage Grixis Keeper deck. With a format full of blue decks, Ryan’s list can competitively fit any metagame with only a few tweaks.
Jason Alt covers the ins and outs of two of Magic’s rarest and most bizarre sets–Alternate Fourth Edition and Summer Magic.
A lot of the power and consistency of Vintage comes from the availability of tutors. Scott discusses Oath of Druids and Tinker this week and discusses how the introduction of Dack Fayden has caused some reconsideration as to what the best targets are.
Adam shares the new Modern deck and explains the card choices that all-time great Guillame Wafo-Tapo played to a cash finish at last weekend’s Grand Prix!
Ryan reports on his recent top 8 Modern PTQ placement and expounds upon Izzet’s place in the current meta.
Scott Fielder recently took Storm out for a spin in a local Vintage tournament. He breaks down each match and highlights several interesting decision points.
Adam shares his Modern metagame analysis and predictions, including what you should have prepared in your sideboard, just in time for Grand Prix Boston !
Ryan explores the concept of greed and how it relates to some of Magic’s toughest decisions–when mulliganing makes sense and how building your manabase comes with gains and losses. When should you be greedy?
This week, James, Adam and Doug tackle three more Modern topics. James starts off with a controversial banning proposal for Modern. Beyond rhetoric, he’s also got the numbers to back it up. Give a listen and see if you agree.
Adam shares a list based on mono-blue control, skipping Blood Moon and doubling down on Vedalken Shackles.
Finally, Doug goes over whether it’s better to play Kiki-Pod or Melira-Pod.
Is Vintage a stale format? Scott Fielder believes there are many underplayed cards and lots of room for brewing. Today he showcases several unconventional decklists.
Adam goes over results from the first Magic Online Vintage Premier Event, noting a few interesting Vintage card choices.
This week Ryan follows up his previous article discussing Legacy Burn on MTGO with another Legacy list that has an edge against the most popular decks in the virtual field.