Danny has his eye on Innistrad as rotation approaches, looking for juicy Modern targets.
Kessig Wolf Run
FTV: 20 will release a slew of reprints, including Jace the Mind Sculptor. David Schumann looks to past FTV sets to determine how prices will react.
Mike Lanigan surveys the last huzzah of Standard brewing before rotation, the decks to come out of Worlds weekend. He also updates Aristocrats 3.0 to address the latest changes.
Mike Lanigan discusses Mutavault’s future in Standard before turning to M14 to tweak old archetypes and brew up some brand new ones.
Magic may be one of the best games ever made, but others are out there. Mike Lanigan talks about exploring some of them at the Origins Game Fair last weekend.
Mike Lanigan brews up a Varolz Jund deck that aims to take advantage of the new legendary scavenger. With cards like Vexing Devil and Diregraf Ghoul, it doesn’t take much to make him a monster.
Mike Lanigan analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of a version of The Aristocrats he played at a recent PTQ, and suggests a few alterations.
When we’re in a Magic slump, it can be helpful to go back to the drawing board. Mike Lanigan explains how to challenge your own assumptions about a metagame or deck.
Ryan provides updates to his Domri Naya deck to reflect what he’s learned from playtesting for upcoming Standard PTQ’s.
Mike Lanigan surveys the recent field of tier-one Standard decks and suggests Gruul Midrange as a possible contender.
David Schumann describes a method for encouraging casual players in your local area to trade for some low-velocity cards: play a deck that features them.
Mike Lanigan examines some interesting tweaks of Standard decks built to attack the metagame from a different position.
Doug brings several quick hits and discussions this week from GP: Atlantic City. Find out which card is conspicuously absent and what red uncommon is a no-risk investment.