Results from SCG Chicago are in, and a plethora of interesting new decks seem to have cropped up! Mike Lanigan looks over the ones that caught his eye.
Last Breath
Zwischenzug updates Ivan Floch’s Pro Tour winning deck to beat the current Magic Online metagame. Is Elixir of Immortality absolutely necessary?
With the upcoming release of Khans of Tarkir, Standard will lose the bulk of its current card pool. Adam outlines which strategies are expected to stick around, what cards may see a rise in popular, and how you can prepare and profit from the rotation.
Corbin covers the financial aftermath of PT M15 and surveys the top decks in Standard to see what they lose post-rotation. Heading into next year, which strategies are poised to gain or lose?
Adam teaches how to sideboard with ( and against ) the deck that won Grand Prix: Cincinnati and recaps last week’s You Make The Play before posting a new one. Print out this visual sideboarding guide and bring it to FNM!
Ryan recounts a recent Sealed PTQ he played in, where he narrowly missed top 8.
Danny details the ways he is able to use every part of the animal, when it comes to drafting with a mind for value.
Danny recaps a recent draft as he begins to give into the world of Born of the Gods limited.
Mike Lanigan shares his build of an aggressive Orzhov deck sporting Brimaz, along with a local tournament report.
Mike Lanigan had a stroke of genius at the last minute for SCG Columbus, and showed up battling a Dimir devotion deck. Read on to hear about the deck and his matchups.
This week Jason Alt looks at TCG buyouts, the defection of entire pro teams, and the (lackluster) mythics spoiled from Born of the Gods.
Mike Lanigan covers a series of topics today, including counterfeiting, beating Mono-Black & the financial state of Standard.
Ryan breaks down his sideboard plans for R/w Devotion, reasoning his way through all of the major Standard archetypes.