Ryan breaks down the results of the Pro Tour and highlights the strategies that he believes will have the most success going forward.
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David pores over the Top 8 decks from PT SOI. He discusses strengths and weaknesses in the metagame moving forward, and closes with the weekend’s financial takeaways.
At Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad we saw some exciting tech and spiking cards in the midst of a highly varied metagame. Chaz recaps all the action from Day 2 and the Top 8.
There were eight unique decks in the Top 8 of PT:SOI, but the diversity doesn’t stop there!
As part of our dual-coverage for this event, we wanted to compile the PT:SOI Deck techs in one place for everyone’s convenience. We will look at all of the Deck Techs provided and break down each one with some notes–and some key cards to consider from each deck.
A Goblin Dark-Dwellers deck is bound to show up in Standard eventually. Could this be the deck?
Going into PT Shadows, Human Aggro and Bant Company are the dominant decks in Standard. Check out Ryan’s picks for potential breakout cards in this environment!
Mike presents his first “tournament finance report” from the Columbus Invitational! Join him as he examines finance and metagame trends through the lens of each round.
Have a Standard tournament you want to play but don’t want to jam Bant mirrors? Just smush ’em with Ramp!
Pyromancer’s Goggles, Thing in the Ice, and Jori En? Let there be no question that this deck is awesome.
Ryan breaks down the results from the SCG Baltimore Open and discusses cards he expects will see growth after this weekend’s Invitational.
Ryan made the finals of an 84 person Modern tournament this weekend with Delver, and has a tournament report and thoughts on the format to share.
Sometimes cards limp off the banlist, and other times they explode. Check out Ryan’s thoughts on the new face of Modern after the latest B&R changes!