Mike takes a break from his usual constructed brewing and walks us through his X-2 sealed pool at Grand Prix Nashville.
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A rogue deck can be a potent weapon for gaining an edge in defined formats. This week Mike explains his process for building competitive decks a little off the beaten path.
As a rule Carlos isn’t a fan of countermagic, but this weeks he goes off the deep end with a deck that tries to counter all the spells! Check out Ertai, the Corrupted and his horde of Merfolk minions!
Mike examines the various Standard decks that aim to power out early praetors and titans. Read on to make sure you’re prepared for a turn three Elesh Norn at your next tournament.
Mike brews and successfully pilots a Thalia centered Naya build. Read up on his card choices and why he sees Thalia as positioned well in the current meta.
This week Carlos delves into some of the more obscure or “unplayable” Commanders in the format in order to see what they have to offer! What kind of tricksy things can Yomiji do? Let’s find out!
In the last segment of his artifact extravaganza, Carlos is looking at Dark Ascension and Kataki, War’s Wage. This guy has typically been considered unplayable for Commander; but when you build around his effect, he can be pretty nasty.
Mike Lanigan breaks down some new Delver lists and gives his opinion on a few spoilers.
Feeling lucky? I hope so, because this week’s article is all about the Cascade lottery!
Mike Lanigan takes a look at a post-bannings Modern.
Carlos is getting into the spirit of the season with Zedruu the Greathearted, but it seems Zedruu is better equipped to be dishing out vengeance instead of gifts!
Mike Lanigan runs over updates to his Green-White Token deck and makes an argument for attending a large tournament sometime this year.
Mark Hinsz recounts this past weekend’s SCG Invitational event, where he piloted Big Zoo in Legacy and Dungrove Elder Wolf Run in Standard, and shares with us his thoughts on the meta and the refreshing philosophical lens he’s recently applied to the game.