Mike Lanigan brought Grixis to a Modern PTQ last weekend. Today’s article describes his matches and the take-away.
Remand
Ryan has Modern on the brain this week as the PTQ season nears an end. Read his breakdown of the Delver deck he’s been playing, a descendant of the Grixis list developed by Zac Hill and Drew Levin.
Mike Lanigan relates his tournament experience last weekend at a Modern PTQ, and examines what we can take away from his matches.
David Schumann continues his series on Modern and Legacy staples, this time looking at commons and uncommons to see which are likely to get reprinted.
Grand Prix: Chicago was this past weekend and the format was Modern. How good for us! Modern moves a lot of card prices, even though it doesn’t get played that much. It’s the reason that Remand and Kitchen Finks are worth so much; why Path to Exile pushes $5. The PTQ season is coming up and Modern cards are going to be in demand for awhile. With continued WOTC support, with Modern Masters, with shocklands being reprinted, this format is coming together… if it can deal with Jund.
This week, you will read many set reviews and I suggest that you give each one some scrutiny. I’m reviewing mainly with an eye toward Eternal magic, which is my strength. Typically, there isn’t much in a new set for Eternal formats, so I’ll amuse you and me both with commentary on other cards.
Chad looks at what we know about Return to Ravnica, and talks about how to speculate when rumors are abound.
Mike brings us the tale of his Grand Prix experience in Columbus, where he piloted the same deck that landed three players in the Top Eight. Read on to hear the yarn and see the newest Modern tech.
Ryan brought Fairies to this past weekend’s GP Columbus. He details the merits of the deck and where he would make improvements.
Carlos breaks from business as usual to tackle a Commander deck built for one vs. one. Read on to find out how Edric can dominate in this popular Commander variant.
Cavern of Souls is going to redefine many formats, prepare for the move before everyone else figures it out.
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!
Carlos takes a break from weekly post-FNM Commander when someone brings a Cube! Check out his thoughts on designing a limited environment while following along with his draft. What would you do the differently?