Fate Reforged has arrived and Mike Lanigan is wasting no time getting brewing. He provides some updates to established Standard decks using the new cards and presents a few novel ideas.
Stoke the Flames
Ryan shares his thoughts on his experience with JeskSligh in Denver and looks to Fate Reforged spoilers for the future direction of Boros and Jeskai in Standard.
Ryan took his JeskSligh brew to a PTQQ this Saturday to a 4-2 finish. Find out his thoughts on the deck and insight on a possible Boros deck to play instead! Also learn how Ryan acquired his first piece of power.
Doomwake Giant’s prices on MTGO and in paper are wildly divergent. While this seems to be the same pattern followed by Stoke the Flames, which eventually underwent a correction, there may be more to the story. Jason Alt investigates.
Mike Lanigan eschewed a 5k last weekend in favor of watching coverage from the World Championship. He recaps the strategic lessons he took away.
Yuuya Watanabe’s Jeskai Tokens deck is an amazing innovation in Standard. Find out where Ryan thinks the deck might have room to improve and the direction he thinks the archetype should go!
Crafting an aggressive deck can be hard in a world full of Siege Rhinos, but several strategies have proven successful. Mike Lanigan looks over recent contenders and suggests his own Mono-Black Abzan build.
Mike Lanigan believes Magic is in a great place right now. Between the new SCG events mirroring Grand Prix, a Standard format that is legitimately diverse, and a well-running store, there’s a lot he’s excited about.
Ryan posted a limited PTQ Top 8 this weekend but did not perform as well in the Standard IQ he played. He is determined to see more success in Standard and has an idea of how he wants to get there. Read on to find out why he thinks Searing Blood might be the answer!
Mike Lanigan missed out on the TCG Invitational this year for a wedding, but he still payed close attention to the metagame developments there. He breaks them down, and covers the new archetypes that emerged.
The easy money from Standard rotation may already be made. Many hot cards have been on a downward trajectory over the past week. This week Sigmund shares his theories around this drop and recommends a course of action to ensure you lock in your profits.
