Mike Lanigan brought Grixis to a Modern PTQ last weekend. Today’s article describes his matches and the take-away.
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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.
Mike Lanigan examines some interesting tweaks of Standard decks built to attack the metagame from a different position.
Mike Lanigan believes the inclusion of Gatecrash’s Duskmantle Seer solves some major problems facing the Zombies deck. Read on to learn how to sing the Zombie Blues.
Jared discusses the flux of values in the wake of Gatecrash’s release. He suggests several cards to target, from both Gatecrash itself and other sets.
With Gatecrash fully spoiled, Ryan’s deck-building juices are kicking into overdrive. See what directions perfect mana is pulling his towards.
Mike Lanigan responds to a friend in need who’s trying to build a Standard deck around Pack Rat. Operating under the specified restrictions, he sets out to make the most competitive deck possible.
From Door to Nothingness to the return of a familiar UW strategy, Standard is full of innovation right now. Mike Lanigan surveys the new decks that have surfaced recently.
Mike Lanigan reports on the TCG Invitational in Indianapolis. After several days of battling against infinite Rakdos decks, he provides an updated version to combat the mirror.
Witness the unveiling of Ryan’s pauper cube list and see if it inspires you to join in the awesomeness.
This week Ryan riffs on some of the theories behind land count and attempts to go deep on his love of the 27th.
Deathrite Shaman has already splashed down hard in Standard and even more so in Modern. This week Ryan crafts a BUG Legacy deck around the powerful one-drop, a list featuring some very interesting inclusions and omissions.
