Kelly & Doug will be LIVE on-site in Atlanta, with Press badges, bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage and analysis of the first major Modern event since the Splinter Twin banning. Begins Thursday night!

Linear decks may be the current rage in Modern, but control mages are gathering to make their stand. Wizards cited the lack of blue-based diversity as a contributor to their controversial January 18 ban update, and if the Twin refugees have anything to say, Snapcaster and friends will capitalize on the banning to make their […]

We’re down to the wire for Modern speculations in advance of the Pro Tour. Brian has a few to recommend as well as some advice for anyone considering acquiring cards to play.

Last week’s metagame snapshot article was a big hit, making the January 28 Daily Magic Update and releasing one of the only evidence-based portraits of our new Modern. You can be sure we’ll add to that dataset and revisit it in a few days. For today, instead of taking the Ornithopter’s-eye view to analyze broader metagame forces, we’ll zero […]

The Pro Tour is days away and the time to buy cards before the tournament is dwindling. Adam shares insight into some potential specs he has identified.

With the Modern Pro Tour less than a week away, Sheridan analyzes early metagame data from the post-Twin world to predict where Modern is heading next.

Actual comments from my previous article, “A Defense of the Splinter Twin Ban:” “As someone who has played around extensively with a variety of URx decks, I can tell you that in the past four years or so, Twin is the only one I’ve found viable not because the Twin package is so enticing, but […]

While StarCityGames Classic events are normally considered “low-key” when compared to Open Events and Grand Prix, SCG Atlanta proved to be highly valuable for Modern analysis, coming off the heels of the recent Splinter Twin ban. In case you’ve been living under a rock the past week, check out Wizards’ official announcement here and my […]

It hasn’t even been a full week since Twin got buried on the Modern banlist, and although Exarch is still mourning, it’s time for players to buck up and dive into the new metagame. If you play paper Modern, the controversial January 18th announcement went into effect last Friday the 22nd. MTGO folks had to […]

Well, it’s been quite a week hasn’t it? The banning of Splinter Twin really touched a nerve with the whole community. However, that is now firmly behind us and continuing to bemoan (or extoll) that decision adds nothing new or useful. Instead, let us look to the future and answer the burning question: What now? Looking to the immediate future, […]

I made a New Year’s resolution to minimize participation in ban discussions throughout 2016. Modern has more than enough banlist din in Twitch chat, Reddit threads, and article comment sections across the content-sphere. Then the Splinter Twin banning happened. Wizards’ announcement has made it impossible to discuss any aspect of 2016 Modern without some reference […]

Early indicators point to a linear Modern in the post-Twin world, and Sheridan is scoping out three cards you’ll want to pick up in our updated format.

My Saturday morning kicks off a lot like yours. I roll out of bed, throw on some Future, have a latte. Get on Facebook. Then, my inbox starts exploding. “Is Modern dead?” “How do you feel about the ban?” Dead? What ban? Wait, there are links. Links from Magic players I’ve never met. The same link, […]