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Circling Around: December ’21 Modern Metagame Update

David Ernenwein — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:00:11 +0000

David's back with his monthly Modern metagame update. What are the decks to beat? What should you bring to your next event? Read on to find out.

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Inviting Change: SCG Invitational Analysis

David Ernenwein — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:00:44 +0000

An analysist goes to work with the data he's given. With Modern on the competitive backburner for the past few weeks, I've lacked the means to properly dig into the metagame ahead of GP Columbus this weekend. As a result, I am looking a bit further afield into events that I normally wouldn't analyze. Fortunately, […]

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Modern Horizons and the Road Ahead

Christopher O'Berry — Fri, 17 May 2019 14:15:13 +0000

Chris makes his final picks before Modern Horizons spoiler season starts this weekend.

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War of the Spark Standard: SCG Richmond and MCQ Season

Christopher O'Berry — Thu, 09 May 2019 12:54:23 +0000

This week, Chris reviews the decks of SCG Richmond, the first Standard event since War of the Spark's release, and looks ahead to the cards that could be winners going forward.

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Draw, Go: Parsing Modern’s Interactive Decks

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 16:00:13 +0000

With Humans the de facto best deck in the format, now's an exciting time to be interacting in Modern. The control renaissance offers players plenty of options when it comes to picking their poison. Whether they're zapping Champion of the Parish with Lightning Bolt or Fatal Push, or closing out games with Tarmogoyf or Celestial […]

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Uncharted Waters: Gwixis Delver in Modern

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 17:00:31 +0000

Ever since I wrote a piece on Chart a Course in Counter-Cat, I've conducted routine searches on decklist websites for the card. My motivation was to unearth some sweet new applications for Chart in Modern to further inspire my own brewing. After weeks of the card only appearing in Vintage Delver decks, it started showing […]

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Pay to Play: Brewing Counter-Vamp

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:16:45 +0000

I've been a little distracted from Magic lately, and not even grinding the PPTQ season as planned. But all it takes for that to change is a well-timed spoiler from Wizards. Ixalan's been delivering plenty of those, and between the dripping-with-flavor new cards and the juicy-looking Magic: Arena, I'm back on the proverbial horse—the brewing […]

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Building a Better Sideboard

Trevor Holmes — Thu, 12 May 2016 16:00:18 +0000

Look, I get it. Sideboarding isn’t sexy. Even if I throw numbers at you, like the fact that close to 66% of the games you play involve a post-sideboard 75, you’ll still work to perfect that starting 60, then find 15 cards to “fill in” a sideboard and call it a day. I’m guilty of […]

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Why Abzan Company Is Winning (And How to Beat It)

Trevor Holmes — Thu, 05 May 2016 16:00:07 +0000

This past weekend at the SCG Open in Milwaukee, Abzan Company took home three Top 8 spots and the winner’s trophy. No other archetype even came close. Only three other archetypes, RG Tron, Infect and Jund, managed to get two copies inside the Top 16. Weeks ago, I pointed to Abzan Company as the clear […]

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Metagame Projections for the New Modern

Sheridan Lardner — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:00:23 +0000

Can you believe it was only a month ago when we were picking through the scattered debris of our once beloved format? Or declaring one deck the first true Tier 0 overlord in Modern history? Following the April 4 banlist update, and the subsequent Modern events from April 8 until today, the horrors of Eldrazi […]

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Trevor Holmes Plays MTGO Ep. 7: Grixis Control!

Trevor Holmes — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:00:18 +0000

What's up guys! Welcome back to my Modern Nexus Video Series, where we take a deck in the format and run it through some matches on Magic Online. This week we have Grixis Control, my one true love, my pride and joy, my constant companion. Grixis Control is my favorite deck in Modern, and I'm […]

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Magic Origins in Modern: Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy

Trevor Holmes — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:00:59 +0000

With Magic Origins finally in our hands, and the results of two Standard SCG events in the books, weeks of predictions and conjecture concerning our new gifts can finally be put to the test. While no large, high-level Modern events will occur for a few weeks, we still have MTGO Daily results, SCG IQ’s, and […]

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