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 took Standard Zoo out for a spin at SCG Cincinnati, incorporating the by-now ubiquitous Boros Reckoner. Read on for his tournament report.
Mike Lanigan offers some poignant (and all-too-necessary) advice about reading cards, and presents an update of Standard Zoo.
Ryan checks in with some initial thoughts on the directions Modern, Pauper, and Standard are heading.
Efficient creatures are everywhere in Standard, and Gatecrash brings even more to the party. Mike Lanigan believe now may be the time for a visit to the Ravnica Standard Zoo.
With Gatecrash fully spoiled, Ryan’s deck-building juices are kicking into overdrive. See what directions perfect mana is pulling his towards.
Ryan returns this week with his promised update to the pauper cube, complete with a shiny new Google doc to keep the 540 organized.
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.
Mike shares a recent brew of his combining Jund with elements of Boss Naya from years ago, notably the machine gun kill of Staticaster plus Nightshade Peddler.
This week Ryan riffs on some of the theories behind land count and attempts to go deep on his love of the 27th.
