Jadine kept great accounts of her experience in helping a super small squad compete with the most well-backed teams in the world! So how did they do it? Use the same great strategies to take down SCG Vegas this weekend!
There are a lot of questions from this PT that demand answers, and Bryan has them! Well, almost all of them. The one he can't wrap his head around is...well, you'll see. Get the best edge for SCG Vegas right here!
No, this isn't a finance article. Some of the hardest decisions in Magic involve blocking, discarding, and other forms of trading resources in-game. But how do you know what to do? Ross Merriam outdoes himself by teaching you to think about this the correct way!
Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin did some serious Standard battling at the PT! He's laying out some crucial information about not falling behind the future of the format! Are the Boros decks too good for control to thrive at SCG Vegas? Patrick lays out the facts!
Wow. If you're playing Standard Magic: The Gathering any time over the next several months, ignore this at your own peril. Ari Lax spent his Pro Tour documenting every stage of every game for every major matchup. If you're playing Standard at SCG Vegas, bookmark this one!
Conventional wisdom would have you believe that any money to be made off Pro Tour results has come and gone, but this was no ordinary Pro Tour! See where you can still get the most value, plus a very interesting rumor with major Magic finance implications!
Gerry Thompson is about to climb into some of the toughest Magic chairs in the name of Pro Tour glory! Before that happens, he's laying out all the expectations he has for the weekend! Be ready: some of them are a shock!
It's become a real underrated tradition: Sam Black handing out his pre-Pro Tour deck experiments! See the decks he almost had time to develop to their fullest and which decks he doesn't think you should touch! Unless you think you can make them viable...
Ross MerriamHe's one of the most tenured players on the tournament scene today, an SCG Tour veteran, a Pro Tour-level threat everywhere he plays, and a former Jeopardy contestant! Ladies and gentlemen: We give you Ross Merriam!
Todd Anderson has tested relentlessly for weeks, and he's thrilled with how great this Standard has been so far! It's about to face a big Pro Tour test, and these are the archetypes that he expects to conquer all!
One Masters set to rule them all! So mega is the announcement of this set that Chas Andres is pulling double duty this week to bring you the most comprehensive and informed breakdown of the set's impact! Strap in: it's gonna get wild!
The Standard format just keeps on giving! Join Gottlieb for an intense look at the next archetype poised to make itself known at the top of the metagame! Sideboarding guidelines, various build options, and more within!
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Beating Boros Aggro With Izzet Drakes
This is one of those matchups where both sides think they're favored! So which is it? Ben Friedman cuts through the noise to deliver the truth of the matchup before SCG Vegas!
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The Pro Tour Draft Deep Dive!
Episode 72 is here and brings with it an entire breakdown of the featured pod on Day 2 of the Pro Tour! With over 160 drafts between them, your hosts go over signals and how they impacted the pro players' drafts!
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Drafting Boros The Clever Way
Boros can do more than just mentor and swing, people! Ryan Saxe has put together this interesting selection of picks to test your flexibility in drafting Guilds of Ravnica!
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Big Brutal Brudiclad In Commander
Let's be honest here: Not enough players are loving this card in the format. Bennie Smith is going to fix that here and now with his own version of this absolute monster!
11/12
Modern Six-Piece Combo Pack!
Considering combo decks for the Modern portion of SCG Vegas? Todd Anderson and Ross Merriam show off six of the best on VS Live!
11/12
Pro Tour Guilds Of Ravnica Postmortem
Ari Lax, Jadine Klomparens, and Sam Black take their places at the Fact or Fiction roundtable! Should we be scared of Boros Aggro? How high can Izzet Drakes fly? Get their answers and vote for your winner!
11/12
Tokens, Tokens Everywhere
Between the blue Bird Illusions, white Angels, and red Elementals, you're staring down one busy battlefield! Can you power through this week's puzzle?
11/09
Pro Tour Guilds Of Ravnica Preview!
Todd Anderson and Ross Merriam are excited to pick up six of the big contender decks many expect to see at the top tables on the Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica stream! Will this new installment of VS Live! show us the top strategies?
11/09
Bryan Tries To Guess Gerry's Pro Tour Deck
Bryan and Gerry sit down to discuss the tough task of Pro Tour preparation, Gerry's deck that had a winning streak too soon, and finally, Bryan will try to nail down just what Gerry's up to for the big weekend!
11/08
The Pros Prognosticate The Pro Tour!
With a big Standard showdown on the horizon, we enlisted the help of SCG Tour broadcasters Ryan Overturf and Cedric Phillips (and a very insistent Ross Merriam) to predict what decks we're going to see take down Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica!
11/08
Taking Golgari From Unplayable To Undefeated In Draft
Ryan Saxe has just about fully cracked the Golgari secret to success! Join him for the best breakdown of the guild you'll find anywhere! And you have to see his new favorite splash to believe it!
11/08
A Fresh Approach To Emmara In Commander
The days of awkward seven-mana Elves are over in Commander! We can now play an Emmara to be proud of! Sheldon shares a new deck one of his friends has been wielding lately, then the Rules Committee answers questions about Commander health! Don't miss it!
11/07
Why SCG Regionals Is Great (And How To Win Yours)
Our good friend and Modern mainstay Abraham Stein has a unique view of SCG Regionals: he can prey on the meta! See why he thinks it's a great event for Modern masters to thrive more than usual and what decks he thinks are the real best options!
11/07
Coliseum of Randomness: First Blood!
Justin Parnell, Stephen Green, Jonathan Suarez, and Jeremy Noell sure love to get random! And why not?! EDH is the perfect format to do all the silly things tournament Magic is too serious for! See the chaos firsthand here!
11/06
Modern At Its Most Linear...Ever
The Grand Prix in Atlanta gave us a vague picture of the expected Modern metagame at SCG Regionals! Ben Friedman breaks it down as only he can, giving you what you need to immortalize your name atop your chosen event this weekend!
