Mono-Red Aggro by Festus Resendez 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 6/14/2014 It looks like it’s a good time to be a Red mage in Standard, Patrick Sullivan must have been jumping for joy. Not only did the... Read More
Boros Burn by Igor Gorbunov Grand Prix Moscow Champion – Standard on June 15th 2014 Once again the power of fire to the face was able to propel this Tomahawk missile of a deck right to the top of the... Read More
Mono-Blue Devotion Ross Merriam 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 6/7/2014 Something old, something Blue…or as they say “It’s back !!!”. Like a blast from the past a Mono-Blue Devotion deck was able to rise to the top and finally... Read More
L’eggo my Aggro by Bruce Gray -Casual Encounters I like to sit down and try my hand at brewing all sorts of formats. Pauper, sure…I love it. Modern…of course (although I don’t think I’m all that good at it!). ... Read More
Naya Midrange Standard by Justin Crandall 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 5/31/2014 Another weekend of SCG Standard has passed and sitting at the top of the heap we find a successful jumble of acceleration into monstrous beasts and powerful... Read More
The plight of the Underplayed Theros block mechanics by Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters We all watched the Pro-tour with baited breath not all that long ago. For starters, Congratulations must go out to Patrick Chapin. I doubt he’ll ever... Read More
Orzhov Midrange by Charlie Rinehart 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 5/24/2014 Charlie Rinehart was able to stymie SCG circuit superstar Chris VanMeter on his mission to shave off his beard, which he has sworn to wear until he is victorious in... Read More
Naya Aggro by Jamie Arnold 2nd Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 5/10/2014 An interesting Aggro deck was able to power its way into the finals of the SCG Standard tourney last weekend, although it fell just short to another Aggro... Read More
Champion’s Deck Boros Burn by Tyler Winn 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 5/10/2014 Here’s a spicy little Aggro number that while by no means any sort of new concept is quite a sight for sore eyes. It’s nice to... Read More
So you want to play Standard on a budget? by Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters Spring is here! Thank goodness because winter felt VERY long. The sun feels warmer, the snow is all gone and the excitement of... Read More
Golgari Devotion by Andrew Tenjum 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 5/3/2014 Here comes the first of the post Journey Into Nyx Standard metagame and while there’s a little tweak to the Mono-Black Devotion it is basically the same old... Read More
U/W Control Simon Stahl 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 4/19/2014 While it’s not a newcomer to the top of the pile this weeks winner was able to wrestle dominance away from the big bad Mono-Black menace. One of the... Read More
