A Brave New World (Grixis control standard) by Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters Well, the summer Pro-Tour has come and gone and we have seen the full evolution of Standard. The match play was terrific with some hugely entertaining... Read More
Crack a pack MTG Magic 2015 with Bruce (2nd) by Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters Welcome back to another Crack a Pack MTG with Bruce. With M15 being fresh and all the buzz these days I have decided this week... Read More
Champion’s Deck GW Aggro by Scott Lipp 1st at SCG Kansas City Standard Open on July 26th 2014 As a fan of Aggro decks but also someone who likes to see diversity in the format I was happy... Read More
Brewing on a Budget MTG by Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters Since I started writing for Three Kings Loot back in February I’ve highlighted a fair number of decks. The one thing that most of these decks have... Read More
Esper Control by Gerard Fabiano 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 7/5/2014 As we get ready for a little metagame shake-up from the upcoming release of Magic 2015 we finish up the lame duck Standard with a final tournament. This one continues... Read More
The Perspective from the Mud EDH By: Daniel Clayton -The Will of the Floral Spuzzem Today I want to talk about EDH. This is a format that was unknown like 6 or 7 years ago and has exploded... 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
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
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
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
As I sit here writing we are slightly more than 6 months away from another rotation and seeing all those lovely cards from Return to Ravnica block disappearing from Standard. In the world of Magic, six months is an... Read More
