The start of the new year just so happens to coincide with the start of the new Regional Championship Qualifier season, so I thought we could also start off 2023 with a new mindset. These are tips I’ve put together after my time spent grinding the competitive Magic circuit, and I hope you can use them to find success yourself. …
Despite a Standard focused San Diego Regional Championship on the horizon, we’re back to Pioneer Regional Championship Qualifier season again! With eyes turning back to this format, we made a tier list of all the top decks to see where things have shaken out post Dreamhack Atlanta. That way, when the season starts on Jan. 7, you’re ready to lock …
Standard is back in the spotlight now that we are done with Regional Championship 1, almost making it feel like back in the day when the format was what the majority of competitive players cared about. To remind players of what the format is like and help them get ready for upcoming RCQs, we are going over three of the …
Modern is a big format with lots of decks and strategies. If you’re trying to get into the format, it can be very daunting to figure out not only what all these cards do but what deck you could pick. That’s before you even think about the elephant in the room: bannings. Lots of Modern players are worried about picking …
We as magic players love to have all the answers. How often have you heard players say, “Oh this deck isn’t good,” or, “This deck needs a ban,” only to have time prove them wrong? Magic players are really good at finding a thing that works and then saying, “why play something else?” This is a totally reasonable stance for …
Modern, as a format, has always been propped up by a “you can do whatever you want” mentality. However, during the last year, Yorion made playing creature decks in Modern incredibly difficult due to cards like Solitude, Fury, Prismatic Ending and Unholy Heat. The good news for creature fans in Modern is that many of these cards are on the …
Last weekend, DreamHack Atlanta featured the 2023 season’s first Regional Championship. I competed in the event and secured a Pro Tour invite, learning plenty along the way. So, today we are going to talk about three decks that taught some lessons and secured their pilots pro tour invites. The “best” deck for the moment Izzet Phoenix was the “best deck” …
The Brothers’ War is out in the world on Friday, and all eyes are turning to Standard ahead of the new Regional Championship format. We are going to bring you more Standard content as a result, and today we are highlighting some updated decks now that the latest cards are here. Esper Midrange Esper has been one of the main players …
The biggest Pioneer tournament of the year, DreamHack Atlanta, is just one week away, and players are rushing around trying to figure out what to play in a post Brothers’ War world. Can players trust the reliable meta decks, or will things change? That’s hard to say, but here are how some decks have changed after an injection of new …
The holidays are coming early this year, as preview season demonstrates that The Brothers’ War is just a mono-cool-cards set. Let’s not waste time hyping it up and jump right into five cards that will make an impact in Pioneer. The Stone Brain This card is the talk of the town right now, even though it looks like just another …
