Welcome Magic lovers! With the post-holiday lull taking hold, and no new spoilers or big news to cover this week, we take a look at the competitive side of Magic: the Gathering, as the current Standard Regional Championship Qualifier Season has officially begun. Introduction to Current Standard Trends

Welcome Magic lovers! This week, we're going to be diving deeper into the Standard format as it continues to churn and evolve under the lens of the competitive community, as we approach the upcoming round of Regional Championship Qualifiers. Over the course of the last several months, the Domain ramp deck has cemented itself as the Tier 1 deck-to-beat of the format, making up 20% of the Standard m...

Mono Black, an archetype that has historically been a staple in most formats, has undoubtedly taken a couple of hits in the past couple of years between bans and the ascendance of multi-color decks. A standard format with a near-perfect mana base and tons of bombs that can be easily included into most decks by splashing another color make it tough to stick to a deck that only runs one color. Havin...

Why is this Deck? As Magic: the Gathering players, we all approach the game from different perspectives. Many folks using this tool will likely use it for a competitive edge as they prepare for an upcoming event. MTG Arena is definitely a great tool to help towards that goal, but it's also an amazing place to experiment with cards and create truly bizarre experimental piles for fun. As a janky bre...

Why is This Deck? Timeless is an opportunity for all of us to try the highest power nonsense we can get our hands on, and this deck is absolutely that for me. I love reanimator strategies because they let us cheat gigantic monsters into play well before you're supposed to. Normally, we have to go through the hoops of our graveyard, but Sneak Attack bypasses that and lets us drop gigantic monsters ...

Welcome Magic lovers! With the Standard format in full swing, as players test and tune in preparation for their Regional Championship Qualifiers, its easy to forget that another brand-new set, Murders at Karlov Manor, will be dropping in the first week of February. Today, let's go over some of the spiciest spoilers to see if we can pick out any diamonds from the rough that may see play in Standard...

Why is this Deck? For today's build, I need to look to the dragon cycle from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. These cards were all amazing in draft, but didn't quite see much competitive play aside from Ao, the Dawn Sky in some white shells from past standards. These dragons have respectable stat lines, meaningful keywords, and powerful death triggers that can swing a game if given the chance to go off. So...

Most Magic: The Gathering Players who have even a little bit of experience are aware that Rakdos archetypes account for a share of the meta in multiple formats. In some formats, it has multiple archetypes that are competitive and the decks themselves often differ vastly. Since we could probably write multiple articles for the different versions of Rakdos in various formats, we will stick to Rakdos...