News Round Up: Week of June 5
Sam Pardee won the Strixhaven Championship with Jeskai Turns and a few days later a key component of the deck – Time Warp – was banned.
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Modern Horizons 2 Legacy Set Review, Part 2
Rich Cali’s wrapping up his Modern Horizons 2 Legacy Set Review, looking at green, multicolor, artifacts and lands for potential play!
Top 5 Time Walk Effects – Riley Ranks
With Time Warp just banned in Historic, Riley is taking a look back at some of the most powerful Time Walk effects in all of Magic!
Modern Miracles – Deck Highlight
Miracles was once a mainstay of Legacy, but can Modern Horizons 2 and the addition of Brainstone make it a viable archetype in Modern?
Modern Living End – Deck Highlight
Living End may be back on the Modern map thanks to Modern Horizons 2, adding Grief to a tried-and-true strategy for more disruption!
Modern Jund Food – Deck Guide
LSV’s preparing a four-course meal for Modern Jund Food, brining and sautéing opposing decks with The Underworld Cookbook and Food!
Historic Five Color Niv Mizzet – Deck Guide
With Jeskai Turns gone, Arya’s Five-Color Niv-Mizzet is able to prey on the Historic format boogieman, Izzet Phoenix!
For Under $50 – Captain Ripley Vance Budget EDH
Who said you can’t storm off with budget EDH? Eric has the perfect list with a $50 budget take on Modern Horizons 2’s Captain Ripley Vance!
Standard Izzet Dragons – Strixhaven Championship Update
Mengu ditched his trusty Doom Foretold for Standard Izzet Dragons at the Strixhaven Championship, netting a 74 percent win rate on his stream!
Modern Blue-Red Monkey Tempo – Deck Guide
Tempo decks haven’t been popular in Modern for a while, but an infusion of Modern Horizons 2 cards makes Blue-Red Monkey a viable tempo deck!
Modern Horizons 2 Battle Box/Danger Room Review, Part 2
Modern Horizons 2 may be one of the biggest sets for Brian’s Battle Box/Danger Room, adding a whopping 29 new cards to his personal stack!
Legacy Izzet Delver Post-Modern Horizons 2 – Deck Highlight
Modern Horizons 2 has taken Legacy by storm, but that doesn’t mean Izzet Delver is any worse, adding Ragavan and more to its arsenal!
Modern UW Moderation Control – Deck Highlight
Sometimes the best things in life are done in moderation, as is the case with Hall of Famer Kenji Tsumura’s Modern UW Moderation Control!
Modern Power Rankings – Post-Modern Horizons 2 Edition
What does Modern look like after Modern Horizons 2? Reid takes a look in his updated Modern Power Rankings with some new card rankings!
How Many Turns Can You Take with Velomachus Lorehold?
Velomachus Lorehold has taken Historic and Modern by storm and provided Frank with a ponderance: how many turns can the Dragon chain together?
Modern Esper Stoneblade – Deck Guide
Batterskull was the go-to target for Esper Stoneblade decks in Modern, but Modern Horizons 2 has brought a new option for it!
Top Five Primates in Magic – Riley Ranks
It’s all monkey business on this edition of Riley Ranks, with Riley going bananas for the top five primates in Magic’s history!
Historic Boros Midrange – Deck Guide
Historic Boros Midrange may not seem competitive on its surface, but it packs a lot of cards that the top decks just can’t deal with!
Historic Niv-Mizzet – Deck Highlight
Autumn Burchett brought the spice to the Strixhaven Championship, going 6-0 against Izzet Phoenix with a Historic Niv-Mizzet deck!