Running the Numbers on Historic
Historic is quickly becoming a popular Magic format. So how consistent are the top decks? Frank Karsten does the math to help you build the best deck in Historic.
Collected Company
The State of Modern: July 2017
Reid Duke brings you the complete primer to Modern right now: the decks to beat, the decks to keep your eye on, and everything in between.
Channel DeMars – Modern Bant Company
Combine the Vizier/Devoted Druid combo with a little disruption from counterspells and Spell Queller!
Modern: CoCo is Loco
Should you focus on the infinite life combo in Abzan Company, or only on the infinite mana engine of Druid/Vizier? Why not both?
The Best Card in Modern from Amonkhet Will Change the Format
One card from Amonkhet gives a Modern combo deck a completely new dimension, with a more refined engine—and now, infinite mana.
You Bant Keep CoCo Down
Bant is one of Modern’s underappreciated gems—these two builds pack plenty of power, and should catch your opponent by surprise.
The Decks to Beat in Frontier
Interested in Magic’s hot new format, Frontier? Brian DeMars shows you the top decks and strategies across the incipient top tier.
That’s How You Get Bants!
Bant offers a winning combination of removal, mana, and first-class creatures across a number of archetypes.
How to Sideboard with Bant Company
Enjoy Bant Company while it lasts with DeMars updated list an a perfect sideboarding guide!
Banthog Day
So far, the new Standard looks a lot like the old Standard. Brian DeMars reviews the results from last weekend.
The Deck to Beat This Weekend: Bant Company
If you want to take down the WMCQ this weekend, you’ll need to be prepared to beat Bant. Reid shows you how.
GP Costa Rica, and the GP Race
With Fabrizio Anteri out of the race, BBD finds himself in the thick of the GP Pro Points Leader race.
Deck of the Day – Human Bant Company
Bant Company and Humans were the top two archetypes at the beginning of the format—merging them could catapult them back into the top tier.
Game Analysis: Esper Dragons vs. BG Sacrifice
Dive deep into every turn of a tough game between two of the greatest masters to ever play the game: LSV and Shota Yasooka.
Is CoCo the New Twin?
Collected Company shares a few too many similarities with some of Modern’s most notorious offenders.
Channel Mengucci – Standard Bant Company
See Andrea Mengucci pilot the deck he took to a finals berth at Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad!
Bant Keep a Good Deck Down
With all the crazy new decks that burst onto the scene at #PTSOI, one important fact went overlooked: Collected Company is still on top.
Deck of the Day – Bant Company
One of the best decks before the rotation is still one of the best decks after—EFro breaks down last weekend’s champion of the new format.
The New Standard Metagame and an Aggregate Archetype Gauntlet
See which archetypes actually performed well in the first Standard event according to the numbers!
My Picks for Week 1
At a loss for what to play this weekend? Josh Silvestri is here to help with the two strategies he’d play in week 1 of the new Standard.