Izzet Prowess ALMOST tops all MTG Standard formats, while Jeskai Control FAILS to enter the Bo1 top 8. Meanwhile, Esper Pixie and Omniscience Combo stay relatively undisturbed thanks to new toys.
Tersa Lightshatter? Nah. Sunpearl Kirin? Nope, still too predictable. We introduce three cards from Tarkir: Dragonstorm, which unexpectedly exceeded Cori-Steel Cutter's popularity in Standard.
A friendly PSA reminding everyone how cheap Lifegain decks can generally be in MTG Bo1 Standard. In fact, at least one of these two is a consistent top 8 contender since its inception.
We briefly introduce a few trending new decks using Tarkir: Dragonstorm cards over the last two weeks in Arena Standard. Not exactly format breakers (except for one), but still somewhat insightful.
Dimir completely drops off the face of top 8 MTG Standard Bo1 and Bo3, Jeskai combines Delirium and Oculus, and yet more of the older variants of Golgari and Mono Black resurface once again.
With the release of Tarkir: Dragonstorm coming up, I'll be taking a look at the Top 20 most expensive cards in the set. From showcase to halo foil, here are the 20 cards to keep your eye out for.
Call the Spirit Dragons makes its win condition even more of a "win more" than any other MTG card so far. Can we fix this with minor edits to its card effects for Standard? SPOILER: Nope.
Return to the war-torn plane of Tarkir, where the five clans and their spirit dragons face intensifying dragonstorms that ravage the landscape. Coming very soon on April 11, 2025.
New Aetherdrift cards being adopted into the top decks of MTG Standard March 2025 meta is just the expected fair. But honestly though? Those very same entries are set to shoot beyond Standard anyway.
For this finance series I'd like to highlight all of the cards featured on my youtube show 'MTG Game State' and give an end of the month highlight/where are they now. Let's see what we got this month!
Today, I'll cover everything you need to know about the new commander power brackets and the "game changers" card list. Come see if you agree with the new matchmaking system for EDH.
Esper returns to form and jumps back to the top 8 lists, climbing up even as Golgari recovered two months ago. That, plus a few other variations of Dimir making the cut for this month in MTG.
Aetherdrift kicks off the MTG multiplanar race into Avishkar, Amonkhet, and Muraganda for its debut video and aftershow this January 21st. And the set itself is slated for February 14, 2025.
For this finance series I'd like to highlight all of the cards featured on my youtube show 'MTG Game State' and give an end of the month highlight/where are they now. Let's see what we got this month!
I briefly try to summon all my remaining brain cells to think about what WoTC and MTG as a whole intend to do with the world's first artifact (equipment) planeswalker, The Aetherspark.
Nowhere to Run is a powerful tool in Standard, bypassing hexproof and ward while providing instant-speed removal, making it crucial against protected threats.
MTG Standard meta hits the first month of 2025 with bang! Nah just kidding. We do have a few interesting long-time Standard regulars suddenly filling the top 8 spots, but nothing too rambunctious.
MTG Foundations may not have splashed hard in Standard as Bloomburrow and Duskmourn, but it still left a good number of options, plus a variety of other potential "seeds" as 2025 sets arrive.
For this finance series I'd like to highlight all of the cards featured on my youtube show 'MTG Game State' and give an end of the month highlight/where are they now. Let's see what we got this month!