The current stop of the StarCity Games Open series is in St. Louis, MO. It is the usual Day One Standard Open and the second day for the Legacy Open. The preliminary ten rounds of Swiss have recently ended and the Top 8 playoffs will be held Continue reading
Tag Archives: Standard Format
SCG Invitational NJ Top 8 Standard Decks
The recent Starcity Games Invitational tournament was held this weekend in New Jersey. In a grueling 16 preliminary rounds and top 8 playoffs, it was Tom ‘the Boss’ Ross that was victorious again in a back to back Invitational win. Here are the Top 8 Standard Decklists of the event: Continue reading
Standard Deck Tech: Bant Chord

We welcomed Chord of Calling in Standard and expected it as a powerful card to include in the top decks. Unfortunately, we only have Green Devotion as its primary deck. We do have versions of this archetype though and one of them that I’d suggest is of the Bant colors. Continue reading
B/u Devotion Wins SCG Standard Washington DC

This version of Devotion to Black is the current trend in the Standard metagame. This was initially piloted by Jared Boettcher in a top 8 finish on last week’s SCG Standard Open. It was no surprise that he made to the top 8 again in DC and this time he is with Continue reading
Standard Deck Tech: Rabble Rakdos

The first World Magic Cup Qualifiers will be on this coming Sunday, August 17, in Manila. As for the preparations, we had been playtesting the top decks from the Pro Tour and expecting that metagame of Blue White Control and Black White Midrange. Continue reading
B/u Devotion wins SCG Standard Open Syracuse

Devotion to Black has again garnered another trophy in the person of 2014 Rookie of the Year Jared Boettcher. His version of the archetype has a splash of Blue for Negate and Notion Thief in the sideboard. His Finals matchup of the tournament Continue reading