Standard Is Good Again, I Swear
The current standard is one of the most balanced we’ve had in a while. It took a ton of bannings, a lot of failed experiments, but WOTC has gotten it to a good place.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 4th, 2020
The current standard is one of the most balanced we’ve had in a while. It took a ton of bannings, a lot of failed experiments, but WOTC has gotten it to a good place.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 31st, 2019
Hello Magic players! I’m a little late on this one, but here’s the Metagame report for July—and boy has M20 warped Standard. Orvhov Vampires: I hate, despise, and utterly dislike Adanto Vanguard every time it’s played. I’m not sure how it’s a fair Magic card, and the fact it triggers Knight of Ebon Legion with…
By Brandon Scott on Jun 17th, 2019
Welcome back to the Metagame Report. The metagame right now feels very volatile and shifting, and there’s always seemingly a new deck popping up and wrecking people. I think that’s a good thing, but it does make it hard to predict when deck building. But, regardless, let’s look at a sample of what’s new and…
By Brandon Scott on Apr 24th, 2019
Hello and welcome to another Magic: The Gathering Metagame Report. Already I have found the issue with this template: the top decks may change in order, but there are often not that many new creations this close to a set dropping. So, I’ll just cursory talk about decks I covered last month and anything climbing…
By Brandon Scott on Mar 18th, 2019
Welcome to the Metagame Report: the hopefully monthly article series where I, Brandon Scott, on-and-off Magic: The Gathering player of a decade, give my unsolicited opinions on 8 of the most powerful decks in the Standard metagame. Mono-Blue Tempo: Mono-Blue Tempo is the weirdest beast I’ve seen in a while. It’s breaking some of the…