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Hello there! My name is Kyle Gonzales, and I’m here to talk about the deck I won my Standard RCQ with 4C Legends! This deck is not really too popular in the standard format but can really pack a punch if you’re not prepared for it. For NRG champs, this was my front runner for decks I wanted to play, thanks to teammate Cris Smith, due to its resilience and being hard to interact with. This deck is filled with powerful Legends that all synergize with each other very well and Interact well with the …

Watching the standard metagame evolve over the past couple months has been an interesting journey. We’ve gone from domain is unstoppable to a bevy of aggro decks popping up each week. First with the toxic decks, then those in themselves evolving to include both bant and mono white builds. Picklock Ruiner top-8ing multiple standard challenges in a row, and more recently the convoke deck proving it has more room to grow in this environment. With the fall of domain, and the growth of small mana val …

Hello everyone! It has been a very exciting month for me recently, as I was able to finally qualify for my third Pro Tour via winning NRG champs a few weeks ago, as well as splitting a local RCQ this weekend to qualify for RC Dallas using UB midrange in standard. I owe a large amount of thanks to my testing partners Cris Smith, Kyle Gonzalez, Raja Suleiman, and Derrick Davis for helping me get ready leading up to the wvent and preparing me for top level competition. I could talk about all sorts …

Murders at Karlov Manor in Pioneer Vampires and Rakdos Midrangeby James JohnstonClick here to order the newest set!  New set: new spoilers to look through for possible additions to Pioneer Vampires and Rakdos Midrange. Are any of the vampires strong enough to see play? I believe there's one that might be. I'm really excited about Vein Ripper especially if we have Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord to make it a three drop. There's a chance that Pioneer has become so brutally fast over the last coup …

Pinter’s Picks: Murders at Karlov ManorBy Jeremy Pinter, Team SwishHello and welcome to another installment of cards catching my eye for Legacy and/or Vintage from the latest set. My normal process is to start with a blank document and copy/paste in cards as I see them pop up during spoiler season. Once things are wrapped up, I admit a bit of surprise at just how many cards were in the file. Maybe I’m being too optimistic, but I feel like I’ve been too harsh in my previous reviews, so let’s see …