M19 Standard Week 3

Week 3 of M19 Standard is in the books and we have a lull in the action as the Pro’s and their teams are putting in major testing hours for Pro Tour 25th Anniversary in Minneapolis next weekend.  The GP was M19 Limited and the SCG Open was Modern (not even the mixed format Team event that we got the past 2 weeks).  All we have to look to for how the meta is shaping up is the two weekly Magic the Gathering Online Standard Competitive League 5-0 decklist postings from July 23rd and July 26th, and the smaller single day

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This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (M19 Standard Week 2)

OK, who broke it???  I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed… sound the bugle horns, cue the slow march of finely dressed gentlemen (and women). Old Glory is flapping in the calm breeze as a somber mood consumes the air… RIP M19 Standard: July 7 – July 23, 2018.  So young, so much potential… As I was preparing for this week’s article, anxiously awaiting the SCG Classic reults to confirm my assertions from last week that Grixis Midrange would be the new deck that makes the biggest impact on M19 standard, I pulled up the Magic Online Competitive Standard Constructed League decklists

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Strictly Eternal 101 – The Antiquities War, Revamped

Howdy folks! Welcome to another installment of Jerry Springer: Urza and Mishra – Are they really Brothers?! Or rather, a little Legacy. This week we’ve got some spice. I mean some real spice. Yes, there’s a Karn involved. But more than that, there’s . This list comes to us from good man Danny Batterman off Twitter, and it is spicy as all get out. The Core of the Deck This list is absurdly fun. + Karn is gross, and Antiquities War digging through your deck while eventually making your es into 5/5’s for a turn is rather dumb. It’s pretty obvious

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Cup of Average, Episode 2: Going for Broke on MTGO without going Broke

Today over a cup of coffee, I discuss my absolute love for Manatraders. This is a great service that I have used to allow me to rent decks on MTGO, and test out any Standard Deck I want, and some Modern Decks.  It is a great tool.   Jeremy BeardsleyJeremy aka “Strictly Average” is an ‘average’ guy with ‘average’ plans. He is the creator and overboss of Strictly Average Gaming, which includes the Patreon group and StrictlyAverageMTG.com https://strictlyaveragemtg.com

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