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If you're ready to start climbing the ranks in Historic, Riley's got a combo-ish build abusing Danse of the Manse and some of the best control cards from Standard's past.

Read the article: https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/articles/grinding-historic-with-esper-dance

Getting started with Historic? Riley's got 6 spicy brews for the new format that are too sweet to pass up.

Read the article here: https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/articles/six-sweet-historic-decks

Looking to Brawl on a budget? Riley's got just the the article for you, as he explores three strong Brawl decks that don't take any rares on Magic Arena.

Read the article here: https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/articles/brawling-on-a-budget-three-competitive-zero-rare-decks

What are the best counterspells in Magic? Riley tackles the question today. Where do Cryptic Command, Force of Will and Mana Drain stack up on Riley's list?

Read the article here: https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/articles/the-5-best-counterspells-in-magic-history/

With massive banlist additions, including three in Standard, Magic is in a state of uncertainty. Today Matt tackles the topic and where we go from here.

Article:

https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/articles/mondays-bans-are-the-latest-attempt-to-correct-a-year-of-overpowered-cards/?_ga=2.24875838.523124310.1574053088-857503543.1571194400

What are the best hate cards in Magic? Today Brian looks at the best against artifacts and enchantments from through Magic's history.

Article:

https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/articles/the-best-hate-cards-in-magics-history/?_ga=2.222607263.523124310.1574053088-857503543.1571194400

Martin and the team played Oko at the Mythic Championship, and his report today breaks down how to fight the all-important Food mirrors moving forward.

Article:

https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/articles/a-food-fight-in-richmond-and-how-to-beat-the-mirror/?_ga=2.122174027.1338206248.1573795871-857503543.1571194400

Decklists:

SULTAI FOOD

Lands 4 x Breeding Pool4 x Fabled Passage7 x Forest (347)1 x Island (335)4 x Overgrown Tomb2 x Swamp (339)4 x Watery Grave   Creatures 2 x Fae of Wishes // Granted4 x Gilded Goose4 x Paradise Druid4 x Wicked Wolf4 x Hydroid Krasis   Spells 4 x Noxious Grasp4 x Once Upon a Time4 x Nissa, Who Shakes the World4 x Oko, Thief of Crowns   Sideboard 1 x Assassin's Trophy1 x Casualties of War2 x Duress1 x Find // Finality1 x Legion's End1 x Liliana, Dreadhorde General2 x Negate1 x Ritual of Soot1 x The Elderspell1 x Thrashing Brontodon3 x Veil of Summer   SIMIC FOOD   Lands 4 x Breeding Pool11 x Forest (347)6 x Island (335)2 x Mobilized District2 x Temple of Mystery   Creatures 3 x Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft4 x Gilded Goose4 x Paradise Druid2 x Questing Beast4 x Wicked Wolf4 x Hydroid Krasis   Spells 4 x Nissa, Who Shakes the World4 x Oko, Thief of Crowns2 x Aether Gust4 x Once Upon a Time   Sideboard 1 x Questing Beast3 x Disdainful Stroke1 x Lovestruck Beast // Heart's Desire – Showcase1 x Mystical Dispute2 x Negate1 x Thrashing Brontodon3 x Veil of Summer3 x Voracious Hydra

Rakdos Sacrifice is one of the best decks in Standard at taking on the Food decks, and today Frank has a complete guide complete with sideboarding notes!

Article:

https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/articles/standard-deck-guide-rakdos-sacrifice/?_ga=2.202648280.830106131.1573626056-857503543.1571194400

Decklist:

Lands 2 x Castle Locthwain4 x Blood Crypt3 x Fabled Passage9 x Swamp (339)6 x Mountain (343)   Creatures 4 x Gutterbones4 x Cauldron Familiar4 x Priest of Forgotten Gods4 x Mayhem Devil4 x Midnight Reaper2 x Rankle, Master of Pranks2 x Cavalier of Night    Spells4 x Claim the Firstborn4 x Witch's Oven2 x Angrath's Rampage2 x Noxious Grasp   Sideboard 4 x Dreadhorde Butcher4 x Duress2 x Theater of Horrors2 x Noxious Grasp1 x Bedevil1 x Embereth Shieldbreaker // Battle Display1 x Mask of Immolation

Andrea has been busy with Standard, but that hasn't stopped him from playing his favorites in Pauper and Pioneer, which he shares with you today!

Article:

https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/articles/my-favorite-decks-in-pauper-and-pioneer/?_ga=2.103758211.2076110854.1573528334-857503543.1571194400

Decklists:

PAUPER

Lands 3 x Ancient Den2 x Bojuka Bog3 x Great Furnace3 x Boros Garrison1 x Mountain (343)1 x Plains (331)2 x Radiant Fountain2 x Secluded Steppe4 x Wind-Scarred Crag   Creatures 4 x Glint Hawk4 x Kor Skyfisher2 x Okiba-Gang Shinobi3 x Palace Sentinels4 x Thraben Inspector   Spells 2 x Alchemist's Vial2 x Battle Screech4 x Galvanic Blast1 x Golden Egg3 x Journey to Nowhere4 x Lightning Bolt2 x Prismatic Strands4 x Prophetic Prism    Sideboard 2 x Electrickery2 x Gorilla Shaman2 x Lone Missionary1 x Prismatic Strands3 x Red Elemental Blast2 x Relic of Progenitus2 x Standard Bearer1 x Shenanigans   PIONEER   Lands 20 x Island (335)4 x Mutavault   Creatures 4 x Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft4 x Harbinger of the Tides4 x Master of Waves4 x Siren Stormtamer4 x Smuggler's Copter4 x Tempest Djinn4 x Thassa, God of the Sea4 x Merfolk Trickster   Spells4 x Quenchable Fire   Sideboard 4 x Negate3 x Sorcerous Spyglass4 x Spell Pierce4 x Tidebinder Mage

With Astrolabe gone, Midrange decks have been crowned the monarch of Pauper. But what midrange deck is best? Brian breaks down Boros Monarch and provides an update to his Mono-Black deck.

Article:

https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/articles/home-on-the-midrange-getting-ahead-of-the-pauper-metagame/?_ga=2.172465381.735450133.1573100706-857503543.1571194400

Decklists:

MONO BLACK

Lands 18 x Swamp (339)4 x Witches Cottage   Creatures 2 x Cuombajj Witches4 x Chittering Rats2 x Phyrexian Rager2 x Crypt Rats2 x Thorn of the Black Rose4 x Gray Merchant of Asphodel   Creatures 4 x Phyrexian Defiler3 x Nihil Spellbomb3 x Disfigure2 x Duress4 x Geth's Verdict2 x Chainer's Edict4 x Sign in Blood   Sideboard 4 x Banehound1 x Syphon Life1 x Nihil Spellbomb1 x Thorn of the Black Rose1 x Duress2 x Rancid Earth1 x Wrench Mind1 x Nausea1 x Evincar's Justice1 x Spinning Darkness1 x Disfigure

BOROS MONARCH

Lands 3 x Ancient Den2 x Bojuka Bog3 x Boros Garrison1 x Forgotten Cave1 x Mountain (343)1 x Plains (331)2 x Radiant Fountain1 x Secluded Steppe4 x Wind-Scarred Crag   Creatures 4 x Glint Hawk4 x Kor Skyfisher2 x Okiba-Gang Shinobi3 x Palace Sentinels4 x Thraben Inspector   Spells 2 x Battle Screech4 x Galvanic Blast4 x Lightning Bolt2 x Prismatic Strands2 x Alchemist's Vial1 x Golden Egg3 x Journey to Nowhere4 x Prophetic Prism   Sideboard 2 x Electrickery1 x Gorilla Shaman3 x Lone Missionary1 x Prismatic Strands3 x Red Elemental Blast2 x Relic of Progenitus2 x Standard Bearer1 x Shenanigans