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Ever stress about which cards you can play due to deck limitations? The Arena Boys have you covered this week, playing everything they can!

Read the article here: https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/arena-boys-deck-guide-four-color-everything/

With rotation, we lose a lot of the cards that have defined Standard. Today Joel bids farewell to some of the most impactful and looks to the future.

Article:

https://www.channelfireball.com/home/the-powerhouse-cards-rotating-and-what-it-means-for-throne-of-eldraine-standard/?_ga=2.44652900.1353537103.1568341333-1103954984.1568341332

Highlighting another Pauper community brew, today Brian looks at the best way to attack with tokens in the format: Raid Bombardment and Impact Tremors!

Article:

https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/pauper-community-brews-r-g-impact-bombardment/?_ga=2.89827539.996111940.1567998701-508282046.1515468376

Modern has begun to reorganize itself after the landmark bannings, and today Gabe examines where het pet Soulherder deck fits in.

Article:

https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/how-soulherder-fits-into-the-new-modern-meta/?_ga=2.123552707.996111940.1567998701-508282046.1515468376

 

Cookies and trailers and the entire list of Standard releases for 2020. This is your week in Magic news.

Article:

https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/news-brief-cookies-trailers-and-the-full-slate-of-2020-standard-releases/?_ga=2.115171407.996111940.1567998701-508282046.1515468376

Fresh off the playoffs of the Pauper Premier League, Brian has one major takeaway: Leagues are a great way to play, and Magic needs more of them.

Article:

https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/magic-needs-more-events-like-the-pauper-premier-league/?_ga=2.85757777.996111940.1567998701-508282046.1515468376

The recent shakeup of Modern has produced an unlikely comeback: Scapeshift. Catch up on what the deck looks like these days as Riley breaks it down.

Read the article here: https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/the-new-scapeshift-in-modern/

It's a special episode of the Arena Boys, as they pilot Mono-Black Control on Arena while getting ready for the upcoming Throne of Eldraine...

Read the article here: https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/mono-black-control-the-arena-boys/

Andrea loves that WotC unbanned Rampaging Ferocidon, and has a new Gruul Dinosaurs list for Standard!

Article:

https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/gruul-dinos-is-back-in-standard-thanks-to-rampaging-ferocidon/?_ga=2.39402980.63107949.1567388033-508282046.1515468376

Decklist:

 

Lands 4 x Unclaimed Territory 6 x Forest (347) 4 x Rootbound Crag 4 x Stomping Ground 6 x Mountain (343)   Creatures 4 x Marauding Raptor 4 x Otepec Huntmaster 3 x Regisaur Alpha 4 x Ripjaw Raptor 4 x Shifting Ceratops 3 x Ghalta, Primal Hunger 4 x Rampaging Ferocidon   Spells 4 x Lava Coil 4 x Commune with Dinosaurs 2 x Savage Stomp   Sideboard 2 x Vivien Reid 3 x Cindervines 4 x Fry 3 x Veil of Summer 3 x Sentinel Totem  

Kethis Combo has overtaken Standard, but modern problems require… throwback solutions. Enter Esper Control!

Article:

https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/esper-control-is-back-in-standard/?_ga=2.210737362.63107949.1567388033-508282046.1515468376

Decklist:

Lands 1 x Swamp 1 x Plains 4 x Godless Shrine 4 x Watery Grave 4 x Drowned Catacomb 3 x Isolated Chapel 4 x Glacial Fortress 4 x Hallowed Fountain 1 x Temple of Silence   Creatures 3 x Basilica Bell-Haunt   Spells 4 x Teferi, Time Raveler 3 x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria 4 x Narset, Parter of Veils 4 x Thought Erasure 1 x Tyrant's Scorn 1 x Kaya, Orzhov Usurper 3 x Oath of Kaya 1 x The Elderspell 2 x Legion's End 2 x Command the Dreadhorde 1 x Mortify 3 x Kaya's Wrath 1 x Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin 1 x Despark   Sideboard 2 x Enter the God-Eternals 1 x The Elderspell 2 x Unmoored Ego 3 x Ashiok, Dream Render 2 x Devout Decree 1 x Despark 2 x Noxious Grasp 1 x Dovin's Veto 1 x Bolas's Citadel