News
- Magic the Gathering Toolbox—Dave Guskin announces WotC’s App.
- Additional WotC Innovations—Wizards also released a Sealed Deck builder and Pro Tour fantasy draft.
- Dark Ascension Event Decks—Goblins, Devils, and Undying Beaters are showcased in these affordable decks designed to compete at FNM.
Standard and Block
- The Innovator’s Guide to Dark Ascension Standard—($SCG) Patrick Chapin shines some light onto the dark path ahead and discusses the importance of context when evaluating cards.
- The Saving Grasp for Standard—Carrie Oliver considers the applications for the flashback spell with surprising potential.
- How Stranglehold Geist will Change Standard—($SCG) Jeremy Neeman pledges his undying love for the 2/1 haster.
- Curses!—Alexander Shearer explores the maligned mechanic of Innistrad to see if we’ve reached the tipping point with these player enchantments.
- Four New Builds—Frank LePore builds around Flayer of the Hatebound and three other Ascending sleepers.
- Smi77y on Standard—Jesse Smith shares his Titan Tokens deck and his list of favorite DKA cards in Smi77y’s Angels.
Limited
- First Pick Dark Ascension—($SCG) Ari Lax considers the cards worthy of a first pick in the second set of Innistrad block.
- The First Picks of Dark Ascension—Lee McLeod gives his take on P1P1.
- Card-by-Card Draft Evaluation—Tim Aten leaves no stone unturned in this draft-focused review of DKA.
- Dark Ascension Set Review—LSV’s review provides ratings for both limited and constructed. He kicks things off here with white.
- Limited Edition—Richard Bland goes UR with his pre-release pool.
Vintage, Legacy, and Modern
- Dark Ascension in Modern—Todd Anderson on how cards like Faithless Looting add a new dimension to the rapidly evolving format.
- Analyzing the Modern Metagame—The biggest piece of Nassim Katita’s meta-game pie chart is “Other”, while Caw Blade comes in a distant second.
- Modern Meta-Game—Matt Sperling points to Choke and Leyline of Sanctity as two cards ready to shine in Modern.
- Modern PTQ Results—Jarvis Yu’s PTQ analysis reveals some off-beat decks with enough power to compete.
- Beating Down in Modern—Mellissa DeTora’s Boros deck might just fill a void for fans of Wild Nacatl.
- Looting 101—Caleb Durward on Red’s new looting effect and possibilities in both Legacy and Standard.
Casual and Variant Formats
- Let’s Play Dark Ascension—Brandon Isleib juggles the lineups in his Commander decks. See which DKA cards he’s deemed worthy of the big leagues and what cards get cut.
- Dark Ascension Cards I’ll be Playing—Sheldon Menery’s Commander review has an entire paragraph on Lost in the Woods.
- A Pauper Review of Dark Ascension—Alex Ullman on how Midnight Guard and Screeching Skaab will shake up this eternal format.
- Zombies!—Jay Kirkman makes his GM debut with a relentlessly aggressive deck.
- Pre-Con Reviews—Kirkman also reviewed Relentless Dead and Swift Justice.
Finance
- Where’s the Value? —Kelly Reid think the community is missing the valuable cards in DKA, creating a great environment for speculation.
- Dark Moon Rising—Ryan Bushard hands out his verdicts for DKA’s financial future.
- Modern Season is Upon Us—($QS) Sigmund Ausfresser hones in on the latest brews to breakthrough to tier-one and their financial implications.
Theory and Miscellany
- A Walk through the Multi-Verse—Zac Hill opens up the communication file for some of DKA’s more interesting designs.
- 3D Vorthos—Andrew Sitte teams up with Eric Klug in this tribute to Mike Linnemann. Check out other famous faces from the community who have appeared in card alters as well.