As weeks go, it's faster than some, slower than most. We're leading up to the release of New Phyrexia so it was all about that set, everywhere you look.

News

• New Phyrexia Intro Decks Announced—The deck lists are revealed and strangely enough include rares from previous sets.
• GP London and SCG Charlotte Results—Last weekend’s tournament results in Limited, Standard, and Legacy.
• June’s FNM Prom: Rhox War Monk—A MtgSalvation thread reveals  the pancake flipping Rhino as the summer’s first FNM promotion.

Standard and Block

• New Brutal Standard Openings—($) Patrick Chapin looks beyond Deceiver Exarch for NPH cards and strategies that will soon be impacting standard from FNM tables to the Pro Tour.
• New Phyrexia Standard Strategies—Josh Silvestri has peers into the new horizon of Type Two starting with the Deceiver Exarch / Splinter Twin combo.  Silvestri continues here with RUG, Vampires, and Superion Green.
• NPH Budget Decks—Adam Prosak has brewed up several shells he feels have potential to compete while still costing less than a playset of Mind Sculptors.
• Block New Phyrexia—Russell Tassicker finally has the entire card pool for Block Constructed and he’s rounded up the most powerful strategies out of the starting gate.
• Bringing PesterTwin to Standard—PVD gives his take on Standard’s new combo deck and the Godbook bannings.
• A Look at NPH and the Ability to Defeat Caw-Blade—Shaheen Soorani turns to the newest set looking for the answers to the most important question in Standard.
• Bringing the RUG Tech Home—Michael Martin’s tournament report includes a cutting-edge RUG list and a homecoming story.
• Mono-Green No-Drazi—Craig Wescoe explores some explosive possibilities revolving around Chancellor of the Tangle.
• I’m Infected Are You? –Noah Long has three decklists for the new Standard and an Elves list for modo Legacy.

Vintage and Legacy

• The Mental Misstep Matchup—($) Ari Lax settles some of the Mental Misstep debate by examining several key matchups before and after the Phyrexian counterspell.
• Hide Tide Primer—Chingsung Chang goes from goldfishing to understanding resource bottlenecks in this combo-deck primer.
• Wafo Gate and Landstill—Kyle Boggemes weighs in on the recent Lotus Noir bannings and a Landstill list created by Wafo-Tapa.
• New Phyrexia in Vintage—Marius van Zundert highlights the NPH cards that might impact the eternal formats.
• Choosing your Legacy Deck—Reid Duke on the high stakes of deck selection in the high-cost format.
• The Dark Art of Dredge Fu—($) Richard Feldman on why you should consider playing the deck that everyone loves to hate.

Casual and Variant Formats

• Thirteen NPH Cards I Suggest you Try—Robby Rothe has a baker’s dozen of supporting cast members to audition for roles in your Commander decks.  Today’s article will discuss the eligible commanders.
• End of an Era—Ben McDole’s Commander Deck built around Maga, Traitor to Mortals strikes the balance of being competitive without getting hated out.
• A  Commander Deck Formula—Jeremy Blair plays the percentages and builds a numerical shell for an effective Commander deck.
• Peering into Pauper—Pitlord from MtGO Academy pours over the commons that’ll shake up the Pauper format.
• Embracing the New Phyrexian Order—Sheldon Menery’s list of commander-worthy cards in the new set.
• Commander Deck Tech: Phelddagrif—Robert Davis gets everyone involved in a group hug.
• Feast of Flesh Review—With the release of a new set comes the first of Ertai’s Lament’s NPH pre-constructed deck reviews.

Finance

• The Financial Value of New Phyrexia—($) Ben Bleiweiss is back with his financial review of NPH.
• Whither New Phyrexia—Sean Morgan reviews the newest set with his sights set squarely on pre-order prices.
• A Trader’s Guide to New Phyrexia—Brian Grewe’s financial review is clearly organized to improve your prerelease trading.   He also explains why he loves trading for new bulk rares.
• Overcoming Variance in Trading—($) Corbin Hosler’s innovative article applies tilt avoidance to the trade tables after he traded off Splinter Twins off at bulk rates.

Theory and Miscellany

• Women in Magic (Art) —MJ Scott has Magic’s archetypal good girls square off against its bad girls in an art battle for the ages.
• The Artists of Alpha—John Dale Beety’s “Where Are they Now” article tracks down Magic’s original artists.  Find out who has work featured in New Phyrexia.
• Play or Draw—Shuhei Nakamura’s wide ranging article provides an update on life in Japan, discusses when it’s right to draw, and  looks back to Reveillark’s matchup with Faeries for answers in today’s meta.