News

• Banned and Restricted List Announcement—Wizards swung the ban hammer hard this time around and knocked the Mindsculptor and the Mystic out of Standard.
• M12 Spoilers—The newest core set will feature cards such as Grim Lavamancer and Jace, Memory Adept.
• Announcing the Magic Cruise—LSV, Chapin, Forsythe, and Garfield will set sail on the Magic Cruise’s fourth voyage.
• Graveborn—The theme for the latest in the premium deck series has been unearthed.

Standard and Block

• Bring on the F Students—Alexander Shearer writes a new syllabus for those looking to succeed in the post-banning standard format.
• Epic Bans, the New Standard (SCG$) — Patrick Chapin is excited to be creating new decks for the post-caw blade era.
• Miami Vice, Standard and your Playgroup—Brandon Islieb applies the Decktagon to recently banned cards and how a playgroup can deal with frustrating cards on its own.
• A Whole New Standard—Kyle Boggemes shares decklists for the shifting Standard format including a mono-black brew.
• New Standard! (SCG$) — Gerry Thompson added fuel to the fire with this article that set the forums ablaze.
• A Strange New World—Todd Anderson revamps Vamps, Valakut, and UR Twin the alternate universe Standard where Jace and Stoneforge never existed.
• Fight Music—Nina Illingworth serves a mono-red brew she’s cleverly named fried chicken.
• And Now for Something Completely Different—Adam Koska picks up several old archetypes including Blue Black control and shares a Birthing Pod list as well.
• Block Begets Standard—Darwin Kastle uses Mirrodin Block results as a crystal ball for the future of Type II.

Limited

• NPH Draft Strategies—Josh Silvestri on the importance of raw power and land drops in the mechanic-laden block.

Vintage, Legacy, and Modern

• Commander—Caleb Durward reviews the Commander pre-cons with an eye toward Legacy-worthy cards.
• It’s a Strange New Format—Gavin Verhey is on the cutting edge of the format featured in the Community Cup.
• Over-Extended vs. Modern—Sharidan Lardner argues that Mercadian Masques makes for the logical cut-off point in the emerging format.
• Merfolk Versus—Scott Muir’s guide to sideboarding against the current metagame.

Casual and Variant Formats

• 15 Solutions—After the launch party, Sean McKeown reflects on the newest Commanders to hit the format.
• The Highlander Collective—Robby Rothe sets out to build nineteen loaner decks that capture the feel of Commander.
• Griefers Ruin Commander—Jeremy Blair wards off negative attitudes at the Commander table with this look at how “your deck is broken, mine is clever” mentality poisons the well.
• Commander Deck Builder Primer—
• Worldgorger Dragon—Adam Barnello builds a deck around the newly unbanned dragon and his general Sedris, the Traitor King.
• Mono-Black in Pauper—Alex Ullman and his swamp dwellers have proven powerful in the world’s cheapest eternal format.
• Pauper Standard in Brief—Dave has his finger on the pulse of a format currently breaking attendance records.

• The Community Cube Rewrite, Part 1—Adam Styborski has so many polls this week as he works towards a cube by consensus that he had to include a part two.
• Mirror Mastery Review—Ertais Lament reviews Mirror Mastery for those players who are looking to actually play the decks rather than loot them for a few key cards.

Finance

• Making Moves in a Volatile Market—knows the ban hammer will impact more than just the metagame.  How will the bans impact the trade tables.
• The New Commander Decks and You (SCG$) — Jonathon Medina advises striking while the iron is hot when it comes to these new Commander cards.
• Facing the Inevitable—JR Wade prepares fiscally-minded players for rotation and reprints.
• Trading Goblin and Merfolk for Bulls and Bears—Chas Andres has created some interesting line graphs on the decline of over-hyped Mythics and rotating Standard staples.

Theory and Miscellany

• What to Wear for MtG—Whether pimping your favorite website, celebrating a favorite card, or suiting up for the big event Mike Linnemann has you covered. MJ Scott took the cosplay theme and ran with it.
• Puzzling Magic: Broodstar—Nathan Weizenbaum begins his homage to Magic: the Puzzling with four puzzles with varying levels of difficulty.