As M12 comes to release, and Innistrad looms on the horizon, the Magic writing machine lurches back into motion with a deeper look at Magic 2012 and the game as a whole.

News

• Innistrad Changes—The next expansion will bring more changes to store events including a League kit.
• FTV: Legends—Kresh and Progenitus are popular in Commander and will be included the next From the Vault set.
• Wizards announces Digital Faceoff—Heavy hitters from the digital gaming world—including Google and Microsoft—have fielded teams for a Duels showdown.

Reviews

• M12 Set Review—LSV gets his color-by-color review started with the potential of white cards in both Limited and Constructed.
• Magic 2012 Review—Harrison Greenberg’s review highlights the best financial bets and playable cards at all rarities.

Standard and Block

• The Innovator’s Guide to M12 Standard—($) Patrick Chapin rolls up his sleeves and gets to work on the new format.  Also, read his follow-up article New Brews.
• M12 for Standard—Josh Silvestri focuses on potential Type Two standouts.
• Fine…Twinpod—Smitty wanted a clever name for this clever deck, but settled on this functional moniker.
• Rebuilding Twin from the Ground Up—($) Gerry Thompson hits the reset button on the powerful and popular deck.
• Magic Online Championship Series Report—Reid Duke took 2^nd with his Puresteel Paladin Block deck and suggests a version for Standard.
• Windmill Slam those Titans—Alexander Shearer considers the possibilities for the Summoning Trap Engine in Standard.
• Six Decks for Cincinnati—Nate Pease considers Mono-Black, Elves, and Pyromancer Ascension amongst others.
• The Planes are made for Walking—Nassim Ketita on Gideon’s continued winning ways and the rest of the M12 walkers. 
• Taking on Magic 2012—Darwin Kastle brews up four decks around newly interesting cards including Angelic Destiny and Zombie Infestation.
• Jace and Stoneforge Banning—Shuhei Nakamura weighs in on the Standard bans.

Limited

• Is M12 the New Zendikar?—Gavin Verhey wonders if the new core set is yet another blast of Limited fresh air.
• M12 Draft Preview—Carrie Oliver with an early entry on the new core set draft environment.
• Four Pack Sealed: A Format Primer—Josh Howe on the new thirty-card limited format.

Vintage, Legacy, and Modern

• Building Sideboards in Legacy—Christopher Walton advises Legacy players to attack entire strategies in the widely varied format.
• Baltimore Legacy Open—The Hatfield bothers breakdown the Legacy field and help you predict the metagame.
• Brewing with Sundial—Caleb Durward wonders about the possibilities for the turn ending artifact.
• Azorious Fae in Overextended—Alexander West shuffles up his Spellstutters and his Stoneforges.

Casual and Variant Formats

• Smashing Face with Guru of Spores—Sean McKowen explores Ghave as an alternative to Doran and Teneb.
• Monocolor Week—Sheldon Menery hits the tables with Isamaru, Azusa, and a decent number of basic lands.
• Mayael of the Anima—Robert Davis finds card advantage within the Naya colors and runs with the theme.
• Mystical Might Review—Ertai’s Lament tells a tale of Illusions and Soliders in this pre-constructed review.
• The Community Cube: M12—Adam Styborski talks about new inclusions and his Cube Blog.  Get involved in the project and Donate to the Community Cube.
• A Casual Review of M12—Abe Sargent has the kitchen table take on the newest core set.
• Scheming the Cube—Anthony Avitollo reviews the new core set from a Cube-builder’s perspective.
• SliverBlack Toying Around with Overextended—Derek Evanoff reintroduces a classic Variant format that allows only commons and uncommons. 

Finance

• M12—JR Wade considers both the tournament scene and the Commander crowd as he speculates on core set prices.
• Your M12 Survival Guide—($) Jonathan Medina’s financial guide will help you make the most of early trading.
• Movers and Shakers--($) Stephen Moss is fresh from the pre-release with his financial perspective on cards to acquire.
• Speculate to Accumulate—Chris Lansdell suggest speculation is an alternative to being priced out of the game.

Theory and Miscellany

• The Seven Layer Cake—Justin Turner provides an update on how layers work.
• The Magic Player’s Guide to Life—Mike Linneman articulates the life trajectory of the Magic Pro.
• Announcing Altered Reality Challenge #2—Trick Jarrett announces that round two will be feature a magic-pro theme.