This Week in Magic will be slightly abbreviated this week. The news of the upcoming Extended changes, a rough night's sleep, and some other projects are forcing me to just focus on the main article sites rather than hitting the bloggers. I promise to give Blogger's two weeks of "TWIM" next week to make up for it.

News

• June 18th 2010 Banned & Restricted List Announcement - Big big news that completely change Extended as we know it.
• GP Nashville Pushed Back to Nov. 20-21

Standard

• New Toys by Mike Flores - Mike looks at top finishes of Standard decks.
• Beating Next Level Bant by Billy Moreno - Billy looks at NLB and discusses what you need to know to beat it.
• Examining Planeswalkers and Brilliant Redux by Russell Tassicker - Russell looks at the Planeswalkers that are making themselves felt in Standard, and why they're so effective.

Limited

• Wall-U by Tom Ross - Tom explores U/R RRR draft and what walls can do.

Casual

• Your Puny Minds Cannot Fathom by Adam Styborski - Adam discusses Archenemy and EDH.
• Legendary Magic by Abe Sargeant - As always, Abe brings us awesome casual magic stuff, and this week is

Misc

• Seven Deadly Sins of Mediocre Magic by Mike Flores - An awesome read. Perhaps the must read of this week.
• Can't Sleep Wizards Will Eat Me - The Community Cup by Gavin Verhey - I really enjoyed his write up about the event.
• Wrath of God Conundrum by Chingsung Chang - He explores the theory behind Red Deck Wins over White Weenie.
• Testing, Testing, Testing by Dan Eckstein - Dan looks at a number of mistakes players make in playtesting.
• Pack to Power - Trades 20-29 by Jonathan Medina - After last week's problems and drama, this week is a breath of fresh air and a great way to get the series back on track.

Again I apologize for the brevity of this week, but life has forced me to. Blame life!