News

• Fire and Lightning Deck Released—Wizards unveils the new Premier Deck list and a new foiling process.
• Magic Online Deck Series—The Mothership’s announcement for precons designed to be competitive in Legacy.
• Let’s Start at the Very Beginning—MaRo hosts the first episode of the GDS2 “show.”

Standard and Block

• Exploring Block Constructed—Ari Lax examines the single set format and provides four lists primed to make a splash and possibly a profit on Modo.
• Old Tools and Curious Plays—Alexander Shearer dusts off his Fauna Shamans and reorganizes his toolbox.
• Jace, Public Enemy Number One -- Brian Kibler finds out what happens when people stop being polite and people start getting real with the Mind Sculptor.
• Rock, Paper, Scissors Standard—Kyle Boggemes looks at the  triangular metagame in Standard.

Limited

• Power Drafting UR—Darwin Kastle considers the power level of the Izzet color combination in SoM
• Building up You Scars—Craig Wescoe tackles the sticky situation known as Scars sealed.
• Mnemonic Devices—Dan Eckstein helps you GRASP your BREAD in and apply these theories to new formats.

Legacy

• The Last Stand Against Survival of the Fittest — Patrick Chapin breaks down the spectrum of SoF decks and shares several lists capable of taking down the enemy.
• Testing…Is this thing on?   Testing—Christopher Walton tackles the topic of gauntlet testing in the wide-open Legacy format.
• Picking apart Survival—Caleb Durward suggests Legacy players spend more time overpowering Survival decks and less time calling for a ban of the card.
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• What Now? —Adam Barnello sifts through recent results in search of decks with strong matchups with Survival.

Casual and Variant Formats

• Intermediate Multiplayer Strategy—Abe Sargent reviews the rattlesnake effect and the usefulness of the random attack.  He also provides a useful reading list on multiplayer tactics.
• Oscar Tan Doesn’t Like your EDH Deck—Robby Rothe debuts his EDH column by discussing the importance of having a plan B.
• Modular Deckbuilding in 100 Card Singleton—John Franklin singles out important combos in the singleton format.
• Eldrazi Risen Review—Ertai’s Lament looks at the eggs in basket Eldrazi strategy offered up by this pre-constructed deck.

Finance

• The 12 Uncommons you Need to Own—Kelly Reid embarks on a search for gold amongst the silver logoed cards.
• Jace, Survival, and other Exciting News — Jonathan Medina speculates on two of the hottest pieces of cardboard in the multiverse and discusses the new MTGO Legacy pre-cons.

Theory and Miscellany

• Trial by Fire—Conley Woods knows players will make mistakes, so he suggests recovery is an important skill to obtain.
• Playing to Win Versus Playing Not to Lose—PV makes a case of strategic self-awareness and proactive play.
• Tweaking Deck Design Flaws—Chingsung Chang on isolating design flaws and how to shore up weaknesses as you revise your -five.
• Sideboarding in Scars Limited—Olivier Ruel utilizes an elegant format to discuss sideboarding strategies in the current forty-card environment