News       

• Suspended DCI Memberships—WotC released an updated list of suspended and banned players and organizers, which included notables Edgar Flores and Calosso Fuentes. 

Standard and Block

• Spirits in Hawaii—($SCG) Sam Black was named as the mastermind behind the Esper Spirit deck that attacked Standard from the perfect angle.
• How Jonny Magic Punted the Pro Tour—Chingsung Chang replays the triple Galvanic Blast scenario that played out in semi-finals.
• Dungroving in Honolulu—Todd Anderson brought his mono-green Tanglewurm team to the big island.
• The Future of Standard—Matt Sperling eyes two lists that would be great metagame calls after moving forward from Honolulu.
• After the Pro Tour: A Look at Standard—Kyle Boggemes wonders if the Spirits deck will actually be lingering for long, or if it was only a metagame call.
• Planeswalker Power—Shaheen Soorani takes advantage of the glut of Standard planeswalkers who can protect themselves.
• Pleased to Meet Me—Jon Copora battles his FNM foes with mono-green.
• Pro Tour Decks, Part 1—Jarvis Yu features some of the “other decks” from PT DKA.  Part one focuses on control builds.

Limited

• Dark Ascension Limited—($SCG) Brad Nelson on the keys to the recently evolved format including quality creatures at converted mana cost two and three.
• Sealed Contest—Josh Silvestri cracks six virtual packs and offers them up to the pool-building public.
• A Tale of Two Launch Parties—Justin Duewel-Zahniser doubles his pleasure on release weekend, discussing the lessons he learned.

Vintage, Legacy, and Modern

• An Affinity and a Half—Alexander Shearer metagame run-down discusses Modern’s major players and their bad matchups.
• Ninth at Hoth—($SCG) Gerry Thompson audibled to UW Tron for Grand Prix Nashville, and finished just outside the Top 8.
• New (Seismic ) Sherriff in Town—Mike Flores breaks down the Modern meta-game as it played out in Lincoln.
• Analyzing the Top 8 Grand Prix Lincoln—Melissa De Tora on the diversity in the final  three rounds of Nebraska’s Modern show down.

Casual and Variant Formats

• The Top Ten Utility Lands—Abe Sargent gets a lot out of his lands and even more out of his “top ten” lists. 
• Dark Ascension in Commander—Benny Smith on the splashy cards from Dark Ascension that are making the cut in Commander.  
• Edric: Card for the Magic Diplomat—Bruce Richard sets out a strategy guide for the Spymaster in a user-friendly format.

Finance

• Everyone’s Human—Kelly  Reid makes speculative sense of the volatile Modern format by making calls on cards like Countryside Crusher.
• Escape Plans—Ryan Bushard wonders when it’s the right time to fold’em, and cash out on missed speculations.

Theory and Miscellany

• (Un)Die Another Day—Zac Hill discusses how the development of Undying mechanic struck a balance in order to maintain a fun limited environment.
• The Dangers of Playtesting—Darwin Kastle looks to revise his pro-tour preparation and play-testing process.
• Days of Judgment—Jeremy Neeman has a quartet of questions to  help you know when to play around a card or how to decipher a bluff.