News       

• Grand Prix Indy—Wizard’s official information sheet on the Legacy Grand Prix this weekend. Gathering Magic will be there!
• Magic Online Development Update—Gordon Culp announces upcoming infrastructure updates and features, including a release for Planechase. 

Standard and Block

• Analyzing Baltimore—Owen Turtenwald likes U/B and Humans, but here he shares his thoughts on the entire Top 8.
• Baltimore Top 4 with Zombies—Matt Scott wants to enlist you in the undead army.   After reading this article you might join the ranks.
• March Update—($SCG) Patrick Chapin taps into Type Two.
• Humanizing Standard—Carrie Oliver likes U/W Humans angle of attack on the rest of Type II.  Here, she shares her list and side boarding strategy.
• Hex Blade—Jesse Smith channels MC Hammer and abuses hexproof in this untouchable brew.
• No, Seriously, Play Mono-Red—Michael Martin feels it is a good time to kneel before the Shrine of Burning Rage and sling some burn spells since there is no hoser in Standard.

Limited

• DKA/ISD/ISD #2—Kyle Boggemes goes 3-0 by staying open to, and winding up with, a powerful Black and White deck.
• Heavy Mattock in a Haunted Attic—Justin Duewel-Zahniser was one of thirteen players to draft Innistrad block in a reportedly haunted house.  If that wasn’t enough he outlines his rewind draft lesson plan.

Vintage, Legacy, and Modern

• Legacy Week: Too Much Information—Jesse and Alix Hatfield go deep with their breakdown of the Legacy metagame.
• Legacy Metagame—Jarvis Yu talks about five of the decks you’ll need to be prepared this weekend in this deep and varied format.
• Three Flavors of Maverick—($SCG) Like turning creatures sideways and attacking? Drew Levin has three versions of the perfect archetype for you.
• Burn—($SCG) Patrick Sullivan has carried the mono-red torch for a long time, and now that the deck’s back in vogue this becomes a can’t-miss.
• Always be Cobbling—Chris Anderson’s Elves primer explains how the combo plan is actually the back-up plan in this powerful midrange archetype.
• The Underdog’s Guide to Winning—John Dale Beety’s tournament report on Artifact Aggro aims for a big picture lesson keeping your eye on the prize.
• Choose Your Own Fate—Mike Flores discusses six emerging Modern decks, including one that goes Bump in the Night.

Casual and Variant Formats

• Toby Elliot’s Ghost Council—Sheldon Menery provides coverage of the Level 5 Judge’s Controlling Commander list. 
• The Pauper (And Community Cube) Update—Adam Styborski adds some fresh faces to his pauper cube including from Dark Ascension.
• The Case for Data—Usman Jamil advocates using a spreadsheet to track everything in your cbe, from converted mana cost to a winning percentage for each archetype.
• 2005-2007 Pre-con Champioship—Ertais Lament announces a new series that takes us back to the Future (Sight). 

Finance

• Counting Sheep—Ryan Bushard on how to maximize your investment when you’ve purchased a player’s entire collection.

Theory and Miscellany

• Is this Your Fateful Hour?—Doug Beyer created a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style article for Innistrad. It’s aslo pure awesome. 
• More than a Game—Darwin Kastle sizes up the sacrifices he’s made for the love of the game.
• Learning through Brewing—Chingsung Chang on how even less-than-successful brews can provide insights into interactions and evaluations.
• Twenty Questions, Part 1—If Socrates had been a deck builder he might have used an inquisitive process similar to the one proposed by Bruce Richard.