News

• 2011 National Invitation Policy Change—WoTC’s official statement on how an update to the Wizard’s Event Reporter will impact invites to Nats.
• Now Available: Tha Gatherin—Patrick Chapin and Bill Boulden have released a rap album for the Magic Community.

Standard and Block

• A Long Hot Summer—Josh Silvestri suggests your summer love affair might be with a scorching hot Red Deck.
• A Brand New Phyrexa…er, Standard—Frank Lepore looks at the other lightning fast archetype—White Weenie—and how Porcelain Legionnaire might help you dominate the new meta.
• Don’t Deceive Me—Valeriy Shunkov prepares his readers for the onslaught of Deceiver Twin decks and considers how well Urabrask plays with the Titan cycle.
• A Splintered Format—Michael Martin ran his RUG Twin list up against an unexplored metagame in Orlando.
• Valakut, Conclusion—LSV has been running the Standard gauntlet for quite some time and now concludes with an article featuring Valakut.
• Caw and Friends in the New Standard—PVD evolves the deck everyone loves to hate and sparks Twitter and forum discussions on the problems with the DCI rating system.
• The Innovator’s Guide to New Phyrexia (SCG$) — Patrick Chapin’s extensive guidebook is so full of with insights and decklists that it required two parts.
• Brew Phyrexia—Matt Nass has been brewing up a storm and has ten different Standard deck ideas inspired by cards from NPH.
• Scampering into the Bushes—Could mono-red reemerge considering that Dismember IS a red card and Goblin Guide ranks amongst the best cards in Standard?

Limited

• Ranking New Phyrexia—David Ochoa ranks the NPH commons on a scale of one to five providing drafters with a chance to get their bearings in this brave new world.
• GP London and the New Phyrexia Prelease—Richard Bland shares two days worth of Sealed pools from the new format.

Vintage and Legacy

• New Phyrexia Vintage Review—Brian DeMars goes retro with the new set and gives NPH a decidedly Vintage look.
• New Phyrexia Legacy Review (SCG$) — Drew Levin cuts to the chase with this review squarely focused on those few cards good enough to make the cut in Legacy.
• Testing Guide for GP Providence—Christopher Walton suggests that you expect some unexpected shifts in for the next Legacy Grand Prix.
• Echoes of Hulk Flash—The second half of Caleb Durward’s article delves into New Phyrexian Legacy including a deck reminiscent of the infamous Hulk Flash.
• Everyone Else is Wrong about Mental Misstep—Christopher Walton takes a hard line on NPH’s narrow counter spell.

Casual and Variant Formats

• Insert your Own NPH Legendary Joke Here—Robby Rothe looks at the Legendary creatures in NPH and whether or not they are worthy of commanding your EDH army.
• Post NPH Updates—Sheldon Menery updates his half-dozen Commander decks with cards from New Phyrexia.
• Land Destruction in Commander—Robert Davis seeks to revoke the taboo of LD in EDH.
• New Phyrexia Set Review for Pauper—Alex Ullman examines how mechanics like Phyrexian mana will impact everyone’s favorite penny pinching format.
• Artful Destruction—Are splicers the new slivers? Or are golems the slivers and the splicers the queens? Or is the mana curve just way too high to matter? Check out Ertai’s Lament and find out.
• The Intro Decks of New Phyrexia—Can’t wait until all of Jay Kirkman’s reviews are posted on his own site? Check out this overview.

Finance

• New Phyrexia Set Review (SCG$)— Jonathon Medina goes Robo-cop once again lists the targets traders should engage.
• Magic and Money, Part Two—Brian Grewe explains the concept of ROI—Return on Investment—and how it relates to your cardboard portfolio.

Theory and Miscellany

• An Interview with Richard Garfield—Antoine Ruel’s interview with the game’s creator covers a variety of topics including Garfield’s involvement with “Shake”.
• App Roundup: Life Counters—Michael Evans reviews the life counters available on various smartphones and considers price, features, and layout.
• Alterations: April Review—Jeremy Froggatt walks you through the gallery of April’s best altered art from around the web.