Spoilers are knocking at our door as PAX East approaches, a fairly light news week but we get some excellent reads about Paris, Edison, and anything else which drew a writer's fancy. Enjoy!

News and Tournament Coverage

• Great Designer Search 2 Concludes—The three finalists were flown into Seattle and when the smoke cleared Ethan Fleischer landed the dream internship, while fellow finalist Shawn Malin accepted a job in the digital division.
• DotPW 2012 Hitting June 2011—The new Duels of the Planeswalkers will feature an Archenemy mode amongst other new features.

Standard and Block

• Winning with Mono-Red ($$) — Patrick Sullivan was the toast of Twitter last weekend thanks to his winning mono-red build
• Jumanji —  Nick Spagnolo on the origins of the savagely powerful Green White Stampede deck.
• Standard Metagame Data—Joshua Justice has the decklists and data you need to peruse if you are headed to Memphis this weekend.
• Melting Down the Molten Pinnacle in Paris—Matt Marr feels that Valakut is primed to take back some of the type two territory it’s lost in recent battles.
• The Danger of Cool Things Revisited—Chingsung Chang explains why Valakut players should let the sun set on the Green Zenith.
• Two Birds, One Giant Stone—Kai Ruan shares a retooled Valakut list built to survive the new meta filled with Squadron Hawks and Stoneforge Mystics.
• Brewing Bant in Standard—Matt Nass’ Bant brew plays out similarly to Caw-Blade, but should catch enough people off guard to earn you a few wins at your local tournies.
• Bi-Winning—Brad Wojceshonek runs his upgraded Mirromancy deck and a noteworthy side-boarding strategy up against some of the major players in Standard.
• Grading Mirrodin Besieged—Darwin Kastle begins his Type Two review of MBS.

Limited

• All the Right Moves—Nina Illingsworth is enjoying the new draft format and which allows for more synergistic drafting.
• What the Best Drafters Pick First—The Starkington Post reposts an interesting list from the latest Magic Online newsletter.  Which cards are you overlooking as first-pickable?

Extended

• All of the Answers ($$) — Patrick Chapin runs down the important decks in the Extended meta and shares some of his own innovative brews.
• None of the Answers ($$) — Brad Nelson poses some key questions about Extended and Standard including, “where have the Fauna Shamans gone?”

Vintage and Legacy

• How to Beat Everything for the Next Month—Drew Levin’s provocatively titled article projects the shifting tides and trends in Legacy.
• Armpit of America—Adam Barnello whips up a Uwb Tezzy deck for the Legacy half of the Starcity Open in New Jersey.
• Legacy: It’s Like Having Tiger’s Blood—Matt Elias looks at the current Legacy metagame, does some prognostication, and seeks out potential profit margins.

Casual and Variant Formats

• Keeping your Word and Breaking the Format—Sean McKeown continues to impress with his insights into the idiosyncrasies of Commander.
• Go Big at Home—Adam Styborski sees how low he can go with his ticket count as he assembles a mono-green beatdown deck for MtGO Commander.
• Original Members’ Decks (Rafiq)—Sheldon Menery examines a classic Commander Deck built around Rafiq of the Many.
• Grading the Mirrodin Besieged Event Decks—Jay Kirkman reviews the two new event decks and looks at their position within the current metagame.
• The Case for Aggro, Part 2—Andrew Cooperfauss examines cube size as a possible way to ensure that players can reliably draft an aggressive deck.
• A Look at Type Four—Abe Sargent goes beyond the six simple rules that define  the format and looks at a few of the finer  points of building the stack and playing to win.

Finance

• How to Read Minds and Influence People—Kelly Reid explores the importance of body language and physical tells at the trade tables.
• Worth versus Value—Derrick Heard encourages players to take a step back from their cardboard hoard and ask themselves if their money is really being put to work.
• Rags to Riches—Marin Baraba is back to his pursuit of the virtual Foil FoW, and this past week he went all in on Green Sun’s Zenith.

Theory and Miscellany

• What’s your Read—Alexander Shearer eschews the charts and tables this week for video footage in this extensive article on spotting tells.
• Magic Mythbusters—Gavin Verhey’s version of Mythbusters may not be as explosive as the original…wait, what’s this?  Mike Long?
• The Great White Boosh—Luke Sonnier timelines some recent podcasts providing a great way to keep up with your favorite shows and discover new ones as well.