As the Sun travels around the Moon... Magic continues to be played. Here are some of the top articles from around the Magic metaverse. Enjoy!

News

• New Video Promo for DotP 2012—The Gideon Jura video got rave reviews from Twitter personalities and forum posters alike.
• FNM Changes—Block Constructed and Extended are added to the list of formats available to FNM tournament organizers.
• NPH Event Decks Revealed—Wizards ups the ante with two Stoneforge Mystics in each “War of Attrition” event deck.

Standard and Block

• Analyzing SCG Orlando (SCG$) — Patrick Chapin has a clear picture of the meta-game including something old, something new, something borrowed, and… some decks with Jace.
• Skulls and Skites—Nick Spagnolo is riding high on Batterskull, Stoneforge, and Spellskite.
• Smi77y’s Angels—Jesse Smith shares his newest brew, Swordfish, and talks about his favorite cards from the new set.
• Splinter Twin and Dreams Unending—Todd Anderson examines results from Orlando discusses how the format may evolve now that Grixis Twin has emerged as a contender.
• Finding Answers to Batterskull—Adam Koska looks to take down the Living Weapon getting the most attention in Standard.
• New Phyrexia Standard—Lucas Florent discusses the NPH cards that could revive some decks that have been on life-support during the Caw-Blade domination.
• Elves in New Phyrexia Standard—Kevin Cavagnagh turns to Ezuri to lead his renegade band of Elves into battle.
• Mono-Black Breakdown—Frank Lepore takes the torch for the ever-popular underdog archetype. Does if finally have the tools to make the grade?

Limited

• A Brave New World—Nina Illingworth drafts decks in two different archetypes and christens the decks “Dino-sores” and “Infernal Jund”
• Magicdraftsim.com—Michael Evans reviews an updated draft simulator that feels very similar to MtGO.

Vintage and Legacy

• The Best Card in Legacy—Matt Elias actually goes much deeper than his number one draft pick and lists a top ten and an honor roll of the cards he feels define Legacy as a format.
• Breaking Both Formats (SCG$)— Gerry Thompson has been swinging an awfully lot of swords lately. Read up on his adventures with Darkblade and Cawblade.
• One Misstep Ahead—Kyle Boggemes feels that Mental Misstep will live up to the spoiler hype.
• Ravager in Legacy Affinity—Eugene Ho breaks down two Affinity lists before settling on his own brew.

Casual and Variant Formats

• High Flying—Adam Styborski moves on from his mono-green general to the multicolored Jenara.
• Soldiers of Rith—Sheldon Menery gets to work on a soldier-themed deck in Naya colors.
• Are you the Threat?—Robert Davis provides many options for the player who suddenly finds himself with a target on his forehead.
• New Phyrexia Decks—Abe Sargent shares several casual brews built around new cards including Bludgeon Brawl.
• The Cube’s Supporting Cast—Usman Jamil talks about how to get to a critical mass when designing supportive sub-themes.
• Type Four—Abe Sargent provides an introductory article on the popular one-spell-a-turn variant that allows for infinite mana.
• Life for Death Review—Ertai’s Lament reviews the red-hot Phyrexian-mana themed pre-con.

Finance

• Behind the Scenes of the Tactical Trade Team (SCG$) — If you follow Jonathon Medina on Twitter you are probably curious about his TTT and how the experiment turned out.
• Rags to Riches: Final Edition—Marin Baraba has completed his quest and has finally traded for a virtual foil Force of Will.
• Big Movers—Sean Morgan’s financial ticker suggests that players are highly interested in combo Ascension combo decks.
• What Would You Do? (QS$) — Corbin Hosler poses an age old question and asks for readers to help him out of a sticky situation.

Theory and Miscellany

• Format Design and the Circle of Predation—Chingsung Chang goes beyond paper-rock-scissors in his discussion of designing a meta-game.
• Who Vorthos Writes For—Mike Linnemann shares his appreciation for trivia, the obscure, and the intuitive.
• When to Sideboard in Strange Ways—Gavin Verhey takes an unconventional angle on the convention of side-boarding articles.