Tournament Coverage

• National Championships —The Mothership provides full coverage of this past week’s larger national tournaments:  Australia, Canada, and France.


• National Teams and Decklists — Trick Jarret’s useful resource page that lists the newly-crowned national teams and their decklists.  It also includes information from Nationals receiving less coverage including: Malaysia, Austria, Guatemala, Romania, Costa Rica and El Salvador.


• Epic Weekend — BDM recognizes the recent PTQ winners.  Mike Flores’ analysis of these events can be found here.


• Nationals Analysis — Antoine Ruel breaks down French Nationals, while Noah Long reports on Canadian Nationals.  PV provided an overview with his Nationals Breakdown.

Standard

• Nationals Analysis — Antoine Ruel breaks down French Nationals, while Noah Long reports on Canadian Nationals.  PV provides an overview with his Nationals Breakdown.


• M11 Standard Adjustments — Ben Hayes continues his examination of Destructive Force decks, which he states was the only new archetype make an impact last weekend.


• Rebuilding UWr with M11 — LSV teams Mana Leak up with both Ajani Vengeant and Baneslayer Angel.


• Fauna Force — Darwin Kastle combines powerful strategies in this rogue deck.

Limited

• The Archetypes of M11 Limited — Conley Woods enumerates the archetypes available to M11 drafters.


• Power Drafting for M11 — Darwin Castle explains why he forces powerful colors in limited formats and breaks down M11 from the perspective of a power drafter.


• Aggressive Factor – Jesse Smith explains why he finds himself drafting aggressive Green decks with M11.


• A Touch of Theory — Dylan Pratt takes a conceptual look at limited and has some interesting takes on card advantage and auras in forty card formats.


• Finding the Right Home — Steve Sadin provides some shelter for maligned cards like Bloodcrazed Goblin.

Extended

• A (Slightly) Extended Look at Elves — Gavin Verhey has been working with Jesse Mason again and the duo is developing a combo Elves list for the new Extended format.


• Examining Extended — Gerry Thompson breaks down recent MTGO Daily Events results and includes a 6-0 Fauna Shaman list from a ML event.

Legacy

• Compiled Legacy Results – Jared Silva’s statistical breakdown reveals the gauntlet you should be prepared to face in the diverse Legacy metagame.


• Under the Mosswort Bridge – Doug Linn looks at what is lurking below the Hideaway Bridge.


• You’re Doing it Wrong: Daze — Chris Walton takes a detailed look at Daze and the misplays that are costing players Legacy players games.


• All Eyes on Columbus — Chris Jobin provides an overview of key decks in this weekend’s metagame.

Casual and Variant Formats

• EDH Staple Cards: Red and Black — Ben Mcdole tutors up some of EDH’s most explosive cards in his continuing series.


• M11 Pre-Constructed Decks Review – Ertai’s Lament wraps up the M11 intro pack reviews with Breath of Fire which gets commended for its potential as a deck foundation.


• Trio of Commander/EDH Decks — Abe Sargent shares his builds for Angus MacKenzie, Jacques le Vert, and Tolsimir Wolfblood.

On-Going Series

• Pack to Power — See where Jonathan Medina’s quest to trade for a piece of the Power Nine stands heading into this weekend’s Grand Prix, and find out why a Q-tips is now considered a tournament essential.


• Ultimate Standard Tournament – Peter Jahn posts more results from the Ultimate Standard Tournament including a couple of recent Five-Color decks and Affinity.


• Rags to Riches — Marin Baraba trades for a foil Garruk and releases his list of mispriced MTGO foils.

Miscellany

• Keys to the Boat — Conley Woods furthers the “teach a man to fish” discussion with some insights into how building decks improves other aspects of your game.  Additionally, he provides excellent five tips for improving your building process.


• Common Areas for Improvement — Mike Flores provides some guidelines for improving your game stemming from common mental mistakes he has noticed players making.


• Understanding Mana Curves and Mana Acceleration — Chingsung Chang examines the dynamics of acceleration within a mana curve and covers everything from Dark Ritual to Lotus Cobra.


• Stage Left, Right, 1, 2, 3 — Lauren Lee discusses the stages classification system of decks proposed by Flores and Chapin.


• Breaking the Code — Greg McCleery, fresh off his first PTQ win, reflects on the habits of mind that helped push him over the top.