News

• Finkel and Gizmodo—A former Gizmodo intern attempted to trash Jon Finkel for playing MtG and instead created an internet backlash.  Read thoughts from Paul Tassi, Adam Barnello, CBS News, and MaRo.
• Flipping your Lid—Josh Silvestri considers the logistical issues involved with flip cards and checklists.  Read more on the subject by John Dale Beety and Jon Agley.
• Innistrad Party—Trick Jarrett’s coverage of PAX’s second day and the Innistrad spoiler party.  Read about day one here and day three here.

Standard and Block

• The Deck I should have Played in Pittsburgh (SCG$) — Gerry Thompson makes amends for his recent deck choice decision.
• Standard Comparisons—Jonathan Sukenik considers the butterfly effect swapping one card for another might have on a deck, sideboard, or format.
• Nationals Report—Carrie Oliver and her RUG Pod deck came to play, and ended up right outside the pro points.
• Pyromancer’s Ascension—Mike Cannon doubles the pleasure of casting his spells with this budget-friendly build.

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Vintage, Legacy, and Modern

• Everything you Need to Know about Modern III—Gavin Verhey discusses the Modern gauntlet as it begins to take shape.
• Attacking Modern—Conley Woods shares his thoughts in Modern, a format still ripe with deckbuilding potential.
• The Countdown to Modern—Adam Yurchick peers into the dawning of the new format just before it officially debuts in Philly.
• Modern, Part Deux (SCG$) — Ali Aintrazi brings back some recent Standard favorites for Modern: 4 color control, Reveillark, and Super Friends.
• 12 Post Walkthrough—Kyle Boggemes puts a playset of Cloudpost promos to good use.
• RW Planeswalkers—Frank Lepore has a relatively inexpensive deck that teams up five different ‘walkers.
• Your Pyromancer and You—Larry Swasey believes Pyromancer to be the best combo deck in Modern and has some super-secret, albeit expensive, sideboard tech.
• Looking at Legacy Champs—Chris Walton  on the recent results that have Mental Missteps showing up en masse and Stoneforges all but absent from the top tables.
• Tuning NO RUG—Jonathan Alexander talks about the nuances of side boarding and mulligans for his Natural Order deck.

Casual and Variant Formats

• A Golgari Rhapsody—Sean McKeown puts some teeth back into a Savra deck that had lost its bite after a playgroup complained about Contamination and its tutors.
• The Community Cube—Adam Styborski encourages others to build a Community Cube mirror and take it for a test drive.
• The Top Ten theme Decks of All Time—Abe Sargent counts down his favorite pre-constructed decks from Coldsnap to Stronghold. 
• Format Design Via Cube—Chingsung Chang is back.  Here, he outlines his cube and details his design goals. 
• From the Vault: Cube—Justin Parnell wonders why Commander players are the only ones getting vault loving. 
• The Precons of Innistrad—Jay Kirkman looks into his starter-deck crystal ball and discusses tribes, mechanics, and possible themes. 

Finance

• The Next Step for Modern (SCG$) — Ted Knutson speculates on the what the future might bring to modern players and modo speculators alike.
• A Market Overview—Dan Mayo talks bulls, bears, and FNM trade tables in an important introduction to cardboard financial analysis.
• For the Win(instrad) (SCG$) — Chad Havas puts a price tag on the new Liliana.  Stephen Moss discusses the rest of the spoiled cards here.
• Commander vs. Modern—Jeremy Blair on what happens to prices when worlds collide.
• Where to Next?—Brian Grewe considers the fate of budget players in the current environment.

Theory and Miscellany

• Three Lessons from Bobby Fischer—Stephen Menendian shares his take-aways from the chess players biography including “The Tournament is Mostly Decided Before it Begins.”
• Top Ten Tips for 3D Card Alterers—Andrew Sitte highlights his favorite tips for creating his eye-popping effects.  And he quotes Ira Glass.
• Cast through Time: Modern Mania—Luke Sonnier highlights the best podcasts and their insights into the Modern format.
• 2011 Chelsey Awards—Mike Linneman cheers on the MtG artists honored for excellence in fantasy art.