News

• Duels of the Planeswalkers on PS3—Read the press release from WotC as DotP is introduced to a new platform.

Tournament Coverage

• Xmas Comes Early for Gerry T—Official  coverage of the Limited Grand Prix in Nashville.

Standard

• Deck Tuning—Darwin Kastle tunes up a UB Trinket Control deck and enumerates his revision process.
• Fun with Forgemaster Red—Geordie Tait’s new standard red deck proves the value of preserving and going back to the drawing board.
• All Red Decks are the Same, Vampires Rock, Keep Loose Hands— $ Patrick Chapin gets expansive with a trio of topics including the newest evolution of Vampires.

Limited

• GP Nashville Report 1^st— $ Gerry Thompson took home the gold in Nashville and even inspired some standard decks with his limited brewing.  He provides his excellent tournament report here.
• GP Nashville Report - *2nd* - Ari Lax shares his tale from GP Nashville, where he battled GerryT for the title.
• Lessons Applied: GP Nashville Top 8—Conley Woods provides an extensive and entertaining tournament report on his recent success with SoM limited.

Extended

• Prep for Extended and Market Watch—Brian Grewe sees the new Extended season off in the horizon and starts speculating on the movers, shakers, and sleepers.
• Extended Transmuter—Jacob van Lunen uses his Building on a Budget column to explore the possibilities of Transmuting artifacts.

Casual and Variant Formats

• EDH is the Future—Kelly Reid looks at the staying power of the EDH format and why it is a good investment of your time, energy, and financial resources.
• This is the Best Time to be a Casual Player—Abe Sargent explains how chase mythics have made for an exciting casual environment.
• Fire and Lightning Review—Ertai’s Lament reviews the red hot premium deck in this two part series.
• 100 Card Singleton: The Metagame, Valakut, and UW Control—Marcus Rehnburg promotes the variant format and discusses the exciting metagame.

Finance

• Most Likely to Succeed--$ Jon Medina discusses the Legacy cards that you should acquire and why turning a profit in Magic is more about understanding people than accounting ledgers.
• Rags to Riches 18—Marin Baraba continues his quest for a foil Force of Will by clearing out some booster packs and picking up Tezzeret.

Theory and Miscellany

• Finding the Right Mental Balance—Olivier Ruel walks the middle way of sportsmanship and a thirst for victory.
• Understanding Control: Establishing an Identity —Chingsung Chang uses a retrospective on the control archetype to build a solid foundational understanding for players wanting to build like the masters.
• Things I’ve Learned from Cards Who’ve Dumped Me—Breaking up is hard to do, but Sean McKeown knows these relationships have made him into the player he is today.