News

• Scars of Mirrodin Spoiler Completed—See the news cards in all their glory on Wizard’s officially released spoiler.
• Prerelease Preparations—Tom LaPille talks about this weekend’s first look at Scars of Mirrodin and provides logistical information here.

Tournament Coverage

• Brazil National Championship—WotC’s official coverage of Eduardo Lopes taking the National title with his cutting-edge Jund build.
• Weekend Results—Megan Holland’s compilation of last weekend’s tournament results.

Standard

• My Finest Hour—Ali Antrazi refined his Mythic list with this underappreciated enchantment and grabbed the gold in Baltimore.  Lewis Laskin discusses his top-eight finish here.
• Decks to Conquer States With—Brad Nelson has been brewing with the post rotation card pool and shares his findings and insights.
• Sane, Mostly Sane—Patrick Chapin’s expansive article covers everything from his Amsterdam tournament report to six new standard innovations.
• Brewing with Scars—Matt Nass shares ten new brews for post-rotation standard.
• Baltimore through Mirrodin—Ben Hayes brews a couple of decks for the new standard format and reflects on his experiences in Maryland.
• One Sick List—Billy Moreno hopes that his infectious new list will catch on in the new standard meta-game.

Limited

• Prepping for the SoM Prerelease—Darwin Kastle shares his insights on the new limited formats and how the heavy artifact theme is going to impact the next two weekends of our lives.
• Scars of Mirrodin Prerelease Primer—Dan Kramer shares his tips and tricks for building the best possible forty card decks.
• There Ain’t no Such Thing as a Free Sealed Deck—Sam Stoddard’s insightful entry discusses meta-gaming in limited formats.
• Grand Prix Portland Report—Josh Layne took third in the recent limited Grand Prix.

Legacy

• Grand Architect Decks in Legacy—Matt Sperling thinks Mirrodin’s newest artificer will feel right at home in Painter’s Grindstone decks.
• Merfolk Ascendant—Doug Linn takes a closer look at the aquatic archetype that dominated Baltimore’s sweet sixteen.  Max McCall provides his insights on the meta-game here.
• Analyzing the Legacy Format to Build Control—Christopher Walton considers White central to a controlling strategy in the varied format.

Casual and Variant Formats

• Stick a Fork in Everything—Ben McDole’s Wort, the Raid Mother EDH build is designed to double your pleasure and as well as your opponent’s pain.
• Exploring  Magic’s Hidden Gem: EDH #1—Francis Touissant shares his heavyweight EDH lists for both Empress Galina and Omnath.
• Xira Arien—Mike Morales tags Xira as his general in the often warped world of Commander and EDH.
• The Cube: Archetypes—Adam Styborski ‘s newest cube article proves useful to limited players and cube architects alike.
• The Mad Machinist’s Mashup—Ertai’s Lament published parts two, three, and four of their series where they attempt to build the ultimate artifact pre-con.
• The Dawn of a New Era—New format host Simon Smith has his say about the move from Tribal Wars Classic to Tribal Wars Legacy.

Finance

• The Financial Value of Scars of Mirrodin—Ben Bleiweiss is back with his invaluable financial set review.
• Sleeping through Scars of Mirrodin—Kelly Reid lists the cards you should be picking up on the cheap through pre-orders and pre-release trades.  Reid discusses the new high-priced mythics here.
• A Mountain of Power—Brian Grewe gets back to his market watch and announces his quest to trade his way from a Beta Mountain to a complete set of the Power Nine.

Theory and Miscellany

• Building Decks Around a Linchpin—Michael Jacob walks through a deck-building process for those cards that beg to be built around.
• Painting Magic—Adam Wilson paints a playset of the original Voltaic Key and provides plenty of tips for modifying old-school artifacts along the way.
• Ya Gotta Have a Plan—Alexander Shearer explains how to keep your best laid plans from going awry.
• Deckbuilding Craziness—Petr Brozek walks us through his deckbuilding process from cultivating an idea to post tournament reflection.