News

• The Great Designer Search 2:  MaRo discusses the overhaul to the designer search format including the importance of world-building.
• Great Designer Search Primer Part 2—Jay Treat’s double-barreled three-step process for maximizing your shot at the dream gig.
• Wizards updates Comprehensive Rules for Post-Scars—The newest rules update hot off the virtual press.
• Scars of Mirrodin Magic Online Prelease Info—The Modo prelease events are scheduled to begin October 14 with an increased price for drafts.

Set Reviews

• LSV reviews the set by color.  Check out his thoughts on White, Blue, Black, Red, and Green. 
• Chingsung Chang provides a statistical breakdown of metalcraft and reviews SoM in two parts:  Part 1 and Part 2. 
• Patrick Chapin discusses the new set in an expansive five-part review—one, two, three, four, and five. 
• A Control Player’s Scars Breakdown—Shaheen Soorani lists the decks to beat in the new format and reviews his top eleven control-orientated cards from the new set.
• SoM Review: Eternal Formats—Matt Sperling looks at how Scars is likely to impact the long-haul formats.

Standard

• Deckbuilding with SoM—Chingsung Chang applies his methodology to build a BU Infect deck and then shares over 15 decks for the new format.
• Post-rotation Standard—Justin Richardson peers through the looking glass at some of the front-running archetypes.
• Gauntlet for States—Max McCall discusses the decks you should be testing against in preparation to take down a state title.
• Brewing Aggro Decks for States—Gerry Thomspon shares his latest Dredgevine concoctions and several lightning-fast mono-color decks.
• Naya Revisited for States—Brad Nelson considers the role Molten Tail Masticore might play in an updated Naya Shaman list.
• Celebrating the New Standard—Conley Woods goes rogue with a strategy centered around Furnace Celebration.
• A Farewell to Cards—Ian Baker bids farewell to former format staples leaving a power vacuum in Type II.
• Deckbuilding for Financiers—Kelly Reid builds a Boros deck.

Limited

• Scars of Mirrodin First Look—Darwin Kastle provides the powerdrafter’s perspective on drafting Scars.
• Sealing Success—Ben Stark weighs the advantages of a strong curve in a sealed deck against blanking the majority of your opponent’s cards.
• Return to Mechaville—Eli Kaplan breaks down the new sealed format just in time for release weekend.

Extended

• Why Japan was Unsuccessful at PT Amsterdam—Tamoharu  Saito reflects on Japan’s uncharacteristic  struggle at the recent Pro Tour event.

Legacy

• Legacy Storm Primer—Ari Lax discusses one of the “most degenerate decks of all time relative to the format it is in.”
• A Legacy Goblins Follow-up—Cedric Phillips attended a Black Lotus tourney with something to prove and walked away with a top-four finish.

Casual and Variant Formats

• Casual Overview of SoM—Abe Sargent begins his new column by reviewing the Scars of Mirrodin cards he feels will impact casual formats.
• Myr of Mirrodin—Ertai’s Lament of newest pre-constructed decks kicks off with this Myr-themed contraption.
• Up Top—Thea Steele discusses the bombs and finishers that make the cut in cube.
• Plundering the Scars of Mirrodin for your EDH Hoard—Bennie Smith runs down the new set from new generals, to utility cards, to splashy artifacts.
• Selenia, Dark Angel –Mike Morales builds an EDH deck around one of the few WB generals and then unleashes his vengeance on a four-player Commander game.

Finance

• Understanding Trends and the Financial Value of Scars—Brian Grewe talks about understanding which cards on the upswing are key to his trading-table tactics.  Don’t miss the Erik Linden mention!
• Who to Trade Scars to—Jonathan Medina finds his voice within the financial set review format focused on trade table archetypes.

Theory and Miscellany

• Foils and Cheating—Josh Silvestri squares up on the hot topic of shiny cards and shuffling.
• Tips and Tricks—PV expounds on one of his mantras, “Think in chunks, then act in chunks—do not alternate acting and thinking.”