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News

• M11 Complete Spoiler – ManaNation's complete spoiler just in time for this weekend's prerelease events. It's opening day for Magic!
• Deathtouch – Complete breakdown of the revised rules for the Deathtouch mechanic.
• Wizards to Donate to Penny-Arcade's Child's Play – WotC has pledged up to $22,000 to charity. Attending a prerelease this weekend will support the cause.
• Magic Cameo in The Sorcerer's Apprentice – Wizards celebrates the cross promotional connection with Disney by giving away tickets at this weekend's prerelease and holding a Planeswalker-themed deck-building contest.

M11 Set Reviews

• The Secret to Reviewing M11 – Patrick Chapin goes beyond the snap-judgment blurbs and walks us through the line of critical thinking behind his card evaluations.
• Overrated and Underrated in M11 – Cedric Phillips discusses the new cards he thinks are overhyped and those he feels are flying under the radar.
• The Financial Value of M11— Ben Bleiweiss does one of these articles for each new set and I find them to be an invaluable resource for trading and buying cards online.

M11 Prerelease

• M11 Prerelease Facts Page – The official word on this weekend's prerelease tournament complete with an event locator and a visual spoiler.
• M11 Prerelease Primer -- An overview of this weekend's prerelease events for beginning players.
• Magic 2011 Intro Pack Decklists – Complete sixty-cards lists for the open-duelers.

Standard

• The M11 Cards that Matter for Standard Now –Adrian Sullivan's review focuses solely on how the current standard environment will be impacted by a second core set.
• Standard Innovations – Joel Calafell discusses standard decks that are getting new toys with the release of M11.
• Top Decks –Flores breaks down the diverse array of decks currently performing well in Standard and nominates several candidates for best deck in the format.
• Standard: What You're Doing Wrong – Gerry Thompson berates players for continuing to make card choices—even deck choices—that are simply outdated, misinformed, and just plain horrible.
• Heralding Mana Leak — Lee Steht discusses the impact of Mana Leak on standard.
• Naya Shaman – Brad Nelson is inspired to build with Fauna Shaman.
• Evolution of Standard Decks – There was an explosion of articles about evolving standard decks including Sadin on RDW, Wescoe on Jund, Nass on NLB, and Flores on U/W Eldrazi.

Extended

• Experiencing the New Extended — Bradley Carpenter examines the viability of RUG Junk and BW tokens in the new format.

Legacy

• A Guide to Grand Prix: Columbus – Stephen Menendian expands his list of Legacy decks to 53, and tracks the trends of the format's meta-game.
• Legacy Odds and Ends – Conley Woods examines the current state of the Legacy format and addresses a recent controversy on deck-building credit.
• Legacy: Faeries and Stuff – Max McCall discusses two of his Legacy lists and stirs the pot with his sideboarding plans.
• Mining Online Legacy for Tech – Doug Linn enumerates the ways MTGO can help Legacy players.

Limited

• The Ins and Outs of M11 – Sam Black looks at M11 limited by analyzing the cards gained and lost from M10.
• M11 Draft Archetypes – AustrianDrafter posted a detailed breakdown of M11 color pairs and relevant picks on the MTG Salvation forums.

Variant Formats and Casual

• M11 Top Uncommons — Which uncommons should you be looking to pick this weekend? Dave Meeson lists an even dozen.
• Archenemy Deck Reviews – Ertai's Lament is a website dedicated to pre-constructed decks and they have finished their detailed series of reviews for the Archenemy decks.
• Carrots & Sticks & Purple Hippos — Bennie Smith reflects on the value of set reviews for casual players and shares his Phelddagrif EDH list.
• Momma Said Knock You Out – Jake Kessler from the blog Competitive Casual discusses his Wort, the Raidmother EDH deck.
• The Nether Shadow Primer – Abe Sargent looks at the benefits of self-recursion in multi-player format.
• Rarity Matters – A collection of "rarity matters" variant formats in the spirit of Pauper.

Event Coverage

• 2010 Japan National Championship – The mothership's complete coverage of the largest national tournament in Magic history. Katsuhiro Mori rode RDW and turn-one Goblin Guides all the way to his second national championship.
• RUG Vengevine Deck Tech with Masaya Kitayama – Manadeprived.com got the scoop on an interesting deck from the Japanese Nationals and followed it up with this interview conducted by Tomohiro Kaji and translated by Alex Lin. Kar Yung Tom's original post can be found here.
• Czech and Slovak Nationals 2010 – Sean FitzGerald's English-language coverage for these events. Slovenia's champion Tine Rus writes about his tournament here.
• Pro Tour–Amsterdam Standard Qualifier Season – Decklists from Columbia and Minneapolis.

On-Going Series

• Magic Effectiveness Project –Alex Schearer lays out the foundation of the project, provides example interview questions, and requests reader input.
• Ultimate Standard Tournament – Round one has begun and Peter Jahn has the results.
• Pack to Power — Jonathan Medina, attempting to trade all the way up from a single pack to a Power Nine treasure, trades for his most expensive card in the project to date.
• Rags to Riches: Week Seven-- Marin Baraba flips a foil Squee this week in his quest to trade up to Magic Online's most expensive card, a foil Force of Will.

Miscellany

• The In Crowd – Kelly Reid looks at the impact of M10 cards that were cut from the core set. A full list of M10 cards getting the axe can be found here.
• The Importance of Good Communication – Sam Stoddard goes beyond the Esper Charm controversy and provides insights into avoiding a communication breakdown.
• A Lesson in Humility – Conley Woods reflects on his recent series of videos and how players benefit from honest self-assessment.
• Talkin' Shirt – Eric Navarro encourages players to share their ideas with confidence and shares recent deck-building experiences from his own testing group.