Thragtusk is yet again dominating Standard. Mike Lanigan attempts to solve the format with a series of decks well-positioned against the card.

Mike Lanigan takes two popular Standard decks and mashes them together, peanut-butter-and-chocolate-like. Read on for the resulting brew.

Mike Lanigan brews up a Varolz Jund deck that aims to take advantage of the new legendary scavenger. With cards like Vexing Devil and Diregraf Ghoul, it doesn’t take much to make him a monster.

Mike Lanigan brings us his regularly scheduled top ten article with his pick for Constructed hits out of Dragon’s Maze.

Mike Lanigan surveys Dragon’s Maze for some notable cards and offers his thoughts on their possibilities in Standard.

Mike Lanigan analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of a version of The Aristocrats he played at a recent PTQ, and suggests a few alterations.

When we’re in a Magic slump, it can be helpful to go back to the drawing board. Mike Lanigan explains how to challenge your own assumptions about a metagame or deck.

Mike Lanigan surveys the recent field of tier-one Standard decks and suggests Gruul Midrange as a possible contender.

Mike Lanigan reports on his day-two tournament finish last weekend at the GP in his hometown of Pittsburgh, covering both Gatecrash Sealed and Draft.

This year’s Modern season departs with one last huzzah, GP San Diego. Mike Lanigan looks over decklists and discusses the last-minute developments.

Mike Lanigan brought Grixis to a Modern PTQ last weekend. Today’s article describes his matches and the take-away.

Mike Lanigan relates his tournament experience last weekend at a Modern PTQ, and examines what we can take away from his matches.

Mike Lanigan examines some interesting tweaks of Standard decks built to attack the metagame from a different position.