Adam played in a Modern PTQ and an invitation-only Standard tournament last weekend, and today he shares select tales from the experiences. Followed by an analysis of his local Standard event and results of GP Utrecht in the wake of PT M15, Adam reaches some startling conclusions about the Standard metagame.

Mike Lanigan presents his latest brew for Modern: a port of the old Aristocrats deck, replete with Chord of Calling and the Melira combo. Lastly he covers a few notable cards that are inching up in price.

Ryan lays down a few key premises to the current Modern format and brews a new list meant to take advantage of this landscape.

Sylvain concludes his series of Nine Months of Portfolio Management by reviewing his experience and updating his strategies for the year to come. Many valuable lessons have shaped the way he suggests approaching this coming year’s investing.

Sigmund didn’t have much luck at last weekend’s PTQ, but he did observe a few financial trends in his dealings with the retailers on site. This week he shares his observations and identifies his new favorite pick-up for the next few months.

Mike Lanigan surveys the new decks to come from the Pro Tour, as well as the price changes in key cards as we near rotation.

A lot of the power and consistency of Vintage comes from the availability of tutors. Scott discusses Oath of Druids and Tinker this week and discusses how the introduction of Dack Fayden has caused some reconsideration as to what the best targets are.

Alexander Carl provides a roadmap for timing your investments during the upcoming months, the best MTGO speculation time of the year.

Conley came up with an awesome list for the Pro Tour!

The best deck in Modern may have gained the most from M15. Two Reclamation Sages may not sound like much, but sometimes two cards is the difference between missing Top 8 and winning the tournament.

Alexander Carl examines the response in the markets to the MTGO client switchover and shares some tips for profiting from M15 release week.

Adam shares his Modern metagame analysis and predictions, including what you should have prepared in your sideboard, just in time for Grand Prix Boston !