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

Jason Alt guides us through his usual whirlwind of dry observations, impassioned opinions and old-fashioned reporting. Read on to hear about this week in Magic.

Modern PTQ season is over and Standard is up next! It’s obvious this will mean price drops in Modern and increases in Standard, but the magnitude and pattern of these shifts could indicate health of the game and hint at price changes to come.

There are lots of tournament results to pore over, but before getting to them Jason Alt examines the missed opportunities in the Shallow Grave debacle.

Yet another week has gone by, yielding many dramatic shifts in card prices. But Sigmund has noticed a few trends in the commonalities between these price movers. This week he breaks down the mtgstocks “interests” to understand some underlying themes.

Ryan has Modern on the brain this week as the PTQ season nears an end. Read his breakdown of the Delver deck he’s been playing, a descendant of the Grixis list developed by Zac Hill and Drew Levin.

Corbin believes Return to Ravnica may have hit a price floor. Is now the time to buy into the staples?

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

Bemoaning the possible decline of Legacy in the future, Jason Alt calls upon us all to save the greatest and most diverse format, then surveys the weekend decklists.

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

Lots of discussion has surfaced recently about price spikes in the MTG market. Jared Elick explains the important role speculators play in stabilizing artificially inflated prices.

Jason Alt examines the recent hullabaloo over price jumps and surveys the world of GPs and SCG Opens for innovative decklists.

This past week was an insightful one for Sigmund. He captures his ah-ha moments regarding pre-ordering on eBay, Standard metagame shifts and crazy speculation phenomena.