Sigmund takes a breather from Dark Ascension discussion to turn his attention toward the other evolving subject: Modern! Now that PTQ season is here, do you have the most popular winning cards in your trade binder?
Birthing Pod
Mike Lanigan breaks down some new Delver lists and gives his opinion on a few spoilers.
Are there any Dark Ascension spoilers worth pre-ordering for profit? Sigmund assesses the valuable cards spoiled so far and speculates on what their projected prices are.
Doug takes you through the world’s greediest Modern deck. Find out how Coalition Relic powers up Cruel Ultimatum, shrugs off Blood Moon and maximizes Gifts Ungiven in this special tournament report and primer!
Mike Lanigan breaks down his deck choice for a local modern tourney and gives a tournament report on his first foray into modern.
Carl’s financial insights this week are of a meditative variety. How do we know when it’s right to tap into our “just in case” blue-chip cards? And how do we justify selling those precious, sentimental cards if it is?
Bloodline Keeper in Standard? Mike Lanigan shows you how and why.
Mike Lanigan takes a look at a post-bannings Modern.
Mark Hinsz recounts this past weekend’s SCG Invitational event, where he piloted Big Zoo in Legacy and Dungrove Elder Wolf Run in Standard, and shares with us his thoughts on the meta and the refreshing philosophical lens he’s recently applied to the game.
Neale Talbot continues his series on how to build a better mono-green commander deck.
Sigmund introduces us to his first Insider article, discussing how to not only stay on top of the latest metagame definers, but also how to best utilize this information before all traces of these cards dry up.
Corbin Hosler breaks down both the obvious pickups and the sleepers in Modern as Worlds approaches!