Jason attempts to get back to the spirit of the prerelease experience and describes his reaction to the lackluster announcement of no new unbannings.

Jason continues his discussion of Gatecrash-free Gatecrash speculation, and surveys the newest iteration of the metagame around the world.

Andy Martin dissects another of his synergistic Commander decks. See how Lyzolda can sacrifice fodder to benefit you.

Building a good deck is more than throwing every good card from a color into a pile and shuffling them together.

Jason follows up on the Jon Elden story with an invitation for him to tell his story, reviews the usual reddit shenanigans and waxes poetic over Sam Black’s new Legacy brew.

Mike discusses his preparations for (and distractions from) the World Magic Cup Qualifier in Maryland this weekend.

Carlos continues his series on budget Commander decks with a mono-white legend of regal provenance. Read on to learn how Commander can be built on the cheap.

Ryan navigates the path to a successful tournament, from how simply picking up the deck from the prior week can set you back to the optimal methods for playtesting.

As a rule Carlos isn’t a fan of countermagic, but this weeks he goes off the deep end with a deck that tries to counter all the spells! Check out Ertai, the Corrupted and his horde of Merfolk minions!

The Standard format is in constant flux. This makes for a competitive, exciting format. But it also means we have less assurance that the cards we acquire will hold value. Sigmund discusses how to balance your portfolio to best endure the upcoming Standard PTQ season.

Hello, readers! We move ever deeper this week into the fairy tale of Lorwyn with its expansion, Morningtide. These two sets were supposed to be the “light side” version of fairy tales – giants, dwarves, toadstools with faeries sitting on them and more.