Chad prepares to make moves both before and during the Pro Tour. What will you be buying in on?

Brewers can impact markets even when their pet deck does not revolutionize the metagame. Matthew Lewis describes why and examines some potential speculation targets.

Mike Lanigan reports on the TCG Invitational in Indianapolis. After several days of battling against infinite Rakdos decks, he provides an updated version to combat the mirror.

Making sure he’s ready to face the Zombie Apocalypse that many of the game’s top minds predict is about to hit Standard, Ryan breaks down the functionality of his G/W/B brew card-by-card. Arm yourself now to hold back the hordes.

Mike discusses the general impact Ravnica is likely to have on Standard deck construction, and reviews some (charming) cards that have been spoiled.

At the tail end of the current Standard’s run, the format is still evolving. Mike examines some new archetypes on the cutting edge that arose from the World Magic Cup.

Jason waxes poetic about the upcoming Gen Con, presents some famous characters immortalized in Magic card form, and reports the (shocking) tournament results from the weekend.

Mark reviews the full spoiler of M13 and analyzes its impact on Standard. What cards will we no longer have after rotation? And what their replacements, if any?

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.

Back to form, Carlos discusses a combo deck that animates lands and puts them on the chopping block. How does one win after ‘geddoning oneself into oblivion? Read on to find out.

The new PTQ season is upon us like so many robins and flower shoots! Mike pores over recent tournament results to build a picture of the metagame as it stands now.

Carlos scours Avacyn Restored for some potential Commander sleepers, then walks us through a budget version of Balthor the Defiled.