No doubt by now you’ve heard the two announcements Wizards made on Monday. Corbin describes their likely impact on prices and how to react accordingly.

Chad breaks down his picks of Gatecrash rares to keep an eye on.

The recent Bannings have left Ryan rather baffled. Read on to learn why he thinks the two formats in question are being led astray.

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

David Schumann continues his series on Modern and Legacy staples, this time looking at commons and uncommons to see which are likely to get reprinted.

The Legacy metagame continues to turn in on itself and Ryan’s had enough of it. Just get ’em dead!

Jason Alt continues his discussion about the different schools of thought in Magic finance and reports on the recent tournament results.

Mike shares a recent brew of his combining Jund with elements of Boss Naya from years ago, notably the machine gun kill of Staticaster plus Nightshade Peddler.

This week Ryan riffs on some of the theories behind land count and attempts to go deep on his love of the 27th.

Grand Prix: Chicago was this past weekend and the format was Modern. How good for us! Modern moves a lot of card prices, even though it doesn’t get played that much. It’s the reason that Remand and Kitchen Finks are worth so much; why Path to Exile pushes $5. The PTQ season is coming up and Modern cards are going to be in demand for awhile. With continued WOTC support, with Modern Masters, with shocklands being reprinted, this format is coming together… if it can deal with Jund.

The decks in Standard tend to break down into Thragtusk and anti-Thragtusk. Mike examines both sides to find out which is preferable.

There’s been a lot of tournaments this weekend, including the Pro Tour in Seattle. Jason breaks down the myriad results for your viewing and analyzing pleasure.

This week Sigmund returns to the behaviors of Magic players that are driven not by economic gain, but by emotional and psychological factors.