Ryan provides updates to his Domri Naya deck to reflect what he’s learned from playtesting for upcoming Standard PTQ’s.

Mike Lanigan surveys the recent field of tier-one Standard decks and suggests Gruul Midrange as a possible contender.

Casual players get excited by vastly different cards than competitive players. Jared Elick discusses what types of cards to stock in your trade binder for this crowd.

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.

Jason Alt is in characteristic form as he muses on theft at Magic events and reviews the latest tournament results.

Check in with Mathieu before hitting FNM and events this weekend to see which Gatecrash cards he suggests you pick up now, and which ones to out before they fall.

Chad covers every Mythic in Gatecrash and gives you his opinion and analysis of each call.

With Gatecrash fully spoiled, Ryan’s deck-building juices are kicking into overdrive. See what directions perfect mana is pulling his towards.

Obzedat, Ghost Council is a newcomer to the scene, ready to take on all challengers. Is there anyone out there who can defeat him?

Matthew Lewis outlines a method for squeezing out a little extra value from those last couple tickets you have lying around.

Do splashy mythics make bad speculation targets? Do cheaper rares fundamentally have more growth potential than the chase cards? Dig into Tucker’s slice of card finance philosophy to see if it agrees with you.

Don’t gamble on potential increases in price, instead go for the guaranteed financial win. Gambling is not a good long term profession, make money when you know you can instead of betting on a future that might not ever exist.

In this installment Jason delves into the philosophy of speculation and the way we self-assess our success and failures, before addressing the results from Las Vegas, Toronto and Nagoya.