Mike Lanigan examines some interesting tweaks of Standard decks built to attack the metagame from a different position.

In the wake of the Pro Tour, Jared discusses the new breakout decks, including eventual winner The Aristocrats, and the cards spiking as a result.

Corbin addresses the financial implications of post-Gatecrash Standard, Wizards’ announcement regarding redemptions, and the alleged Modern bubble.

Jason Alt surveys the world of Magic developments this week. Duel decks, the new missed trigger rules, tournament results and Punishing Fire all get a nod.

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

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

Sigmund recently drastically shifted his positions in mana-fixing lands. This week he summarizes his latest moves, along with some rationale as to what we can expect to see in the coming months.

As Gatecrash spoiler season ramps up, Corbin looks to specs from older sets that may benefit from the new Standard environment.

Matthew Lewis examines the price behavior of dual lands from past years, and offers a detailed analysis of how the pattern will apply to shocklands this year.

For the holidays, we present one of Corbin’s earlier articles, which addresses a financial topic worth revisiting: MTG real estate at the release of the Fall set.

2012 was a wild ride as far as MTG Finance goes. Sig takes a look back at some of his most valuable lessons learned and plans out how he will make some strategic changes next year.

From Door to Nothingness to the return of a familiar UW strategy, Standard is full of innovation right now. Mike Lanigan surveys the new decks that have surfaced recently.