Adam played in a Modern PTQ and an invitation-only Standard tournament last weekend, and today he shares select tales from the experiences. Followed by an analysis of his local Standard event and results of GP Utrecht in the wake of PT M15, Adam reaches some startling conclusions about the Standard metagame.

Corbin covers the financial aftermath of PT M15 and surveys the top decks in Standard to see what they lose post-rotation. Heading into next year, which strategies are poised to gain or lose?

Ryan explores the concept of greed and how it relates to some of Magic’s toughest decisions–when mulliganing makes sense and how building your manabase comes with gains and losses. When should you be greedy?

In one of the final articles in his Nine Months of Portfolio Management series, Sylvain talks about Quick Flips. He explains how he exploited such opportunities to rapidly and consistently grow this part of his portfolio.

Alexander Carl takes a look at some common speculation mistakes and what we can learn from them to improve our returns.

Adam breaks down the entire M15 spoiler and identifies what cards are most likely to see play in Standard sideboards!

Mike Lanigan recaps his tournament at GP Chicago and goes over some promising spoilers from the upcoming M15.

Grand Prix Moscow 2014 has been completed, and the winner is Igor Gorbunov with R/W Burn!

In prep for the upcoming Columbus SCG Invitational, Ryan returns to his RW Devotion list and shares his updated sideboard.

Standard rotation has a strong effect on MTGO prices. Sylvain graphs out past trends and explains how this period of the year affects Standard speculations, particularly with cards from older sets.

This week Paul shares a list that exploits the synergy between Courser of Kruphix and Underworld Connections before putting the game away with Rakdos’s Return. Is this the best of the BGx options in Standard? Paul thinks so.

Picking up where Sylvain left off, he explores the success of M14 rares in his MTGO Portfolio Management series.