While Journey Into Nyx is unlikely to unseat the top decks in Standard, it does enable a few new strategies. Mike Lanigan investigates.

No one wants to kill a Lhurgoyf twice, but it sure sounds better than “bloodrush, boros charm, you lose”. Here are a few Standard decks that don’t care about mana symbols for once.

Mike Lanigan looks to iterate a successful deck from the current Standard format before it’s all swept away with Born of the Gods. Check out B/W Humans!

Mike Lanigan examines the Standard and Block Constructed decks that lose the least to rotation, and are likely to form the backbone of the new Standard.

Danny continues his retrospective on a set of trades he tracked last Fall, to see how his trading fundamentals weathered the test of time.

With Standard in a state of constant flux, powerful cards are sometimes lost in the mix and forgotten. Mike Lanigan looks at ten underplayed cards that you should consider in your next 75.

Mike Lanigan surveys Dragon’s Maze for some notable cards and offers his thoughts on their possibilities in Standard.

Mike took Standard Zoo out for a spin at SCG Cincinnati, incorporating the by-now ubiquitous Boros Reckoner. Read on for his tournament report.

Mike Lanigan offers some poignant (and all-too-necessary) advice about reading cards, and presents an update of Standard Zoo.

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.

Efficient creatures are everywhere in Standard, and Gatecrash brings even more to the party. Mike Lanigan believe now may be the time for a visit to the Ravnica Standard Zoo.

What are the staples from RtR we’ll be jamming in Standard decks for the next two years? Mike ranks the top ten cards from Return to Ravnica.