What makes your creatures die? What, exactly, causes you to lose the game? State Based Actions takes care of it all.

Arthur’s first article for Quiet Speculation is a great and thought provoking look at the next expansion, Mirrodin Besieged. His inventive and sensible evaluations of the cards and potential interactions will serve every reader well in the coming days and months events.

Not sure how to build your first Commander deck? David’s here to help! This week he offers a few pointers for basic Commander deck building and walks us through Rhys the Exiled as a potential Commander!

I am an Aggro player at heart. Since this is my first article, I thought I’d start things off with an Aggro deck that seems like it can float under the radar with your current meta. It’s a Green and Red Aggro deck… I was working on a similar list, but since that was put on the shelf for now, I will work within what I call a “development list phase.”

Green got the best rare in the set and by far the most expensive one, but is Fauna Shaman all hype? Is Obstinate Baloth going to see play? How will Overwhelming Stampede effect token decks? All this, and more, can be yours. Just keep reading!