Jason Alt offers a twist on the year-end retrospective with a (perhaps more useful) prospective for the coming year. Follow along with his month-by-month plan for maximizing opportunities according to what we know so far.

Doomwake Giant’s prices on MTGO and in paper are wildly divergent. While this seems to be the same pattern followed by Stoke the Flames, which eventually underwent a correction, there may be more to the story. Jason Alt investigates.

Mike Lanigan eschewed a 5k last weekend in favor of watching coverage from the World Championship. He recaps the strategic lessons he took away.

Yuuya Watanabe’s Jeskai Tokens deck is an amazing innovation in Standard. Find out where Ryan thinks the deck might have room to improve and the direction he thinks the archetype should go!

Crafting an aggressive deck can be hard in a world full of Siege Rhinos, but several strategies have proven successful. Mike Lanigan looks over recent contenders and suggests his own Mono-Black Abzan build.

Ryan has been keeping a watchful eye on Standard in order to determine what a successful Standard deck needs to accomplish. Learn the three elements of the Standard metagame Ryan deems most important and how to beat them all!

Mike Lanigan believes Magic is in a great place right now. Between the new SCG events mirroring Grand Prix, a Standard format that is legitimately diverse, and a well-running store, there’s a lot he’s excited about.

Four months after M15, Sylvain’s speculative strategies for the set have panned out wonderfully. With the winter coming up, Sylvain reviews his investments and prepares for what should be the best season for many positions.

Ryan posted a limited PTQ Top 8 this weekend but did not perform as well in the Standard IQ he played. He is determined to see more success in Standard and has an idea of how he wants to get there. Read on to find out why he thinks Searing Blood might be the answer!

Sylvain goes deeper in explaining his thought process when pulling the trigger to sell. Responding to insiders’ comments, he explains why early sales have done more good than bad for him.

Adam scoured the internet for the news you can’t afford to miss. See what he learned about Standard and Legacy movements!

Mike Lanigan missed out on the TCG Invitational this year for a wedding, but he still payed close attention to the metagame developments there. He breaks them down, and covers the new archetypes that emerged.

If you’re getting into Standard, you can’t just expect to flip the deck later to recuperate your entry price. Danny Brown breaks down the cost and expected buylist price for the major Standard decks.