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.

Who doesn’t love Magical Xmasland? Mike Lanigan shares several deck ideas that almost got there, but turned out to be a little too cute.

Ryan takes a step in Modern for a local event and spikes it with Junk.

Thragtusk is yet again dominating Standard. Mike Lanigan attempts to solve the format with a series of decks well-positioned against the card.

Jason Alt describes his experiences from the prerelease weekend, including some characteristically understated opinions on the flattening of prize structures.

Many people are already gearing up to out their Innistrad stock before rotation. Jared looks at the future metagame and asks what we should be acquiring in exchange.

In something of an ebullient mood, Jason Alt gushes about his excellent weekend at GP Pittsburgh before reviewing the results from Kansas City.

Mathieu has a new batch of hot trade and buy targets for this week as we move deeper into Ravnica.

Standard is a wide open format right now, which means lots of people are inventing sweet brews. Mike surveys the field for some strategies you may have overlooked.

This week Ryan goes to work on his Junk list, choosing to recraft it around SCG Cincinnati standout Angel of Serenity. If you’re still searching for a deck for States this weekend, look no further.

Jason makes his case for the future glory of Seance before running down the results of Return to Ravnica’s first legal weekend.

Continuing his discussion of the new Ravnica Standard, Mike brings Zombies into the world of midrange and provides an updated Armada Wurm list.