The new PTQ season is upon us like so many robins and flower shoots! Mike pores over recent tournament results to build a picture of the metagame as it stands now.

Returning from SCG Madison, Ryan offers up insight for tweaking popular Standard decks. Which cards should be cut in GR Aggro, Delver, RW Humans and Wolf Run?

Corbin Hosler breaks down why Avacyn Restored might not affect Standard like the usual third set does, and what it means for you financially!

In the stock market, penny stocks are cheap, probably-junk securities that you get on the hope that they move up a few cents and show you a profit. They’re an alluring strategy in the stock market because you can get a big volume of them. For one share of Apple, you could score well over 5,000 shares of a junk medical-science company that may be on the verge of a huge patent. If your shares go up, they go UP. We look at penny stocks in Magic the same way; these are the gambits that you stock up on with hopes of big payoffs.

Birthing Pod has been putting up some impressive results of late. Mike explains why this strategy has been successful and walks us through a build of his own.

Which packs should you be opening right now and which should you avoid? When choosing your prizes for local gaming store tournaments, make sure you get the best return and learn what Chad found from running the hard numbers on all Standard legal boosters.

Mike brews and successfully pilots a Thalia centered Naya build. Read up on his card choices and why he sees Thalia as positioned well in the current meta.

Mike Lanigan brews up a flippin’ werewolftastic Standard build. Looking for something more fun than Spike to bring to FNM tonight? Grab your checklist cards and Gutshots and check out this build!

An update on Picking Winners from December. What did well? What should you still hold? What should you move in on now?

Mike Lanigan breaks down some new Delver lists and gives his opinion on a few spoilers.

David Conrad breaks down cards and categories you should be thinking about this rumor season.

Corbin Hosler offers an up-to-the-minute analysis of Dark Ascension Spoilers, both financially and competitively!

Bloodline Keeper in Standard? Mike Lanigan shows you how and why.