Brian DeMars introduces his brainchild Magic variant, the Danger Room. He shares his current list and the philosophy behind it, before looking at Origins for new additions.

David Schumann returns to the stock watch to see what is trending up and down, and offers explanations for the changes observed.

Adam Yurchick covers some Khans spoilers, looking beyond the fetchlands and gold cards towards the single-colored staples that will help define the Standard format for years to come.

The holiday season usually means lighter volume in MTG speculation. Sigmund advises exercising patience when buying and selling during this time.

Standard rotation has brought with it many profitable opportunities, but what do we buy next? Sigmund presents some suggestions on where to invest recent gains.

Jason Alt muses on who to blame for a dearth of coverage, the diverse all-Jund metagame that is Modern and decklists from the weekend.

Carlos builds a rebel Commander deck from the ground up, headed by –who else?– Lin Sivvi. Read on to see his unique take on a classic archetype from years past.

Carlos develops a mono-white angels deck with Linvala at the helm. Read on to find out about Commander from a more casual bent than usual.

Avacyn Restored has promised players everywhere a series of miracles. Mike digs into the new set to see whether its flagship mechanic delivers and how it will impact tournament Magic.

Eventide is packed with some expensive casual and tournament cards. The set contains many enemy-colored cards, from Lieges to filter-lands. The power of the lands, along with Reflecting Pool and the Vivid cycle, let people play essentially anything they wanted in decks.

Every Death Star needs a thermal exhaust port, and Jules takes you down the process and reasoning for bringing some weakness to go with your big guns in Commander!

Neale takes a reader’s Rafiq deck from common to commanding for head’s up play, and challenges you to do it better. Think you can handle the firepower?