With Lord of the Rings on the horizon, Joe a.k.a. Beardy has one piece of advice he needs us to take to the bank… whatever you do, DON’T preorder the set!

This week, Sig looks back at SCGCON Indianapolis and highlights noteworthy cards on posted hotlists.

This week Francesco takes a look at some Magic cards with alternate literary quotations for their flavor text. How many of them are there?

What are cycles? What do they teach us about Magic design? Paul looks at various kinds of cycles, how they shape the sets they’re in, and their impact on Magic.

Francesco continues his exploration of the use of classical literature in Magic flavor. This week he looks at Latin authors and draws some conclusions.

A card like Black Knight might not seem exciting, but if it’s an Alpha copy it will still hold value. Brian considers what we may be missing in the earlier sets of the game.

Jason Alt covers the ins and outs of two of Magic’s rarest and most bizarre sets–Alternate Fourth Edition and Summer Magic.

Ryan recounts the tales of some very unique experiences, including EDH and playing Legacy Enchantress instead of attending an Avacyn Restored prerelease, encouraging readers to try playing with as many different decks as possible.

In the fifth part of his ongoing series, Usman gives us a SWOT on green in cubes!

You’ll be seeing red this week as Usman runs through part 4 of his Cube SWOT series!