Matthew Lewis believes the effect of Cube on ROE singles prices this go around will follow a different pattern than with ZZW queues. He compares the two formats and explains why.

David Schumann discusses some casual staples with unexpectedly high prices that you may still be able to find in binders or “bulk boxes” at stores.

Corbin Hosler looks back at some past trades and re-runs the numbers to discover if those same trades hold up today!

Rise of the Eldrazi is the Timmy dream set. It’s what you’d get if you built a set with the premise of “no rush till turn 7” and packed mana accelerants in everything. The set is based around the Eldrazi, giant and evil old legends that awaken on Zendikar. There’s a little bit of plot to this set, but mostly people remember weird drafts and a couple really big monsters.

Joshua takes one last look at the pre-ban format, then focuses on the new Standard, discovering that a surprising card may end up defining the format.

10 Magic players of superior skill enter a single team cube draft. How do you handle the volume without taking up an entire day? Anthony has the clever, and fun, solution of Survivor Draft!

With a new format becoming available for the first time Friday, it’s time to take a quick look at what’s available. For the most part, these will be aggro or combo decks, since control decks need to be built towards the metagame. As it stands, Caw-Blade is the premiere control deck in the format, and it can be played as-is with the mere addition of Batterskull.

Anthony Avitollo, our resident cube master, breaks down or completely blasts some of the best (and overhyped cards) for cubes from New Phyrexia!

Gregory teams up with Jay Schneider to bring you an exciting and potentially format-crushing deck at the last minute!

Spoiler Alert: Jay rocks the data tables of prices, vendors, and methods for picking up your modern precon decks!

PPL is back! Gregory brings you a brand new Black / Red deck you can use to teach those Caw Blade players a lesson.