Hello, readers! We move ever deeper this week into the fairy tale of Lorwyn with its expansion, Morningtide. These two sets were supposed to be the “light side” version of fairy tales – giants, dwarves, toadstools with faeries sitting on them and more.
Life from the Loam
Mark Hinsz recounts this past weekend’s expeditions at Star City Games’ Open events, where he placed in the Top 8 in Standard and the Top 16 in Legacy.
Neale likes to crush. Green is good at that. Now he seeks the very best…
This week, we are looking at Planar Chaos, the second set in the nostalgia-heavy Time Spiral block.
Mark Hinsz explores some uncharted opportunities Green Sun’s Zenith has in Legacy, pointing out silver bullets and worthy considerations that may help in those sigh-worthy matchups.
Breaking up is hard to do. Breaking things in Commander is easy. Carlos is back with a Gifts Ungiven deck, minus the Gifts. Really!
Mike responds to the SCG and Wizards announcements, offers praise to the joy of playing Legacy’s Valakut Lands and makes calls for the upcoming SCG Legacy Open.
This week, we dig into Ravnica! The City of Guilds brings a huge pile of big monsters, expensive lands and power uncommons. Join me and find out what cards are secretly worth money, what chase rare has been losing value, and what card pushed big design challenges!
Josh Rayden brings us a slew of videos and a Twelvepost brew for this weekend’s Modern Pro Tour in Philadelphia. Convinced of the deck’s nimble brute strength, Josh presents why he believes it’s the deck to beat.
Jason Schousboe reacquaints himself with an old friend by taking Lands for a spin around the block, with the value-added Scapeshift and Valakut. See how he fared in this quixotic quest below.
Forrest Ryan fills in for Mike this week in a FREE Insider article. With puns aplenty, Forrest finds us the tools to make use of those calm moments before Magic’s routine financial flurries, and hands us a few cards to keep watch on.
Chad looks at some updates on Modern speculation and breaks down the finance behind drafting on MTGO.
Ready for another round of gravedigging? Not your own grave, of course, but that of opponents’ graves? Jules is back with a round of graveyard action. Get primed right here for Innistrad in Commander!