No one wants to kill a Lhurgoyf twice, but it sure sounds better than “bloodrush, boros charm, you lose”. Here are a few Standard decks that don’t care about mana symbols for once.

Who doesn’t love Magical Xmasland? Mike Lanigan shares several deck ideas that almost got there, but turned out to be a little too cute.

Mike Lanigan discusses the development of his own bulk box before taking a look at the newest Standard decks to hit the metagame.

Jason Alt runs runs the percentages on skill, suggests self-accountability, and laments slash celebrates the current Standard and Legacy metagames.

David Schumann covers the recent changes to his speculative holdings and explains the rationale behind each trade.

David Schumann follows up with Part 2 of his article disclosing his current holdings and the reasoning behind them.

Power level is the principle determinant for a good spec target. Corbin Hosler looks at post-rotation price changes from last year and applies lessons to Return to Ravnica block.

Mathieu constructs another $100 portfolio composed of safe picks as Innistrad rotation approaches.

Jason Alt discusses the collective lack of wisdom on Voice of Resurgence and asks what we can learn from it.

Magic may be one of the best games ever made, but others are out there. Mike Lanigan talks about exploring some of them at the Origins Game Fair last weekend.

Jason suggests keeping abreast of the metagame may provide a lot of insight into speculation targets, then (conveniently) covers decks from the weekend.

Mike Lanigan brews up a Varolz Jund deck that aims to take advantage of the new legendary scavenger. With cards like Vexing Devil and Diregraf Ghoul, it doesn’t take much to make him a monster.

Jason Alt examines the recent hullabaloo over price jumps and surveys the world of GPs and SCG Opens for innovative decklists.