In the wake of the Pro Tour, Jared discusses the new breakout decks, including eventual winner The Aristocrats, and the cards spiking as a result.

Mike Lanigan offers some poignant (and all-too-necessary) advice about reading cards, and presents an update of Standard Zoo.

Jason Alt is in characteristic form as he muses on theft at Magic events and reviews the latest tournament results.

With Gatecrash fully spoiled, Ryan’s deck-building juices are kicking into overdrive. See what directions perfect mana is pulling his towards.

A recent Tweet from Paul Feudo indicated some serious price drops on certain Standard cards at Star City Games. Sigmund highlights some of the movers and discusses what it means for us.

Standard is a wide open format right now, which means lots of people are inventing sweet brews. Mike surveys the field for some strategies you may have overlooked.

Mike discusses some recent versions of UWr Delver that have finished well at tournaments and offers his thoughts on the deck.

Corbin Hosler analyzes the results from 2012 States and updates you on where he stands in regards to Return to Ravnica!

What are the staples from RtR we’ll be jamming in Standard decks for the next two years? Mike ranks the top ten cards from Return to Ravnica.

Corbin examines what we can take from the SCG Open in Cincy, and it’s not all about the cards in the Top 8! Read on to find out what lessons we learned from this particular Open.

Chad gives a guide on what to look for at your Return to Ravnica Pre-Release!

Mike examines the RtR spoiler to see which cards are likely to shake things up. Some powerful spells are slated to enter Standard soon, some of which may rival the pushed creatures of late.

Chances are, you’re going to make a lot of money from RTR because you’re going to be actively reading and trading all through the next month or so. However, you have got to avoid losing money along the way, too! You don’t want to be stuck with Magic cards that you could have sold a few weeks ago for double the value.