Jason muses on the politics (and economics) of patronizing your local gaming store, before delving into results from the SCG Invitational and Open in Los Angeles.

I’ve been thinking a lot about buying collections again recently. It’s fun as all heck to see what’s in someone’s binder and you can make a pretty good profit with turnover. Moreover, I was tired of seeing Sig and Corbin post about going through collections – jealous!

This week, Jason reflects on Hurricane Sandy, the city of brotherly love, and as always the tournament results of late.

Ryan believes that everybody should just play RUG Delver in Legacy.

What are the staples of Commander? Andy Martin knows better than most how much card evaluation changes under Commander’s unique rules. Read on to hear his picks for top five in each color.

Everybody knows that 4-3-2-2 drafts are awful value. The prize pool for them includes one fewer pack than an 8-4 or a swiss draft. Additionally, you really don’t increase your bankroll by very much when you win them. But Invasion block is sweet.

Ryan analyzes the recent showing of Hypergenesis and explains why Sneak and Show is an all around superior deck. What does Hypergenesis offer better than Sneak and Show is already doing?

Chad dissects the gainers and losers in a world where WoTC decides to ban Show and Tell.

I love doing my financial recaps of older sets where I mine the expensive cards, but going back further is a little harder in two ways. First, there are just so few good cards in older sets. Second, the good ones don’t often turn over, so it’s hard to establish prices. Luckily, Mirage Block was the first “modern” block and it brought in some great spells that wizards still sling today. Let’s take a walk through time as we re-acquaint ourselves with the block. Below is a list of some of the choice picks from the block; I left out the cards worth under two dollars, leaving only the prime cards on the list. There are some cards in here that I guarantee will surprise you.

Carlos continues the theme of expanding on other people’s Commander decks, this time bringing us some flashback action with Dralnu, Lich Lord.

Carlos leads us through his trademark commander deck-building process yet again, this time with Damia, Sage of Stone at the helm and capped off by a maddening finish!

What levels of speculation risk you are comfortable with? Is your portfolio diverse enough? Sigmund discusses different Magic card risk levels and explores examples of each.

A new style where you make the calls! Join Carl’s interactive learning and get involved in deciding which end of a trade you’d want to be on.