This year’s Modern season departs with one last huzzah, GP San Diego. Mike Lanigan looks over decklists and discusses the last-minute developments.

Jason Alt guides us through his usual whirlwind of dry observations, impassioned opinions and old-fashioned reporting. Read on to hear about this week in Magic.

Shifting gears for a moment, Corbin examines which cards you should be ditching soon, as they are likely to fall in price.

Corbin believes Return to Ravnica may have hit a price floor. Is now the time to buy into the staples?

Casual players get excited by vastly different cards than competitive players. Jared Elick discusses what types of cards to stock in your trade binder for this crowd.

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

Mike Lanigan believes the inclusion of Gatecrash’s Duskmantle Seer solves some major problems facing the Zombies deck. Read on to learn how to sing the Zombie Blues.

Jared Elick looks at the first results from Gatecrash Standard tournaments, and indicates some of the cards that may be poised to jump in value.

Check in with Mathieu before hitting FNM and events this weekend to see which Gatecrash cards he suggests you pick up now, and which ones to out before they fall.

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

As Gatecrash spoiler season ramps up, Corbin looks to specs from older sets that may benefit from the new Standard environment.

Do splashy mythics make bad speculation targets? Do cheaper rares fundamentally have more growth potential than the chase cards? Dig into Tucker’s slice of card finance philosophy to see if it agrees with you.

Cards that see play across multiple formats inherently possess added price stability, and make for great targets moving into the Modern PTQ season.