Sylvain goes deeper in explaining his thought process when pulling the trigger to sell. Responding to insiders’ comments, he explains why early sales have done more good than bad for him.

Making the most of your bankroll doesn’t require making the most of every single spec. Small concessions here and there can often lead to higher profit down the road.

In this new chapter of his Nine Months of Portfolio Management, Sylvain discusses the poor decisions he made with Return to Ravnica block cards–the losing category of his portfolio–and explain what not to do with Standard positions.

Nine Months of Portfolio Management is also nine months of opportunity management. Using his work to illustrate these concepts, Sylvain shows us that opportunity cost and opportunity benefit account for more than you could think on MTGO.

In the second part of his “Nine Months of Portfolio Management” series, Sylvain graphs, exposes and analyzes some of the collected data, exploring what lead to his net profit.

Sylvain unveils the groundwork to his recent MTGO portfolio management experiment. What did he do with thousands of tix?

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

Full-on combo may not be viable in Standard right now, but Izzet Blitz does a fine impression. Mike Lanigan looks at the deck and discusses its strengths and weaknesses.

Between Modern Masters, SCG Legacy and Standard tournaments, Jason Alt covers all the news from this week.

Thragtusk is yet again dominating Standard. Mike Lanigan attempts to solve the format with a series of decks well-positioned against the card.

It was a big weekend for tournament Magic, from a SCG Open in Nashville all the way up to the Pro Tour itself. Jason Alt brings you all the results fit to print.

Mike Lanigan takes two popular Standard decks and mashes them together, peanut-butter-and-chocolate-like. Read on for the resulting brew.