When we’re in a Magic slump, it can be helpful to go back to the drawing board. Mike Lanigan explains how to challenge your own assumptions about a metagame or deck.

Mike Lanigan surveys the recent field of tier-one Standard decks and suggests Gruul Midrange as a possible contender.

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

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

From Door to Nothingness to the return of a familiar UW strategy, Standard is full of innovation right now. Mike Lanigan surveys the new decks that have surfaced recently.

Mike has stumbled upon an unlikely card for Constructed, which he uses as the centerpiece for a new Standard deck with some explosive synergies.

Gatecrash spoiler season is rapidly approaching. But even before we learn what is in Gatecrash, some card prices are already on the move based on set speculation. Sigmund summarizes what’s been moving and what could continue to go higher!

Mike provides some examples of cards being under- and overrated in the new Standard format, before sharing a few decklists.

The new PTQ season is upon us like so many robins and flower shoots! Mike pores over recent tournament results to build a picture of the metagame as it stands now.

Corbin Hosler explains why Supply and Demand theory is being ignored and Dark Ascension is underpriced because of it@

If you don’t have an Insider account, get a glimpse at what you missed out on this past weekend in Ryan’s overview of the QS calls. On top of that, Ryan delivers a Dark Ascension set review with an eye toward Commander applications.

In the last segment of his artifact extravaganza, Carlos is looking at Dark Ascension and Kataki, War’s Wage. This guy has typically been considered unplayable for Commander; but when you build around his effect, he can be pretty nasty.