Forrest Ryan laments the technical pitfalls of drafting Innistrad, from your local card shop to the Pro Tour, and leaves us with a few tips regarding which Innistrad (and Innistrad affected!) cards you may want to pick up.

CardKitty has been a leader in Magic alterations for some time now, and a quick glance at their work will show you why. The smooth transition between original art and new art is virtually flawless. The use of colors and lines are fantastic. They work in all different types of alters from accents to full art and even fan-art.

It’s a Commander review of Magic 2012, but it isn’t. It’s got Standard and Legacy, but doesn’t. It’s by Ryan, an indisputable fact. What it will do is help you be prepared for this Friday’s Release trading!

This week Stephen covers a few topics, with a recap of cards that will get a boost, how to get rid of them, and 4 cards from the new set he really likes.

Strategies for making moves in a post-Jace/Stoneforge Standard. Explore all the possibilities.

The first of two articles today in anticipation of Monday’s Banning announcement. Will Jace, the Mind Sculptor stay legal? What about Stoneforge Mystic? Brook Gardner-Durbin explores what options will be available to you if either or both of the above get the axe!

With the exception of Splinter-Twin, however, the new metagame is very similar to the metagame before rotation.  Edgar Flores won the first SCG Open with NPH legal with a UW CawBlade list that looked very similar to the pre-rotation lists. In this metagame there are a number of cards that are being underplayed, in my opinion, and here are the top 5.