There’s a downside to playing control decks in multi-round events.

Mark Hinsz recounts this past weekend’s SCG Invitational event, where he piloted Big Zoo in Legacy and Dungrove Elder Wolf Run in Standard, and shares with us his thoughts on the meta and the refreshing philosophical lens he’s recently applied to the game.

This week we have some new deck ideas for Standard, and a solid review of the Time Sieve deck for Extended.

Gregory gives you a full-set card by card design review of Mirrodin Besieged.