While Journey Into Nyx is unlikely to unseat the top decks in Standard, it does enable a few new strategies. Mike Lanigan investigates.

Ryan launches into another round of spoilers, focusing on a few key cards, including one innocuous-looking 2-drop you might have overlooked.

No one wants to kill a Lhurgoyf twice, but it sure sounds better than “bloodrush, boros charm, you lose”. Here are a few Standard decks that don’t care about mana symbols for once.

In all the talk of Modern, Corbin doesn’t want to forget the most popular format–Standard. He looks at cards trending up and down.

Jason Alt covers the best from the world of MTG podcasting and the results from GP Melbourne and SCG Atlanta.

Play mistakes in Magic are about as common as Magic players themselves. Mike Lanigan breaks down the different types and some tips to improve your game.

Who doesn’t love Magical Xmasland? Mike Lanigan shares several deck ideas that almost got there, but turned out to be a little too cute.

Mike Lanigan presents his latest Standard brew, an evolution of Bant Hexproof that makes use of the Ordeal cycle from Theros.

Corbin Hosler grades his predictions for Magic 2014, to see where his analysis was correct, and where it was lacking.

Jason Alt ruminates on the power of Elvish Archdruid, an alleged cheating debacle from last weekend, and the recent tournament results.

This week Jason Alt muses on prison gangs and building connections in the finance game, before covering a pair of SCG events from the weekend.