Brian DeMars introduces his brainchild Magic variant, the Danger Room. He shares his current list and the philosophy behind it, before looking at Origins for new additions.

Corbin Hosler revisits the concept of the “dead zone,” and suggests some productive ways to render it more useful to the speculator.

Standard is a wide open format right now, which means lots of people are inventing sweet brews. Mike surveys the field for some strategies you may have overlooked.

In response to purrs of Monoblack’s revival, Ryan reviews the color wheel and the distribution of card strength amongst the colors in the Standard environment.

Mike examines an old favorite scheduled to return to Standard for the first time in more than a decade. Will Rancor live up to its reputation? Read on to find out.

Ryan relays his experience at this past weekend’s SCG Invitational in Indianapolis. A good time was had despite lackluster performance… and a successful draft.

Corbin Hosler looks at some recent movers in Standard and evaluates what the ceiling could be on these hot cards!

Join Mike as he relates his experiences this PTQ season. In the first PTQ he narrowly misses top eight with an innovative list that aims to ramp into Frost Titan.