The Standard metagame is one of the most diverse we’ve seen in a long time. Mike Lanigan pores over the seemingly infinite viable archetypes right now, highlighting some interesting ones that appeared at SCG DC.

The bannings and Fate Reforged alike are in and making their impact felt. Corbin looks at events across several formats with the new cards and offers his thoughts on their financial relevance.

Following the shockwave of last week’s banlist announcement a lot will happen for MTGO speculators in February, including a Pro Tour, a Modern MOCS season and Fate Reforged release events. Sylvain tells us how to get ready.

Derek shares some ideas for cards may get caught in the wake of Grave-Troll’s unbanning as well as a few cards he’s found to work well with Modern graveyard strategies from his own brewing experience.

Fate Reforged has arrived and Mike Lanigan is wasting no time getting brewing. He provides some updates to established Standard decks using the new cards and presents a few novel ideas.

Ryan takes a look at the cards with the highest preorder prices from Fate Reforged and evaluates how reasonable these prices are. Find out which cards he thinks are hits and which are all hype!

Many cards have been on the move lately, and it seems like the winter swoon is indeed over. But not everything is rebounding. This week Sigmund explores which cards are worth holding for more profit and which should be let go… even at a loss!

Derek shares his calculations on whether or not it’s worth it to open sealed booster boxes of Fate Reforged.

Adam shares a Standard brew that abuses Manifest in its full capacity!

Derek takes a look at the cards in and around Fate Reforged that will have the most room for growth after the set is released.

Spoiler season is in full swing and this time there’s no dearth of exciting cards for Standard. Mike Lanigan goes down the line and shares his thoughts on possible applications for the new cards.

Ryan shares his thoughts on his experience with JeskSligh in Denver and looks to Fate Reforged spoilers for the future direction of Boros and Jeskai in Standard.

This week Derek evaluates the challenges of spoiler seasons and offers some advice on how you can be a responsible speculator.