News

• Hall of Fame 2011—Steve O'Mahoney-Schwartz, Shuhei Nakamura and Anton Jonsson will be enshrined this year.
• Duels of the Planeswalkers Expansion—WoTC will continue the Archenemy theme and also preview Innistrad with the upcoming expansion.
• Venser vs. Koth—The upcoming duel deck features two Planeswalkers and an interesting story line.

Standard and Block

• Helge Holds a Full Nelson on Germany—German Nationals, featured on the Mothership, saw an alternate-universe top eight without Caw Blade.
• Winning Australian Nationals—Aaron Nicoll and RUG Pod came out on top in the land down under.
• Getting Poisoned for Fun and Profit—Tim Pskowski’s eventful weekend at SCG Richmond ended with a silver-medal finish with his UW Stoneblade deck.
• It’s all an Illusion—($ SCG) Gerry Thompson on the newest tech in Cawblade, Phantasmal Image.
• Killing Cawblade So You Don’t Have to—Alexander Shearer attempts to drain the dominance right out of Cawblade after running through his wringer of charts and tables.
• Running the Gauntlet—LSV sleeves up Cawblade and begins with the Splinter Twin matchup.
• An Old Demon for New Standard—Tom Raney shares his Nationals deck, a Bombastic WUB deck with plenty of removal for Abyssal Persecutor.
• Grinding the Standard Metagame—Alex Bertoncini surveys the Standard landscape and shares his mono-green list featuring Arachnus Spinner.
• The Championship Weekend—Nick Spagnolo breaks the top eight with Caw Blade after learning when to side out Squadron Hawks.
• 52 FNM’s #1—Jon Copora kicks off his FNM streak by borrowing enough cards to put together UB Control for Friday night festivities.

Limited

• Tips for M12 Limited—($ SCG) Ari Lax helps you navigate the aggressive format.
• M12 Limited Archetypes—Jonathan Randle isn’t a fan of Bloodthirst or Mill, but he does have ideas about what archetypes you should be playing and the key cards to snag in draft.
• Exploring Sideboards for Limited—Carrie Oliver on how switching out a few cards for games two and three can make a big impact in a forty-card deck.

Vintage, Legacy, and Modern

• Past, Present, and Modern—Reid Duke discusses results from Austin and cards to keep in mind for Modern.
• Fair New World—Carsten Kotter is excited for the dawn of Modern and the advent of a “fair eternal format.”
• Modern Love—Chas Andres’ set-by-set account of how far Modern prices have jumped and where they are likely headed.
• Every Combo in Modern—Alexander Shearer’s snazzy visuals bring this combo-player’s guide to life.
• A Very Modern World—Andrea Fonseca examines Modern decks seeing play online.
• New Old Decks for Modern—Petr Brozek turns his attention to Boros and Artifact builds with the advent of the new format.
• NO Trophy with RUG—Justin Sukenik didn’t like Legacy, but perhaps Natural Order and a 4^th place finish have changed his tune.

Casual and Variant Formats

• Some Top Tens—Sheldon Menery celebrates his 100^th installment of Embracing the Chaos with several interesting top ten lists including the cards he’d consider banning  from Commander and formative moments in the format.
• Five Characteristics of Commander Creeps—Adam Styborski opts to call them “creeps” instead of “delta bravos”, but he still calls out them out for dragging down Commander games from coast to coast.
• Commanding the ‘Plasm, Part 2—Jeremy Blair balances the beefy beaters with crafty creatures in this Mimeoplasm build.
• Answering the Call of the Herd—Sean McKeown builds a Pachyderm-themed commander deck.
• A Looking in View—Jack LaCroix builds a dredge deck around Vhati il-Dal and talks about criticism and character building.
• The Problem with Playing EDH Online—Sam from PureMtGO considers the additional strains on Commander’s social contract in an online environment.

Finance

• Box to Extended: The Starting Line—Ryan Brushard cracked a Primal Hunter in his box and immediately traded away to famed trader, Jonathon Medina.
• An Introduction to Thievery—JR Wade’s timely guide to protecting your decks and binders comes on the heels of an estimated $80,000 in MtG-related thefts at GenCon.
• Next Level Spec  5--($ SCG) Ted Knutson’s interest in MtGO’s Legacy manabases finance sparked a heated twitter discussion.
• Selling your Cards—Brian Grewe knows when to hold ‘em, and when to auction ‘em off to the highest bidder.
• The Financial Outlook of Kamigawa Block in Modern—Kelly Reid shares the list of Kamigawa cards that have caught his eye.
• Red and Gold—Stephen Moss finishes up his color-coded financial series on Modern.

Theory and Miscellany

• The Mad Men of the Multi-Verse—Mike Linneman’s discussion of branding and logos got quite a bit of attention last week.  See what he has to say about the logos from your favorite websites and vendors.
• Take Command of your Zones—Justin Turner provides a tour through the battlefield, graveyard, and even exile and then explains the practical applications that might help you eek out a win.
• Announcing LGS Weekly—Trick Jarrett announces his plan to feature Local Game Stores on a weekly basis.