News

• Introducing Planeswalker Points—WotC’s official announcement on the new rating system and its impact of organized play.
• Talking About Planeswalker Points—Trick Jarrett tells the tale of an epic boardroom meeting and Mike Turian’s big announcement.
• How I became and Archmage—LSV shares his thoughts on the Planeswalker Points system that rewards players for playing often and even more for winning.
• Player of the Year Update—Owen Turtenwald currently holds a three points lead over LSV and a four point margin over Stark and Watanabe.
• MTG Comics—IDW Publishing announces a new comic book series centered around Magic characters and storylines.

Standard and Block

• Brewing Blade Breaker (SCG$) — Brian Kibler took advantage of a stale metagame and brewed up this potent RG concoction.
• Looking at Standard with Innistrad—Ashley Morway does not feel Tempered Steel will be the strongest deck post rotation.  Find out why and check out some of her speculative lists.
• 53 FNM’s #3—Jon Copora runs a “cute” Splinter Twin deck with a sneaky Lavamancer out of the sideboard.

Limited

• Walking through M12 Draft—Nassim Ketita stays the course with Green White in this walkthrough and the strategy pays off.
• M12 Draft #3—David Ochoa sees white dry up in pack three and then builds an aggressive deck in three colors.

Vintage, Legacy, and Modern

• Modern after PT Philadelphia—Josh Silvestri ponders changes to the ban list and combo killers that might include an updated B/R list.
• Pro Tour Philly and the Modern Debut (SCG$) — Patrick Chapin considers the health of the format after the prevalence of the turn-three kill.
• Designing Naya in Modern—Matt Sperling on why he decided not to run Nacatls and cut a ‘Goyf.
• Modern Madness—Francis Toussaint shares his Cascading LD deck and several other Modern decks that caught his eye.
• RG Shamans—Michele Furno is here to remind everyone that Bloodbraid Elf is, in fact, a Shaman with this budget-friendly Modern deck.
• Turboland—Adam Barnello loves playing Constant Mists and is excited for Bribery to become a sideboard staple.
• Modern Burn—Mike Cannon’s budget build might be just fast enough to hold its own in the combo-centric metagame.
• Attacking the Format—Caleb Durward revitalizes Merfolk, an archetype that’s been on the decline in Legacy.
• Demon Oath—Mark Hornung raves about this Vintage deck bypasses the banning of Demonic Tutor by combining Rune Scarred Demon and Oath of Druids.

Casual and Variant Formats

• Unpacking Mirror Mastery—Bennie Smith retools the preconstructed Commander deck to better suit Riku of the Two Reflections.
• My Planeswalker Commander Deck—Love  rocking your ‘Walkers?  Then Abe Sargent has the deck for you!
• Commander Confessional—Jeremy Blair and his feels a little remorseful as he shares his mono-blue Wizards build.
• Commander Box: Introduction—Adam Styborski polls readers on his innovative concept for extra EDH staples.
• The Mimeoplasm—Sheldon Menery is Bound and Determined to play this Commander who oozes with powerful possibilities.  Also, check out some amazing alters created by Gus Schade.

Finance

• Pro Tour Philly and You—Chas Andres scoured the debut decklists for potential pickups and shares them with you.
• Musings on Modern—Christopher Walton explains why Modern is in desperate need of key reprints.
• A Look Back at Modern Predications—Kelly Reid holds himself accountable to his predictions and takes advantage of his bragging rights.
•  Reading Markets (SCG$) — Jonathon Medina speculates on card playability categories: staples, engines, answers, and tricks.
• Box to Extended: Trades and Top Ten List—Ryan Bushard discusses the value of rotating the stock in your trade binder.

Theory and Miscellany

• The Road to the WPN—Don Wiggins of Don’s Magic and Sundry has chronicled his path from fledgling to tournament promoter, to sanctioned organizer, to blogosphere celebrity.
• The Story of Watchwolf92—Jonathan Sukenik tells the tale of how he went infinite online and shares the decklists that helped get him there.
• Aggro-Control in Every Format Ever—Gavin Verhey introduces his concept of a deck template by examining previously successful decks and building a deck for a hypothetical format.
• Initial Impressions—Usman Jamil shares his Cube designer’s perspective and an important lesson on evaluating new spoilers.
• Tilting in Magic—Noah Long walks potentially volatile players through the two-step process of awareness and acceptance.
• Designing Mechanics—Gregory Marques explains why top-down mechanic design has become a popular methodology.
• The Llanowar Sentinel—Debbie Freeland lampoons Finkel-gate and Innistrad’s racy artwork.
• Mage Craft Cocktails: Innistrad—MJ Scott slings drinks fit for Liliana and Garruk.