Mike took Standard Zoo out for a spin at SCG Cincinnati, incorporating the by-now ubiquitous Boros Reckoner. Read on for his tournament report.

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Jason returns briefly to his reddit musings of yore and dissects all the latest tech from tournaments near and far.

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Mike Lanigan discusses the failings of the current Standard environment, and provides a primer on his innovative port of G/W Auras to Standard.

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In speculation, reviewing past calls is as important as making new ones. This week Corbin and Chad evaluate each others' calls from Return to Ravnica to see how accurate their predictions were.

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In this installment Jason delves into the philosophy of speculation and the way we self-assess our success and failures, before addressing the results from Las Vegas, Toronto and Nagoya.

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So many tournament results! Jason sifts through oodles of top finishers from the weekend, highlighting novel developments in Standard, Modern and Legacy.

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This week Jason examines a curious tournament-illegal deck without any banned cards and plums tournament results for the innovative and the audacious.

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Jason hails the arrival of a new Legacy deck developed by QS's own, marvels at auction-goers' utter ignorance of Magic value, and peruses the weekend's tournament results with his characteristic wit.

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Jason relates all the myriad happenings of that great gaming get together, Gen Con! If you weren't fortunate enough to partake in the festivities yourself, be sure not to miss the recap!

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Jason helps spread the news about the Magic community's latest brainchild, The Booze Cube, before delving into the weekend's tournament results.

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Mike offers a view of his top ten Standard constructed cards from Avacyn Restored. Read on to find out which new cards will be appearing in tournaments near you.

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