This week David S. provides some ideas on how Wizards of the Coast can save the Standard format.

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Modern's top creatures have outgrown removal. Stern Scolding could change format interaction forever. See how the counterspell lines up against the competition.

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Pioneer continues to frustrate efforts to understand it. However, David E. may have the answer after examining the apparent best deck of the format.

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Griselbrand? More like Atraxa-at-home. We've got a new big bad reanimator threat and she's turning every format on its head. First stop, Explorer!

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Adam is back with a DIY Ancestral Recall! With our new critical mass of Snapcaster variants, we can See the Truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

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This week Tony shares an interesting Commander game with a group of familiar friends and ponders how familiarity impacts the gameplay experience.

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As Standard's metagame evolved post-rotation, a host of new commons and uncommons are seeing significantly more play. This week Sig examines these cards and identifies top bulk picks for a future buylist.

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Budget-Focused returns, this week focusing on three sleeper hits

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In a followup to last week, UndyingMTG examines another handful of cards flying under the radar in Pioneer.

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UndyingMTG examines Alseid of Life's Bounty, and how he thinks it has the potential to be the next Mother of Runes!

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UndyingMTG makes his QS debut, offering an overview of the Myth Realized, and shedding light on his process of singles speculation.

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Sam's back from his hiatus to analyze the post-ban landscape! Find out what he's been up to, and where he finds himself in the current Magic market.

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Pioneer is a success; a robust turnout at last weekend's Pioneer MagicFests is proof. But if you're new to speculating on the format, where do you start? This week Sig examines the Pioneer cards with multi-format appeal to look for reasonable pick-ups.

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Part III is here! Kyle goes beyond the basics and explores a few more "advanced" applications of renting, strategies useful to both investors and players alike.

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Happy halloween, everyone! By the time my next article rolls around, we'll all have Kit-Katted (or in my case, Coffee Crisped) ourselves into a spooky stupor. So what better time than now to head off a Modern Top 5 series focusing on Magic's five colors? Naturally, we'll start with the scariest, so yank your head […]

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Join Sam for the lowdown on one of the coolest tournaments ever held: The 2019 Gen Con Legacy Cube Championship! Warning: Memes ahead!

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This week, Chris reviews the decks of SCG Richmond, the first Standard event since War of the Spark's release, and looks ahead to the cards that could be winners going forward.

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Kyle breaks down the Mythics from War of the Spark and purchasing strategies he'll utilize going forward with an MTGO slant.

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War of the Spark broke the Planeswalker rarity barrier, including an unprecedented set of uncommons. What will happen to prices over time? This week Sig takes a look at recent, popular uncommons to inform his predictions for War of the Spark's uncommon Planeswalkers.

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Eddie has decided to take a break from writing, but not before leaving us with one more article. Today he discusses Mythic Championship Cleveland and the London mulligan rule.

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