This week Ryan looks at the recent evolution of Nissa in Standard and examines what seems to be the natural phases of deck evolution, reflecting on his recent experiences in tweaking working lists.

With M15 released on MTGO, M15, JOU and THS boosters have shown tremendous gains as booster specs. Sylvain discusses his spec with M15 boosters and invites speculators to (re)consider boosters in the future–especially with Khans of Tarkir coming up.

Nobody wants to buylist a card when the spread is super high–why should the dealer get all the profit? Jason Alt explains why his approach has changed of late, and when to consider shipping those cards anyway.

Although playing it safe with investments almost guarantees a positive return, it’s hard not to lament missed opportunity cost. This week Sigmund acknowledges this itch and reconciles his MTG Finance strategy going forward.

Zwischenzug updates Ivan Floch’s Pro Tour winning deck to beat the current Magic Online metagame. Is Elixir of Immortality absolutely necessary?

Scott Fielder discusses his experience building a Vintage scene from scratch, and offers tips for anyone looking to do the same in their home town.

Alexander Carl wraps up the “Mistakes We Make” series with one more bout of common speculation errors. Yet again, he taps into the wealth of experience from the QS community.

Adam played in a Modern PTQ and an invitation-only Standard tournament last weekend, and today he shares select tales from the experiences. Followed by an analysis of his local Standard event and results of GP Utrecht in the wake of PT M15, Adam reaches some startling conclusions about the Standard metagame.

After diverting some Magic funds to cover family expenses, Danny Brown is finally ready to reinvest! He discusses the cards he’s targeting to build his profile back up from a low spot.

Mike Lanigan presents his latest brew for Modern: a port of the old Aristocrats deck, replete with Chord of Calling and the Melira combo. Lastly he covers a few notable cards that are inching up in price.

Corbin Hosler checks in with the casual market and the promising cards from M15 to watch for. These are excellent cards to target as trade throw-ins, as their upside is relatively high.

David Schumann presents another Stock Watch, where he breaks down some of the biggest losers and gainers from the week.

Ryan lays down a few key premises to the current Modern format and brews a new list meant to take advantage of this landscape.