Today Paul looks at the recent Pauper bans and his deck of choice for the format. He also contemplates what could be getting banned from other formats.

Beardy talks about some of the tools he uses to brew, build, and test his new Commander deck ideas. Could his process help you complete your next deck?

This week Andrew begins a series on Layers and continuous effects. What are layers? How do they work? Let’s find out by exploring the first layer: Copy effects!

Francesco concludes his series on Chinese literary sources in Magic flavor with a deep dive into Luo Guanzhong’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

As Modern crawls with red one-drops, David tries to answer the question burning in everyone’s mind: is Ragavan or DRC king among them?

Adam drafts a spicy Red-Black Aristocrats deck in the Magic: The Gathering Arena Cube.

Jordan applies pillar thinking to Modern, identifying five distinct macro-archetypes to carve out a holistic picture of the format.

A lot has been happening behind the scenes here at QS. Today Paul breaks down what we’ve been working on, and some of the exciting things in the works for 2022.

This week our new resident rules guru Andrew breaks down priority. What is priority? How does it work? What are some common shortcuts used in a typical game?

Beardy talks about absurd decks that reduce the game to the lowest common denominator. Do these degenerate decks have value or should they be avoided?

David closes the books on 2021 with a full-on year-end metagame report. Best performers? Biggest disappointments? Place your bets and see!

Adam takes a walk down memory lane and lists his top 10 honorable mentions for cards new to Modern from 2021.

Paul’s looking forward to a lot of things Magic-related in 2022. This week he shares his three Magic-related goals for the year.