Bill Boulden and Laura Diemer join us this episode to talk about their new album, Katana and Tonic, which drops Thursday, January 12. We’ve also got Eric with us again! Marcel even makes a cameo at the end! After we cover all the news and whatnot, we took a quick break to wait until midnight so we could check out the first Dark Ascension previews. Hope everyone enjoys!

It’s generally accepted that Red is the worst color in Commander, but what happens when you try to build a Red deck that plays like a Blue deck? Let’s find out!

Corbin Hosler examines some recently-spoiled Dark Ascension images and breaks down what we can expect from the set!

Bloodline Keeper in Standard? Mike Lanigan shows you how and why.

Doug Linn speculates on a few off the wall ideas for modern brewers.

In his final article, Jules is, once again, Going in Blind.

Feeling lucky? I hope so, because this week’s article is all about the Cascade lottery!

Mike Lanigan takes a look at a post-bannings Modern.

Follow Jules on his exploration of the rewards and dangers of foiling out Commander decks.

Carlos is getting into the spirit of the season with Zedruu the Greathearted, but it seems Zedruu is better equipped to be dishing out vengeance instead of gifts!

Mike Lanigan runs over updates to his Green-White Token deck and makes an argument for attending a large tournament sometime this year.

Mark Hinsz recounts this past weekend’s SCG Invitational event, where he piloted Big Zoo in Legacy and Dungrove Elder Wolf Run in Standard, and shares with us his thoughts on the meta and the refreshing philosophical lens he’s recently applied to the game.