Ryan recounts his trip to the SCG Open weekend in Kansas City, breaking down his performance with the Standard Naya deck he built and played. Read on to see his analysis of the shape Standard is taking as the season's first PTQ's go in the books.

Many people are already gearing up to out their Innistrad stock before rotation. Jared looks at the future metagame and asks what we should be acquiring in exchange.

David Schumann describes a method for encouraging casual players in your local area to trade for some low-velocity cards: play a deck that features them.

In something of an ebullient mood, Jason Alt gushes about his excellent weekend at GP Pittsburgh before reviewing the results from Kansas City.

After a crazy Modern PTQ season, things have suddenly become quiet. This lull won't last, so now is the time to reevaluate portfolios and identify gaps. Sigmund provides a slightly different way when considering balance of risk / reward.

Between now and the release of Dragon's Maze, speculation opportunities may be sparse on MTGO. Matthew Lewis suggests looking to boosters in the meantime.

Ryan has jumped on the slowly-growing Domri Rade bandwagon, and offers up several Naya lists for your consideration as the Standard PTQ season gets under way.

Corbin discusses a recent surge casual prices and looks at several cards from newer sets that may experience similar spikes down the road.

This year's Modern season departs with one last huzzah, GP San Diego. Mike Lanigan looks over decklists and discusses the last-minute developments.

Jared Elick surveys the current value of several planeswalkers and predicts whether they're on the rise or declining.