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Reflections On Ramp And The Last Burst For Kuldotha Phoenix

Read about the Standard deck that renowned rogue brewer Adrian Sullivan has been playing a lot lately and feels is a reasonable choice for SCG Open Series: Atlanta featuring the Invitational this weekend.

Laying Down The Gauntlet: Aggro And Midrange

Although the complete Return to Ravnica spoiler isn’t out yet, Ari decided to go ahead and start building a Standard gauntlet with the decks that will change the least and test new decks the most: aggro and midrange.

The Financial Value Of Return To Ravnica: Daily Edition

Updated 9/18 Tuesday 11:20 PM EDT! Ben Bleiweiss is doing something different this spoiler season! Don’t miss his daily updates on the Financial Value of Return to Ravnica.

Promos 101

Have you ever wondered where that weird foil or full art card came from or what the most valuable FNM card of all time is? Chas has got you covered in his first article in a series on promotional Magic cards.

Going Infinite With Angel Of Serenity

If you’re a power gamer trying to break formats, Patrick Chapin thinks it’s your duty to attempt to exploit Angel of Serenity’s infinite possibilities in Return to Ravnica Standard.

Farewell Scars And The Rise Of Midrange

Instead of talking about Return to Ravnica spoilers, Brian Kibler looks at the key cards from Scars block and M12 that will no longer be around in Standard and what that might mean moving forward.

Return To Ravnica Sketches

This week Mike shows you a few rough Return to Ravnica Standard decklists to give you some new and different ideas of what can be (and how the shape of the world might soon look) with the new set.

More Brewing With R2R

More spoilers from Return to Ravnica have been released, which means two-time Grand Prix winner Gerry Thompson has been hard at work brewing up more decks for new Standard.

Modern Exploration

GP Nashville winner Reid Duke continues telling you about the decks he encountered during his journey in the world of Modern for the Players Championship, including Jund, Zoo, and more!

Brad vs. Gerry: Junk Reanimator vs. U/W/R Delver

Get ready to play Standard with Return to Ravnica by watching Brad and Gerry continue to test decks with cards from the new set!

Mana In the Future

Pro Tour Philadelphia Top 4 competitor Sam Black takes an in-depth look at how mana bases in Standard will probably be built between the release of Return to Ravnica and Gatecrash.

The Death Of Delver?

Was Delver’s absence in the Top 16 of SCG Standard Open: Portland a fluke or should you expect its decline to continue at SCG Classic Series: Richmond and the SCG Standard Open in Los Angeles?

Environmental Change

GP Nashville finalist Ari Lax tells you why Innistrad Block Constructed at best will be a loose predictor of new Standard and then goes over some of the Return to Ravnica spoilers with that frame of reference.

Analyzing My Results

Learn how to tune your deck selection skills with GerryT as he takes a look at his results organized by archetype to see which types of decks he has been most successful with.

Brad vs. Gerry: B/G Zombies vs. Jund

In this playtesting video Brad and Gerry try out two decks containing proxies of cards from Return to Ravnica that they think could become major players in new Standard.