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Reader Mailbag

Find out what fans of Commander asked Sheldon when he solicited them for questions and his answers to those questions in part one of Reader Mailbag.

Updating Legacy Zombies

Read about Sam’s journey as he explores adding three Return to Ravnica cards to his Legacy Zombie deck: Deathrite Shaman, Lotleth Troll, and Abrupt Decay.

Gold Cards: A Gilded Prerelease

Which guild should you choose at your Return to Ravnica Prerelease? Jon Agley breaks down the removal and combat tricks in the set by guild so that you can make an informed decision this weekend.

In Contention # 95 – Episode Ninety-Five

In this episode of In Contention, the official podcast of the SCG Open Series, Reuben, Kranny and Joey discuss the recent SCG Invitational results and best picks out of Return to Ravnica for Legacy and Standard.

How To Beat The Rotation: What Worked Last Time?

SCG Standard Open: Indianapolis winner Dayv Doberne takes a look at the early tournaments of Scars-Innistrad Standard to see what we can learn from the initial successful strategies before the upcoming rotation.

Awaken The Giant: Martello Shops And 3rd Place At Vintage Champs

Raffaele Forino placed third with Martello Shops at the Vintage Champs at Gen Con this year. Read his tournament report that provides you with more than just one aspect of an event, Shop theory, or his journey as a player.

The SCG Invitational In Atlanta And More

Two-time GP winner Gerry Thompson tells you how he did at SCG Invitational: Atlanta this past weekend and why he’s excited that Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle has been unbanned in Modern.

Limiting Chance: Six-Land Hands

Does the chance of drawing spells really go up when your hand is flooded with land? Let’s apply some mathematics and find out.

Laying Down The Gauntlet: Combo And Control

This week three-time GP Top 8 competitor Ari Lax rounds out the new Standard gauntlet he began compiling last week with combo and control and reanalyzes the old lists in light of the completed spoiler.

Riding The Volcano

Valeriy’s favorite Magic card, Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, has just been unbanned from Modern, so today he goes over some ideas he has begun working on for decks with it.

Magic: The Newsening – Episode 13

Join Reuben Bresler as he covers the latest top stories in the Magic: The Gathering world!

Jund, Populate, And Mono Red

Innovative deckbuilder Patrick Chapin discusses Jund, which is likely to be one of the most successful and popular decks in new Standard, shares a populate brew, and talks about the revival of Mono Red.

Cubers Anonymous – Return To Ravnica Review, Part One

Check out the first part of Cube enthusiast Justin Parnell’s review of Return to Ravnica in which he goes over the white, blue, black, red, green, and artifact cards that could be relevant for your cube!

Power Creep

Which kinds of cards are safe to invest in? Which staples are next to get steamrolled by more powerful or efficient competitors? What does the overall increase of Magic’ power level mean for the future of the game? Read on to find out!

Dear Azami – Returning To Ravnica With Rakdos, Lord Of Riots

Cassidy McAuliffe reminisces about experiencing Ravnica the first time around and drops a fresh Commander deck based around Rakdos, Lord of Riots, the new guild leader that he’s dying to pull from a pack.