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Wise Buys – Picking Your Dark Ascension Standard Deck

What kind of decisions should you be making when you pick Standard decks? Does cost matter? Wes Wise looks at a few top tier decks and evaluates them from a financial perspective.

Cube Chronicles Quarterly: Dark Ascension, Part 1

Usman Jamil and Justin Parnell team up to evaluate Dark Ascension for cube! If you’re a cube enthusiast, you can’t miss this two-part article series.

Dear Azami – So I Hear You Like Elves…

Ezuri, Renegade Leader put Elves back on the map in Standard, but how does it do as a General in Commander? Sean McKeown helps out a reader with his mono-green concoction.

Modern Musings With A Splash Of Dark Ascension

Peter Ingram talks about his PTQ experience with Splinter Twin and dives into some other decklists for Modern as well as reasons to play each of the colors in the format.

Dark Excitement Comes Standard

Looking over the spoilers for the 19,275th time, I’m still finding cool interactions and fun things to be doing. Are they going to turn the StarCityGames.com Open Series on its head?

Yo! MTG Taps! Episode 95 – Kran-tastic

Joey is joined by guest Matt “Kranny” Kranstuber of the In Contention podcast to talk about why they’re so pumped for the fresh Standard format! Afterwards, is netdecking making Legacy unfun?

Searching For Diamonds

Valeriy has decklists, advice, and adorable plushies packed into his analysis of Dark Ascension Standard!

Springboard 22

Mike Flores strays from his usual Top 10 list into a Top 22 list for Dark Ascension. These cards are the best for launching new decks, shaping the metagame, and providing food for thought.

A Zombie Infestation

Joshua Cho Top 8ed both the Standard and Legacy Opens in DC, and he put Hovermyr on the map. Today he’s here to make Zombies in Standard. Braaaiins!

Video: Richmond Open Forum!

Sit down with Glenn Jones, Adam Bowles, Jason Reedy and pro player Nicholas Spagnolo to take a quick look at this weekend’s Richmond Open! Get all the info on the event, where to play FNM nearby and hear the Top 5 (incredibly cringe-inducing) puns not to be featured during the player meeting this weekend!

The Magic Show Complete Dark Ascension Set Review (Gold/Artifact/Lands)

The thrilling conclusion is here! In our final installment, Gerry Thompson, Todd Anderson and myself finish up our Dark Ascension review by discussing all of the Artifact, Gold and Land cards in the set!

Modern Metagame Brews

Kibler’s excited to see all the online creativity going on in the Modern format, and can’t wait to join the fray himself following Pro Tour Honolulu!

Dark Ascension Set Review: Part Two

Brian DeMars and Mark Hornung wrap up their Vintage set review with Grafdigger’s Cage, Gravecrawler, Tragic Slip, and some other surprising candidates.

Modern: A Brewer’s Paradise

Modern is starting to shape up to be a brewer’s paradise. Multiple new decks have emerged in the last couple weeks. Jund, Merfolk, and the terrifying Splinter Twin are becoming poor choices. Let’s find out why!

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Ratchet Bomb… With Glissa

Building on his love of green, black, and Birthing Pod, Benny looks to combine Glissa with Ratchet Bomb in a Pod list featuring Dark Ascension for the Richmond Standard Open!