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Dark Ascension In Modern: Faithless Looting, Gravecrawler, And B/W Tokens

Todd Anderson believes there are a few Dark Ascension cards people are underestimating, especially in Modern. He explores Life from the Loam interactions and more in this article.

Dear Azami – Commanding The Darkness (Part Two)

Sean McKeown provides his view of Dark Ascension from the Command Tower! If you love EDH, you’ll love the new cards from the set.

The Sukenik Special – Burning The Secrets

Jonathan Sukenik really wants to make a graveyard-centric deck in Standard. Is staight U/R Vengeance the way to do it? Should it have Gravecrawler? Or should it play Havengul Lich?

Richmond Gets Richer

Dark Ascension makes its Constructed debut in Richmond, setting the tone for Pro Tour Honolulu and the Standard season to follow.

New Standard Decks For StarCityGames.com Open: Richmond

As always, with every set release, it’s the perfect time to be a brewer. There are so many good ideas floating around, but so little time…

The Magic Show Complete Dark Ascension Set Review (Green)

Join Todd Anderson, Gerry Thompson and myself as we talk about all of the Green cards in Dark Ascension!

Down In DC: Report And Reflection

When last you heard from me, I had just snagged my first Grand Prix Top 8 in Orlando with a sweet Humans deck, and I was gearing up for the StarCityGames.com Open in Washington D.C. This is the story of that tournament.

Rise Of Aintrazi – New Ingredients To The Cauldron

Control decks get much better; Birthing Pod got some new toys; Burning Vengeance got another enchantment; and we now have a token deck. Can these contenders take down tempo at StarCityGames.com Open: Richmond?

Dark Ascension Cards I’ll Be Playing (And A Few That I Won’t)

Sheldon reviews Dark Ascension for Commander. He looks at the new Generals and every spell, creature, and land for their EDH potential.

Dark Ascension In Modern

Reid Duke looks at the creature-based strategies and non-creature strategies of Modern with Dark Ascension. What are going to be the big players? Will Tokens make a comeback? What will Faithless Looting do to the format?

The Innovator’s Guide To Dark Ascension Standard: Part 2

Dark Ascension is broadening Standard, making more strategies viable. Patrick covers some of the new decks with real potential: Werewolves, Mono-Green, Zombies, and Dredge to start. Try something new at SCG Open: Richmond!

Dark Ascension’s Top 10 Constructed Cards

Without knowledge of the full spoiler, Jon Agley takes a stab at his Top 10 Constructed cards. Whether you agree with him or not, try to think of ways these cards might change Standard’s landscape; maybe you’ll see them in Richmond!

Kitty! The Cats Of Magic

When Innistrad came out, I relished its many horror tropes. The only real surprise (for me, at least) was the lack of black cats. Dark Ascension took care of that!

The Magic Show Complete Dark Ascension Set Review (Red)

In today’s installment, Gerry Thompson, Todd Anderson and I talk about all the Red cards in Dark Ascension. Join us, won’t you?

The Legacy Dark Ascension Set Review

Drew Levin goes in depth into Dark Ascension’s impact on Legacy. He reviews Grafdigger’s Cage and Faithless Looting in particular and their effects–which will be felt this weekend at Richmond’s Legacy Open.