Editors' Corner The "Whys" of the DCI Senior Editor Kevin McLaughlin goes into the "whys" of some of the recent DCI changes, and how players can better deal with them. Feature Articles Stretching Dominia Dollars, Part V David Wilson talks about the great deals that can be found in the multicolor Gold cards Psychic Mages Duel David Wilson shows this predictably quick and easy to play alternative Magic game Commentaries Weatherlight & Portals: A Dangerous Crossroads? Da Sarge continues his extremely controversial series with this month's commentary of the upcoming Weatherlight and Portals sets. Rumblings about DCI: Are they justified? New contributor Erin Feeney analyzes DCI's restriction/ban policy A World of Diversity New Canadian contributor John MacMillan talks about the wonderfully diverse Magic world. In Defense of the Card Rarity System "Why is this stupid Jokulhaups six bucks?" Strategy Strategy of the Deckmaster, Part One Contributor Christopher Askwith builds a sample red/white burn/life deck to illustrate how easy methodical deck-building can be. Introduces the "Scientific Deck Building Method" for new Magic players. Card Spotlight -- Meekstone This month, Jaybie Cantey takes a look at this useful artifact The New Magic New contributor Justin Gary takes a close look at the new type two environment and examines a few potentially powerful deck types.

Deckbuilding Deck Genesis : Gandalf's Strategy from 0 to 60 This month, Gandalf steps through the construction of an excellent black deck Land Deprevation With My Trusty Desolation New contributor Alex Wilson presents this interesting deck based around Desolation and Mana Vortex I Don't Miss My Erhnams!! Spanish senior contributor Mariano Benito discusses this new Type II deck. Who needs Erhnams!! Fan Fiction Into Oblivion - Part 5 of the Quest for Lim-Dûl Brett Martin presents Part Five of "Into Oblivion". Check out this excellent fan fiction that everyone's raving about! A Fire Burning Brightly, Part 1 Breaking away from his normal fare of War Mill related stories, Jake takes us into the early development of a planeswalker. Join him as he travels to the plane of Deirkreth, befriends the Shivan Dragon, Shackretash, and moves on to the frozen world of Aeroon. The Circles of Death, Part Two The dark side of Dominia... Feature Art Magma Djinn A very interesting art piece by Brazilian contributor Eduardo Rocha (16k)