Yann Massicard talks about his Standard deck from Pro Tour San Diego and analyzes the most important matchups. Our level 6 pro goes over possible updates and sideboard changes.

Being motivated is one of the most important things in life. No matter what you are trying to achieve. Level 4 pro Joel Calafell discusses the importance of motivation in Magic and illustrates several ways to keep your motivation high.

In this installment of "Ask the Pro", level 4 pro player Nico Bohny answers the most interesting questions from Blackborder users. He explains which cards would be needed to deal with Jund, presents an updated version of his favorite Standard deck, discusses the value of Baneslayer Angel and much more!

This week we've got phenomenal swiss rounds recorded, a top eight recorded, and records recorded from Pro Tour San Diego. Post-San Diego we also saw the Standard 5k. So we'll delve into the newest Standard innovations, note some Extended sideboard tech for the hottest list, observe the apotheosis to Rise of the Eldrazi spoilers, and more. So let's draw.

Even though I didn’t put up an impressive performance in San Diego the trip itself was great fun, and so I decided I would share my experience with the world. This is technically a tournament report, but I’m not a huge fan of monotonous round-by-round write-ups, and so it will focus more on what happened outside of the tournament than what happened in it.