Gatecrash has been on the shelves a couple of weeks now, and that means one thing. It is time for the Pro Tour. As a competitive Magic player, I always look forward to the Pro Tour. I get to see the best players in the world compete at the highest level. It gives me the opportunity to study the masters of the game and learn from them.

After I placed Top 8 at the SCG Atlanta Standard Open, the following comments were made on my Facebook wall by fellow Phyrexian Arena writers.

We have a new Standard format upon us and it's time to get our hands dirty.  The first event using the new format is going to be SCG Atlanta.  I have the fortune of being able to attend this event.  That means I need to find a deck.  Picking the right deck can be difficult, though.

Hello, and welcome to Ideas Unbound.  This will be a weekly article covering various aspects of Magic strategy.  This is my first attempt at writing Magic strategy so it will improve over time.  Since we are deep into spoiler season for Gatecrash, I thought we would take a look at a card with a lot of hype around it.  Let’s take a look at a few different ideas as to how best to utilize our newest Planeswalker.

This was reported a couple of hours ago by GatheringMagic.com after the card was discovered during a RTR draft:

It has come to the attention of The Phyrexian Arena from our friends at MTGSalvation.com that someone has begun spoiling Gatecrash cards!