Alex Bertoncini was banned for 18 months by the DCI for cheating. His story was major news in the community. Once the poster-boy for the SCG Open circuit, he was found to have cheated multiple times on camera. Now he’s back, having finished 2nd in the Legacy Open in Providence last weekend and 63rd in the GP in Toronto this weekend. What makes him, or anyone, a great villain?

The Obliterator continues his Shardless BUG love affair and single handedly reinvigorates his own interest in Modern: The Gathering. What a humanitarian!

This is what I look like when I 0-3 drop from the last sealed PTQ of the season.

Tony drafts a solid UB deck but has trouble getting results.

What does Thanksgiving mean to the Eternal player?

Brendan considers the mature Theros limited format and goes Metta World Peace with various Hipstery jokes.

This week, Shawn writes about his old LGS and the unsettling actions of its owner. He also runs Rakdos Aggro through another Standard tournament with mixed results.

Zach has been taking a break from Limited lately and playing with 60 (or sometimes even zero) cards.

Jess talks about Prossh, Skyraider of Kher in this installment of her Commander 2013 rundown. These decks should all be fairly strong pickups should you find one of them in the wild. They’re all really good, and of them Prossh is in competition for the most powerful of the lot.

We’ve learned about some major news events this year, and What We Learned covered all of them. From GP Charlotte to GP Vegas, and from Magic Offline to Modern Masters, it has been an exciting year. We look back now on 52 weeks of what we learned.

The Obliterator embraces Reid Duke’s wizard mantra and has a blast at GP DC playing Shardless BUG!