Stephen Murray gives us his tournament report from his very successful weekend in Glasgow where he won a PTQ and nearly backed it up by winning the WMCQ also! Read all about Stephen's winning ways here!

Jack Amy gives a run down of the guilds and what to expect at this weekend's prereleases. Be sure to Check it out here!

With the Gatecrash prereleases approaching rapidly we have a great prerelease primer for you, which has been put together by 2 of our Chelmsford regulars, Ben Brown and Elliot Mycock. If you are new to prereleases or unsure of which guild to play, then this is a great article for you. Really informative with a lot of information on how the prereleases works and which guilds may suit your play style. Check the article out now by clicking here

Wondering which cards will be hits once Gatecrash has been released? Well look no further! Jack has given his initial thoughts with around 90 cards spoiled. It's a great article to get the creative juices flowing, so click here to give it a read.

We look back at the recent PTQ and previewing next year's events. We take a look at new, bigger prize pools and much more! Check out the article here

New store, PTQ Gatecrash, Realms Qualfier, X-Con (our new convention), deals and much much more in this month's editorial! Check out all things Xtreme here.

Find out what's happening at the Return to Ravnica prereleases, who's gunslinging and where we are trading this weekend! Click here for all of the details!

Looking to attend a Return to Ravnica prerelease? Not sure how it works, want some background information for the guilds, or need some help deciding which guild to play? Well Jack has put together a fantastic article to help out with all of the above. To read the article click here.

Graeme gives a report of how the PTQ season went, what standard deck he played and how he is going about testing in the future. The full article can be read here

This month Flounce brings us an interview with Matt Light, one of the top UK players. They discuss Legacy as a format, the UK Legacy scene, deck lists and much more. You can check out the whole interview here

On the release date of From the Vault: Realms Jack discusses his thoughts on the lands included in this year's From the Vault. Additionally he has compiled a list of the various types of mana fixing for the format with his Riku deck in mind (possible spoiler for a future article). You can read it now by clicking here.

Flounce gives his report of Grand Prix Ghent experience, giving the highs and lows of the trip as well as key matchups. Additionally Flounce gives his reasoning behind what he played and a look at one of the new decks of the format - Omniscience. Check the article out now!

Jack gives a review of the deck list he played in Cardiff at the recent PTQ. Additionally Jack gives a report of how the tournament went. To read the article, click here.

Following up the article earlier in the week is the second part of the M13 set review from a Commander point of view. Additionally Jack gives you a list of his current deck of choice. Check the article out here!

A brand new Commander article from Jack Amy. Jack looks at White through to Black of M13 discussing the possible uses of the rares and mythics. Check out part 1!

Stephen goes through his initial thoughts on some of the overrated and under-appreciated uncommons in the M13 draft format. It's a great read and will help out during the M13 online prerelease events. Check it out here!

A brand new article from Kyle introduces the idea of using Talrand, Sky Summoner in Standard. Check out his thoughts and decklist by clicking here

Graeme reviews the first 2 Scottish WMCQs. Testing, deck choice, tournament report and a brief review of the 2 events are all within the report, which is due to be followed up with a 2nd report. Check out his thoughts and views here

The next installment of Breaking Through is here! Flounce talks about the recent bannings, GP Atlanta, Maverick and M13! Check out the article by here!

Today we bring you another brand new writer for Xtremetrades. Kyle gives you his thoughts on the current Standard Miracles deck, discussing the pros and cons of a deck like this. Check out the new article here!

Stephen gives us a full report how he took down the last Scottish WMCQ. Check out his deck list, how he went about finalising card qualitities and the matchups he faced by clicking here for the full report!

One of our first brand new columns and brand new writers! Jack Amy brings us an introduction to Commander, his initial thoughts on the Magic 2013 spoiler with respect to Commander, an interesting deck idea and some thoughts on the bannings. Go check it out here!

Flounce returns from Annecy, France to give you his account of Bazaar of Moxen 2012. Additionally he offers views on a few deck lists and discusses the impact of .iracle cards on the Legacy format. It's a great read so click here to view the article

This is the first article is a line of article series coming to you from Xtremetrades. check out what's new and what's coming over the months by clicking here.

Brand new article on Legacy from Flounce. He looks at the UK metagame, studies the differences between it and the US/European metagame and give a breakdown of his version of Stoneblade. Check the article out here!

Graeme reflects on how he thought 2011 went and looks to the future of his Magic career. Also Graeme analyses the current Modern metagame. Check out his thoughts and more by clicking here.

A brief report of the Xtreme Trades Dark Ascension Game Day can be found within along with final standings, prizes and deck lists. Check out how our game day went.

A brand new Legacy article from Flounce this week. It was submitted before Christmas, but after a few technical problems we now have it up. Hope you enjoy it. Check out Flounce's thoughts on Nic Fit, Brainstorm and Goblins here!

Stephen gives us a review of some of the top performing Modern decks. It's a great read to begin to get into the current modern metagame before the PTQs start in January! Give it a read here!

The final article in Will's Sealed Series is now up. He looks through the same pool Stephen examined earlier in the week. Also the last 2 picks for the draft master competition can be found at the end of the article. Find out Will's thoughts on this week's sealed pool here!

The final article in the Sealed Series comes with two picks for the Draft Master competition. This sealed deck is also reviewed later in the week by Will Dunn to get 2 different perspectives on the sealed pool. Click here to check out the article.

A brand new Legacy article from our resident Legacy writer, Ben Shirley. He gives some thoughts on the Team America deck he took to Amsterdam and some insight into the rise in popularity of the RUG decks. Check it out here!

Will's 3rd article in the Sealed Series is now up! Included is his thinking behind the second pick of our Draft Master Competition, a brand new sealed deck walkthrough and the next pack in our Draft Master Competition. Click here to check the article out now!

Stephen's new weekly column begins here! The column also includes the ongoing Draft Master competition. He continues the weekly sealed series helping you out with Innistrad sealed. Click here to read more!

Will's 2nd article in the Sealed Series is now up! Included is his thinking behind the first pick of our Draft Master Competition, a brand new sealed deck walkthrough and the next pack in our Draft Master Competition. Click here to check the article out now!

Having announced a new monthly column last week, we are now proud to announce Will Dunn's regular weekly slot here on Thursdays. He'll keep you up to date with tournament formats of each season. For the next month or so he'll be focusing on Innistrad limited and here is the first of the sealed deck series. Additionally we start our first weekly column based competition series. Check out the article for some great strategy and our Draft Master competition!

Welcome to our new monthly column brought to you by Ben "Flounce" Shirley. Every month he'll be giving you the lowdown on all things Legacy. Flounce gives a run down of what Legacy is, how Mental Misstep's banning has changed the format and which Innistrad cards have made an impact so far. Additionally there is some bonus info on his GP Amsterdam deck. Check out the first of many new columns now!

Stephen gives us his thoughts on some of the overplayed/underplayed commons & uncommons in Innistrad, giving a good review of his thoughts behind why each one is overrated/underrated. Click here to read Stephen's thoughts.

We bring you the 2nd part of Will's Nationals report. With some great lessons on drafting and lesson on how to play tight this is a great read. Check out the article now!

Will Dunn gives us his thoughts and match reports from Great British Nationals 2011. Additionally for those looking to take his deck into the new standard metagame there is a bit of analysis on the deck too. Read Will's article by clicking here

Will gives us a run through of his deck choice from British Nationals. He goes through his testing process and why he played each card in the deck. Also there is a summary of why other cards didn't make the deck. It's a great read and offers a lot of insight into deck building. You can read the article here.

Here's the second part of Stephen's mission to qualify for Pro Tour Philly. He goes through the deck changes made between Nottingham and Gravesend and how the PTQ Philly in Gravesend went. Click here to read the 2nd part!

Stephen goes through his route to qualifying for Pro Tour Philadelphia. Find out how he came about his decklist, how he went about improving the list and how the PTQ season has gone for him. Check out the first part to his article here!

Read how Nick nearly missed the event, how Skithiryx won Nick many games and how awesome Spread the Sickness is. You can read how day 1 went here!

Mark gives us his report from the nats qualifier in Brighton and includes a run down on why he played Caw Blade, what changes he made prior to the tournament and what he would change having played the event. Check out the article here!

David gices us the ins and outs of Tezzeret with detailed information on how to play the deck, how to sideboard with the deck and how he qualified for Nationals with the deck. Find out the ins and outs of Tezzeret and how David qualified for nationals now!

Carcassonne is a classic Euro board games. It's simple, a lot of fun, but with ample amounts of strategy involved. Based in the French town of Carcassonne, players must strategically build roads, farms and villages to score points. Check out Lee's review for this classic!

Having qualified for British Nationals this year, Rich has given us the lowdown on the current Standard metagame. It's a great read and very useful for gauntlet testing Standard, taking a deck to FNM or just catching up with the metagame. Check out his the metagame for the National Qualifiers and upcoming PTQs!

Nightfall is a brand new and exciting deck building game from AEG. It offers a great new mechanic known as "chains", which offer an interesting new way of carrying out a deck building. Check out Lee's review for this brand new game!

Lee is back and reviews one of the best games around, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has been a top game for many a year and is always a popular choice. Check out his thoughts and review by clicking here!

We have a brand new deck building game available this week! Check out the details and purchase a copy now!

This week we have deck reviews from SCG Open in Edison and the Channel Fireball $5k event. Check out the details here!

Check out what's been going on this week in Magic: the Gathering. Details on how the SCG Open went and some innovative new deck ideas. Check it out here!

With the new draft format in full force (the latest set drafted first), Graeme gives us the inside information on how he goes about drafting. If you're new to the game it's certainly a great read. If you've played for a while, then you will still take some pieces of insight away with you. Click here to check out the article now!

Week in Review is in its 2nd week. Apologies for the delay this week. Here is everything from last week including a review of GP Denver. Click here to check it out!

This week Lee reviews a classic card game, Dominion. This game has been around for a few years, but it is still much loved and played by many. Check out his thoughts and review by clicking here!

Here is a new column for Xtremetrades where we'll have a round up of top Magic events and all thing Xtremetrades! Be sure to check back every Friday as we'lll keep it going as long as possible. To check out the first roundup of the year click here!

Stephen gives us his thoughts on the possible constructed playables from Mirrodin Besieged. Find out what he thinks of Red, Green, Multicoloured, Artifacts and Land. Find out his thoughts on Red through to Land by clicking here!

After a few weeks break due to our busy period of a new Magic release we bring you our next installment from Board Game Corner. This week it is the award winning game of palace building - Alhambra. Check out Lee's thoughts and how to play this great award winning game!

Stephen gives us his thoughts on the possible constructed playables from Mirrodin Besieged. Find out what he thinks of White, Blue and Black. Find out his thoughts on White through to Black by clicking here!

Rich gives his an extensive look at Faeries offering advice on which cards to play, how to play each matchup and gives us the deck he would play right now. Check out the Fae Deck Tech here!

Want a peek at some initial thoughts on Mirrodin Besieged? Well here's your chance. Richard gives us his initial thoughts on a few Mirrodin Besieged cards before the prerelease. Take a peek now by clicking here!

Rich gives his thoughts on the current versions of the Extended Valakut deck. From Wargate to Scapeshift to creature based builds they're all here. Check out the Valakut Extended Deck Tech here!

Here at Xtremetrades we aim to give you more! We will have weekly board game reviews from Lee. This week we have the very popular new game 7 Wonders on show. Check out how this game looks and feels by clicking here!

Rich gives us the highs and lows of his first World Championship experience. In the second part Rich tells us how Day 3 went with the final team rounds and the Extended portion of Worlds. Check out part 2 here!

With the extended PTQ season approaching quickly we will be bringing you more extended aritcles. Here's our first one where Richard gives us the breakdown of the Extended metagame post Worlds. Click here to read more about the most popular extended decks!

Here at Xtremetrades we aim to give you more! We will have weekly board game reviews from Lee starting this week with Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer and Civilization. Click here to check out Lee's thoughts on both of these games!

Rich gives us the highs and lows of his first World Championship experience. In the first part we get the lowdown on the first day of standard, the first 2 rounds of the team event and the first draft of Day 2. Check out part 1 here!

After the World Championships this weekend Graeme gives us his views on building a gauntlet and advancing your testing for a format. Click here to read his thoughts and theories on testing!

Cube drafting is an incredibly fun format, offering many variations in how to draft, play and construct it. We'll have a series of articles on how to do just that as Rich brings us his first article on what a cube is, the different ways you can go about building one and what there is to think about when constructing it. Check out his article now!

Rich gives us his first Scars of Mirrodin walkthrough! Check out what he drafts, how he goes about making his picks and how highly he rates cards. Along with the videos we hope to bring you more draft walkthroughs, so let us and our writers know what you think. Click here to view the draft!

Richard gives us his views on the top 5 common picks in each colour. In part 2 Rich brings us his views on Green, artifact creatures, non-creature artifacts and his overall picks. Click here to read his views!

Graeme gives us something different with his first article as he looks at gaming communities. He gives us his thoughts and experiences within his community. Click here to read his thoughts!

Mark gives us his view on how he went about building and playing his prerelease sealed deck. It's some useful insight into how he values cards from a new set. See Mark's initial thoughts here!

Richard gives us his views on Scars of Mirrodin limited giving us his views on the mechanics and how he would go about drafting them. Click here to read his views!

Richard gives us his views on the top 5 common picks in each colour. In part 1 Rich brings us his views on White through to Red. Click here to read his views!

Stephen gives us his view of underrated and overrated Scars uncommons in limited. An interesting take on how he evaluates uncommons by relating them to existing cards. Click here to read his views!

Richard gives us the 2nd installment of his nationals journey. Find out how the 2nd draft went and how his Naya deck performed in the final rounds. Click here for the second part!

Jonathan Randle gives us his 2nd day experiences at the British Nationals. Find out how well he does in the 2nd draft, 4 rounds of standard and the top 8. Click here for part 2!

Haven't played a pre-release? Want a bit of advice on how to build your sealed deck? Or looking for a bit of insight into how others build their sealed deck? If so look no further, Rich has given a break down of how he goes about building his sealed pools. Click here to read his views!

Stephen looks at the current metagame and how it will change over the coming weeks with the influx of Scars. Click here to read his views!

Mark goes through his Pro Tour Amsterdam performance as well as giving you an insight to what else there is to do at the Pro Tour! Click here to find out more!

Richard gives us a day-by-day account of how nationals was for him with insight into his preparation, sideboard choices and draft strategy. Click here for the first installment!

Jonathan Randle gives us his insight into how he chose his deck, prepared for the draft and reports on his route to the top 8 of the British Nationals Championships. Click here for part 1!

Dan has compiled the 2nd part of his trip to San Juan. See how Dan does against Hall of Famers Dawin Kastle Mess and Jon Finkel. Click here to read Dan's musings for Day 2!

Mark has been a top player in the UK for a number of years now and he's given us some insight into how he looks at the impact of a new set. Mark looks at the current standard metagame and which M11 cards will affect it the most. Click here to read Mark's first article!

The British National Champion has put together a report of his trip to San Juan where he went in search of Level 4 on the Pro Tour. Click here to read Dan's time preparing for the Pro Tour and how he got on in Day 1!