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First paragraph under Standard is weird. Paraphrasing, "Controlling decks were good last week, but this week, controlling decks are good."  Huh?  I'm not even sure that the top decks are even very distingishable on that axis, honestly.

Second paragraph has this sentence: "Many of this week's Delver players shaved their third Gut Shot in favor of another cantrip or a third Equipment."  I'm trying to offer constructive criticism here: this kind of sentence needs to eiher be cut or else greatly expounded on, depending on what you're trying to say with it.  Seriously, no one's going to complain if you go off an a speculative spiel about how X/1's are having less overall impact on the metagame and what that might mean.  That's exactly the kind of stuff we want to hear about.

Third paragraph: Augur of Bolas.  Great! Discussion about a new card!  Comparing it to Snapcaster is interesting, although anyone can see it's much worse.  Give us some dicussion points!  Why might it be well-positioned?  Why is it worth doubling up on Snapcaster's effect?  What advantages does it have?

Fourth paragraph: "As I predicted last week"...no.  No stroking your ego, please.  This is not the place, and only earns you disrespect.

Fifth & Sixth paragraph: Interesting discussion of a niche archetype being well-positioned.  Great, again!  But don't say stuff like "The deck is surprisingly strong in the current metagame. Traditional Delver decks and most creature-based strategies are good matchups for the latest versions of the white-black deck. "  Be less dry and a lot more focused on the Why of things.  Focus in on the plays that make the archetype interesting outside of the goldfish experience.

Seventh paragraph: not really a lot of evidence that Delver is going away much, seeing as Delver is cheap (money-wise) and powerful, but you're entitled to your opinion.  Not really much else to say here.

The first paragraph of the Block section was mostly good, but stuff like "Some players have begun including one or two copies of Olivia Voldaren in their lists this week as well" isn't good.  Tell us why.  Tell us why it matters, what matchups they're strengthening, what they're sacrificing, what opportunities it opens up.  Exposition is good!

The second paragraph is the same.  Restoration Angel and Olivia are filling very similar roles in very similar decks.  Saying some decks played one while some played the other isn't interesting.  Examine this!  Speculate, give people something to talk about.  Why is a 4-mana flier important for the deck in this environment?  What utility is more important?  What is the impact of splashing a third color vs using a more mana-intensive card?

Overall, just be less dry (and to some extent, less pompous).  You don't actually need to cover every decktype in every format every week, either - if you spend a couple paragraphs on something you think is really cool, you can afford to skimp on the stuff where you can't think of anything interesting to say.

This article simply highlights a major problem with Wizards of the Coast and their design department for Magic: The Gathering.

Their utter hatred for White.

You always hear about "Blue/White Control" where the main reason the White is in there is maybe 1 creature and some board wipe.
You always here about "Mono black" or "Blue/Black Control" or "Black/White Control" and it is fairly obvious what Wizards wants out of White. Wizards wants White to be nothing but support for other colors.

You never hear about "Mono-White" decks being tournament competitive.

Blue decks however... Always... And why not? Blue, Black, and Red have all of the good tools.

They have the counters, they have the spot removal, heck Red has one of the best board wipes ever written now with Bonfire of the Damned... Aka Laser Guided Board Wipe.

What does white do better than any other color?

Nothing really useful that is what.

Come on Wizards, make White viable for once. Give it all of the tools. Give it decent spot removal. Give it the ability to accelerate itself (like Black, Red, and Green have!) and give it the ability to compete with the others for a decent spot. Stop making white simply support.