I don't really bother with Magic Standard cause it's more expensive than Pokemon TCG Standard/Modified. Alot of decks are running like 4 Jace the Mind Sculptor's, among other money cards that spike up in price like crazy due to Mythic Rarity like Vengevine. New Phyrexia did help counter against Jace even though JTMS is rotating out soon due to Zendikar block cycling out.
Sadly my Magic playerbase near my house is dying because of the economy and high gas prices and we have a very small playgroup. I'm lucky just to get a few games of Magic going at least and one friend I met up with plays Magic that moved into my town so we have a "somewhat" stable playerbase casual wise. I'm trying to get my friends into EDH/Commander but they usually prefer Kitchen Table Casual cause it doesn't take as long, that and with Kitchen Table Casual we can still play fun Combo decks like Brain Freeze, Elfball, Splinter Twin, etc.
It's sad that Yu-Gi-Oh! and Naruto players are missing out on much better TCG's like Magic, Pokemon,
and World of Warcraft. Heck I'm not sure If Legend of the 5 Rings is still around, nobody plays it in my area though. I also miss other TCG's I've played like Marvel/DC Vs. System, Dragonball Z/GT by Score, and Bleach by Score Entertainment. One time I tried the InuYasha TCG and it sucked big time cause there was a huge flaw in one of it's game mechanics.