Having less time for video games (due to health reasons) mean that I recently have more time for cards! I am currently just waiting for Mirrodin: Besieged's release and dabbling more in Elder Dragon Highlander, or EDH for short. It is a casual variant format which I have been playing for several months. It is possibly one of the most fun I've had in M:TG in years!
In EDH, each player builds a 100-card deck using only a single copy of any card (hence, highlander) including one Legendary Creature that the player chooses to be his General. The cards used in the deck has to share the General's colour(s). This General starts the game outside of the deck and can be cast into play. There are other rules of course but this is just the gist of it.
Due to the nature of the game, the format is all about casting big spells and watching crazy card interactions/combos unfold. As such, seemingly unplayable cards and junk rares have a home now. The fact that the format does not rotate makes it very accessible to former players as well who have lots of old cards lying around.
I am playing a Mono-Black EDH deck at the moment and it is very fun to use the best Black cards in M:TG, past and present. It feels like a trip down memory lane when I play old favourites that were popular during the time that they were Type II legal.
Wizards of the Coast have decided support the EDH format by releasing 5 precons this year. Apart from the name change (it will be officially known as "Commander" instead of EDH), the game will be untouched and will remain as a community-run format. Mono Black is cool but I'm looking forward to delve into the realm of multi-colour generals once I get my hands on the new Black/Green/White precon (my favourite 3 colours of MTG).
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