Grand Prix: Chicago was this past weekend and the format was Modern. How good for us! Modern moves a lot of card prices, even though it doesn’t get played that much. It’s the reason that Remand and Kitchen Finks are worth so much; why Path to Exile pushes $5. The PTQ season is coming up and Modern cards are going to be in demand for awhile. With continued WOTC support, with Modern Masters, with shocklands being reprinted, this format is coming together… if it can deal with Jund.

Matthew goes over some acquisitions he’s made recently in anticipation of the upcoming Modern season, providing details to illustrate his MTGO investment method in action.

The PTQ schedule helps govern price fluctuations on MTGO just as in the paper world. Matthew describes what you need to know to benefit from changing interest in formats.

Ryan discusses why playing and predicting the metagame is integral to success and offers a Modern deck list to consider.

Carlos continues the theme of expanding on other people’s Commander decks, this time bringing us some flashback action with Dralnu, Lich Lord.

As a rule Carlos isn’t a fan of countermagic, but this weeks he goes off the deep end with a deck that tries to counter all the spells! Check out Ertai, the Corrupted and his horde of Merfolk minions!

Corbin looks back at trades he made years ago and finds out how those trades look today and what lessons can be learned from them!

Worldwake is most iconic for Jace, The Mindsculptor, so let’s get that out of the way at the beginning. WWK has so much more going for it (okay, beyond just Stoneforge Mystic). Worldwake has several good-value rares and mythic rares, and thanks to how it was drafted, those cards will be worth more because so few were opened. Here’s what happened…

Sigmund discusses two trends he utilizes when the Standard format rotates, making capital even though many cards plunge in value.

Breaking up is hard to do. Breaking things in Commander is easy. Carlos is back with a Gifts Ungiven deck, minus the Gifts. Really!

The commanders in Innistrad all state they’re not dead. Jules digs to the bottom of this.

Prepping for the upcoming rotation, Mike hones in on scoping out the desirables while reflecting on the results of this weekend’s Legacy Open.

Mike responds to the SCG and Wizards announcements, offers praise to the joy of playing Legacy’s Valakut Lands and makes calls for the upcoming SCG Legacy Open.