Ryan shares his thoughts on some finer points of the Standard metagame, before discussing the impact of SCG’s Organized Play announcement on the Legacy format.
Cryptic Command
The way you prepare for a large event can have big implications for your competitive and financial success alike. Mike discusses some important details that may be easy to overlook.
The new Jace is the hottest breakout card on the MTG market, but it’s not all Standard hype. Jace is just realizing his Modern potential and the ceiling is high on this powerful planeswalker.
The prominent reprints in the new Event Deck may hit some speculators hard. Ryan explains what this occurrence teaches us about diversification and risk.
The new set is fully spoiled and Mike Lanigan is ready with his Top 10. These are the cards that will impact Standard the most, so don’t miss out on the action!
Doug Linn tries to get a bead on the new format by examining the outgoing class. What can we learn from this last week of Standard?
A lot of traders seem to use TCG mid as their preferred pricing. Check out Ryan’s analysis on why this leads to lopsided trades.
Are control decks finally viable in Modern? Yuuya Watanabe seems to think so.
David Schumann returns to the Stock Watch with the 15 biggest movers this week. Most are Pro Tour breakout cards, but a few other interesting items appear too.
Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell.
Storm has largely disappeared from the Modern format. Could Noxious Revival provide what the deck needs to make a resurgence?
Doug Linn makes the case for an effective floor on competitive Modern decks–the price the market is willing to pay, which inevitably pulls up the price of budget decks over time.
Magic Origins is shaping up with some interesting callbacks to iconic cards from the past. Mike Lanigan looks over the spoilers for some promising Constructed candidates among them.