“Affinity loses to cards, not decks.” What does that even mean? Find out as Ryan takes the plunge into learning the in’s and out’s of Modern Affinity deck in preparation for GP: Minneapolis.

As transcribed from Deck Tech coverage on the PTBNG stream!

MTGO Player of the Year Paul Nemeth has a Bitterblossom Brew that’s neither Faeries nor B/x Tokens, yet can still kill an opponent out of nowhere. Could this be the new home of the recently unbanned Enchantment?

Corbin always advocates picking up Modern staples out of season, which seems all the more prudent in light of recent spikes. What cards should you target at the moment?

David Schumann breaks down the concept of liquidity and explains how it applies to several different classes of cards.

With Standard prices settling down, Danny turns his attention to Modern cards he sees potential in moving forward.

Kyle delivers his QS debut article by laying down some wisdom on MTGO finance.

David Schumann outlines his current speculative holdings and the reasoning behind them. Part one is this week and part two is next week.

David Schumann covers some less-common Legacy strategies and examines how cards can change in value as tier-two decks shift into and out of favor.

Jason continues his discussion of Gatecrash-free Gatecrash speculation, and surveys the newest iteration of the metagame around the world.

The Legacy metagame continues to turn in on itself and Ryan’s had enough of it. Just get ’em dead!

It’s another week of examples today, selected to help hone some of your predictive senses on speculation. I’m going to share some cards today and I’ll be honest – sometimes, I still don’t know why these things act the way they do. Join me as we tease out the reasons why cards go up or fail to go up. You’ll get a sense of my thinking process and the questions that I’m asking myself along the way.