Standard is a very expensive format, but there is value in owning a robust Standard collection. In this article, Ryan breaks down some good practices to maintaining your collection without merely sinking money into the format.
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The new Legacy Cube update is straight-up insulting to hardcore fans of the format.
The Magic finance community is pretty high on the Tiny Leaders format, but some people remain skeptical. Danny Brown explains why specs based on the format may be promising but should be approached with caution.
Check in with Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux for the weekly MTGO Market Report. This week they discuss the results of the Pro Tour and the initial reaction in online prices.
Mike Lanigan presents his picks for underplayed sideboard cards in Standard right now. Make sure you’ve considered these powerful options as you’re brewing with Fate Reforged.
Adam shares two more Monastery Mentor brews for a post-Treasure Cruise and post-Birthing Pod Modern format!
Which rares can you actually pass in this format?
Adam takes a look at the new post-Treasure Cruise, post-Birthing Pod, Fate Reforged Modern metagame by using data from last weekend’s SCG Modern Premier IQ.
The Standard metagame is one of the most diverse we’ve seen in a long time. Mike Lanigan pores over the seemingly infinite viable archetypes right now, highlighting some interesting ones that appeared at SCG DC.
The bannings and Fate Reforged alike are in and making their impact felt. Corbin looks at events across several formats with the new cards and offers his thoughts on their financial relevance.
Following the shockwave of last week’s banlist announcement a lot will happen for MTGO speculators in February, including a Pro Tour, a Modern MOCS season and Fate Reforged release events. Sylvain tells us how to get ready.
Fate Reforged has arrived and Mike Lanigan is wasting no time getting brewing. He provides some updates to established Standard decks using the new cards and presents a few novel ideas.
Ryan takes a look at the cards with the highest preorder prices from Fate Reforged and evaluates how reasonable these prices are. Find out which cards he thinks are hits and which are all hype!