David Schumann describes some playable Legacy cards that only get a little love, but with the right circumstances could jump to tier-one status.
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Brewers can impact markets even when their pet deck does not revolutionize the metagame. Matthew Lewis describes why and examines some potential speculation targets.
David describes his process for evaluating the Legacy potential of new cards, and applies it to several spoiled cards from Gatecrash.
The Legacy metagame continues to turn in on itself and Ryan’s had enough of it. Just get ’em dead!
Who could have predicted Aluren’s sudden tripling in price? In hindsight, the writing was on the walls – it was just a matter of when. Sigmund looks at the contributing factors and highlights other cards with similar attributes worth keeping an eye on.
From Door to Nothingness to the return of a familiar UW strategy, Standard is full of innovation right now. Mike Lanigan surveys the new decks that have surfaced recently.
There’s been a lot of tournaments this weekend, including the Pro Tour in Seattle. Jason breaks down the myriad results for your viewing and analyzing pleasure.
Chad reviews metagame changes in preparation for States.
Chad goes over Legacy and some Ravnica spoilers, filling you in on things he talked over with others at his LGS this past holiday weekend.
Jason hails the arrival of a new Legacy deck developed by QS’s own, marvels at auction-goers’ utter ignorance of Magic value, and peruses the weekend’s tournament results with his characteristic wit.
First peek at Return to Ravnica Spoilers bring some unexpected winners for Standard as well as a peek at EBay and Legacy
Today Jason comments on tweets from the mothership and shares some odd auctions gracing eBay. He follows up with the usual flurry of tournament results accompanied by snark.
This week Jason bears witness to an historical Magic transaction, reports the slew of typos to appear in Magic products of late, and praises recent rogue deck builders for their quixotic quest to render Magic fun.