Khans of Tarkir has made its impact felt in eternal formats, and Modern is no exception. Mike Lanigan surveys the decklists from GP: Madrid to see how Modern is evolving to incorporate the new cards.
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While the supposed Ascendancy menace in Modern failed to materialize, the impact of Khans has been nothing short of colossal. Mike Lanigan sifts through the decklists proven capable of competing in a post-Treasure Cruise world.
This year, several rotating rares didn’t bottom out as Sylvain expected. Despite missing the lowest price, he is still taking advantage of good opportunities on rares and a few mythics.
In brand new metagames, mono-red tends to dominate early on. David Schumann examines several years’ worth of aggressive red creatures that benefited handsomely from this dynamic.
Mike Lanigan runs down his picks for top ten Constructed cards to come out of the newest set, Khans of Tarkir.
With Khans of Tarkir approaching, Modern cards as a whole are expecting to lose about 20% of their value. Sylvain advocates selling most of your Modern positions to keep the cash flowing and invest in other incoming opportunities.
Jason Alt is following Goblin Rabblemaster’s latest rise with skepticism. He makes the case for getting out now, even if the card may not be at its ceiling yet.
Fetchland reprints are the big financial news from the weekend, and Jason Alt wastes no time diving in to assess their impact. Lots of Modern decks are suddenly getting better mana…
Starting with mythics, this week Sylvain discusses which cards from M14 and Return to Ravnica may constitute a good investment after Standard rotates.
Today Jason Alt addresses a much-touted spec for rotation, Prognostic Sphinx. He analyzes in detail the factors that will contribute to this card’s success or failure, and compares it to an old spec to gain more insight.
Zwischenzug plays the sweetest deck in Modern. Scroll to the bottom of the article for the bonus of a new Hearthstone deck that is putting up strong results.
Scott Fielder provides a deck primer and sideboarding guide for RUG Delver in Vintage. This deck has been tearing it up on MTGO, and is certainly one that should be on your radar.
As we head into rotation, Danny Brown highlights a few recommended pickups and observes how bulk rares are behaving differently this year.