Adam played in a Modern PTQ and an invitation-only Standard tournament last weekend, and today he shares select tales from the experiences. Followed by an analysis of his local Standard event and results of GP Utrecht in the wake of PT M15, Adam reaches some startling conclusions about the Standard metagame.
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The best deck in Modern may have gained the most from M15. Two Reclamation Sages may not sound like much, but sometimes two cards is the difference between missing Top 8 and winning the tournament.
Adam shares his Modern metagame analysis and predictions, including what you should have prepared in your sideboard, just in time for Grand Prix Boston !
The Modern market has been selling hard over the last couple months. So much so that Sigmund believes we are officially in Bear Market territory. This week he explains what this means for your portfolio and the significant changes he’s made to his.
Adam shares results from resent Japanese Modern tournaments and explores a Modern deck list that might be ahead of the curve.
This video was published on Quiet Speculation on April 21st. We’ve chosen to unlock it now in order to showcase Paul Nemeth/Zwischenzug’s videos and showcase what Paul has to offer every week.
Standard rotation brings many prices to their lowest. Through some examples of his Nine Months of Portfolio Management series, Sylvain exposes which cards are likely to constitute good investments when fall comes.
Dylan Beckham continues his discussion of the Modern format as it evolves in season, covering metagame changes and the financial implications.
Corbin Hosler examines the surprising decline of Modern staples as we move in season. This certainly doesn’t spell the end of Modern’s heyday, but it does merit a careful response.
Standard rotation has a strong effect on MTGO prices. Sylvain graphs out past trends and explains how this period of the year affects Standard speculations, particularly with cards from older sets.
Fetch Land reprints: it’s a matter of “when”, not “if”. Wizards has given us many teasers regarding what reprints we should expect, but nothing definitive. In fact, Sigmund has discovered yet another possibility while researching the presently available data.
As we enter the Modern season, the meta has already begun to take shape. He looks at some early indicators of the format and discusses what’s financially relevant.
Jason Alt changes it up today, and covers financial winners and losers from the week. Each of these cards that dropped or spiked has something to teach us about the market overall.