Sudden Shock
Rob strays away from Modern cards for the meantime and talks about this Commander card that’s on the rise.
Rob checks out another planeswalker that has been very strong during its prime.
Rob thinks it’s time to burn some willows with this card!
DJ covers some of the biggest increases over the twelve months of 2016.
Through the Breach has become a staple of Modern Valakut decks, and Simian Spirit Guide has been adopted to facilitate more turn three kills.
Adam retells the many storylines of Grand Prix New Jersey. He also shares the top-performing decklists, reveals the secrets they hold, and explains their metagame position moving forward.
Mike Lanigan relates his tournament experience last weekend at a Modern PTQ, and examines what we can take away from his matches.
Grand Prix: Yokohama was this past weekend, attended by over 1,500 players battling for prizes and glory. Importantly, they did battle with Modern decks, which is good for Insiders. Modern is popular enough on the tournament level to drive prices and many of the cards in the set are old enough that it’s hard to track them down. They get expensive or hard to find. Ergo, it’s a good field to get action on, especially because many of the lower-tier decks still have good money rares in them that you can trade into. This week, we’ll look at the Grand Prix results and analyze them for Modern play and speculation.
I’m back again this week, scouring event results for more Modern speculation calls for your trading profit. Why should you care about Modern? Even if you don’t play, there is a lot of official support for the format. The Pro Tour for Avacyn Restored features Modern, as do several Grands Prix this year. Modern events fire almost every day on Magic Online, which brings us a steady feed of information. No doubt, pros are looking at these same results and compiling the best decks to bring to the Pro Tour. We’ve seen double-digit price changes during Pro Tours and I don’t think Modern events are any different. It’s the perfect time for breakout cards to shine. Let’s take a look at a few that I’ve identified early in the lead-up.
