Brian undertakes the monumental task of reviewing every major Standard card coming out of PT SOI. He explains whether each is a hold or a sell and why.
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At Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad we saw some exciting tech and spiking cards in the midst of a highly varied metagame. Chaz recaps all the action from Day 2 and the Top 8.
As part of our dual-coverage for this event, we wanted to compile the PT:SOI Deck techs in one place for everyone’s convenience. We will look at all of the Deck Techs provided and break down each one with some notes–and some key cards to consider from each deck.
Brian believes cards tend to gravitate towards certain price points that exhibit particular characteristics. He outlines his argument and explains its relevance to the speculator.
With the full spoiler in tow, Ryan presents his pick for the ten most important Shadows over Innistrad cards for Standard play, along with financial considerations.
Adam identifies Standard cards that improved from recent Shadows over Innistrad spoilers, and some cards he’s targeting in anticipation of rotation.
The name and number crunch has left an interesting gap in Shadows over Innistrad, providing a huge clue as to what post-Khans Standard decks will look like.
Mike returns to Expeditions to see where prices stand, how they have moved within the various price tiers, and which ones represent the best targets.
Mike considers how the latest news about Eternal Masters and Conspiracy might affect sales this summer, before checking in with the Standard metagame.
The MOCS presented a number of innovative decks, and Mike is here to show them off! It appears Standard is nowhere near solved, and these newcomers are shaking things up.
Rally is the best deck in Standard. Eldrazi is the best deck in Modern. Eric is sick of them. Check out his preferred strategies for fighting our new format overlords!
With Standard manabases today you can basically play whatever you want. Mike shares the Jeskai Prowess brew he’s been working on before looking at cards to keep through rotation.
