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.
Ryan missed the boat on Treasure Cruise, but now’s the time to explore the full potential of the delve mechanic. Find out his thoughts on why delve will impact every constructed format!
Sylvain explains why he doesn’t believe the online release of Khans of Tarkir constitutes a good investment opportunity. He also briefly discusses his plans with the incoming Pro Tour.
The risk of reprint can make long-term investments on MTGO daunting, but Sylvain believes they are still viable. He reviews several years of price history and attempts to define a long-term strategy for carefully selected targets.
Continuing with last week’s series, Sylvain reviews which rares from M14 and Return to Ravnica may constitute a good investment after Standard rotates.
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.
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.
Mike Lanigan presents his latest brew for Modern: a port of the old Aristocrats deck, replete with Chord of Calling and the Melira combo. Lastly he covers a few notable cards that are inching up in price.
Mike Lanigan surveys the new decks to come from the Pro Tour, as well as the price changes in key cards as we near rotation.
Wescoe attacking with white creatures? Wait…really?
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.