Ryan dissects his thoughts on the Legacy cards currently being overplayed and underplayed in the post-Khans environment.
the Mind Sculptor
This week Derek takes a look at the glacial trends in Magic. Why has Legacy and Vintage risen in popularity these last few years? What lessons can we take from these progressions in order to map out future investments?
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.
David Schumann reviews Khans of Tarkir for potential diamonds in the rough for Legacy. Eschewing the obvious contenders, he considers some fringe cards that may make an impact nonetheless.
Vintage Champs is right around the corner, and it’s never been a better time to build a gauntlet. Scott Fielder covers the essential decks to test against to prepare for the current meta.
Adam Yurchick covers some Khans spoilers, looking beyond the fetchlands and gold cards towards the single-colored staples that will help define the Standard format for years to come.
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.
Be prepared and get an edge on the opposition by reading Adam’s comprehensive Legacy metagame report! Find a thorough metagame analysis and updated decklists for all major archetypes within.
Ryan shores up some new revisions to his Vintage Grixis Keeper deck. With a format full of blue decks, Ryan’s list can competitively fit any metagame with only a few tweaks.
A lot of the power and consistency of Vintage comes from the availability of tutors. Scott discusses Oath of Druids and Tinker this week and discusses how the introduction of Dack Fayden has caused some reconsideration as to what the best targets are.
Adam shares the new Modern deck and explains the card choices that all-time great Guillame Wafo-Tapo played to a cash finish at last weekend’s Grand Prix!
David Schumann draws parallels between the major types of stocks and various categories of Magic specs, and highlights several big gainers and losers in each category this week.
For speculators, the new core set release is often a sign of good opportunity. Sylvain reviews what he thinks might be worth picking up in Theros block, Modern and Vintage during the upcoming M15 release events.