Comments on: Insider: An Early Look at Innistrad Rotation

By: Jared Elick

Jared Elick — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:40:48 +0000

In reply to James Erickson. The list is much longer than that, and includes some C/U.

By: Jared Elick

Jared Elick — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:39:52 +0000

In reply to mirageOfHope. Same here. I had a terrible strategy, and lost out for a few months.

By: Jared Elick

Jared Elick — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:39:10 +0000

In reply to pipdickenz. The way I see it, control is possible, and aggro is powerful. Midrange can continue to be a thing, but turn three wins are scary. Reanimator and midrange decks that run AoS often get overrun by aggro. They win out when they don't see it.

By: Jared Elick

Jared Elick — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:37:36 +0000

In reply to David Schumann. I actually intend to write an article like that in a few weeks/months. It isn't the time to pick those cards up yet.

By: Lee Bosley

Lee Bosley — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:42:03 +0000

Possibly Restoration Angel and Griselbrand too, if they drop sufficiently. Reasonable targets.

By: Jose Gasque

Jose Gasque — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:52:10 +0000

lilianas for sure, Huntsmaster is only a 1 or 2 of in the decks I’ve seen though.

By: James Erickson

James Erickson — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:55:20 +0000

In reply to Jose Gasque. I'd think Snaps, Lilianas, and Geists. Maybe Huntmaster, if he remains a thing in Modern.

By: Jose Gasque

Jose Gasque — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:27:15 +0000

Good one brother, which ones, if any do you think are cash buys after they bottom out on rotation? Caverns and Snapcasters?

By: mirageOfHope

mirageOfHope — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:34:52 +0000

Nice article idea, Jared! I don’t think anyone would fault you for an early analysis. I know Scars rotation was the first time I seriously thought about a strategy for rotation, and even then I still did it too late. I think you want to be out of nearly all of it by the end of May, or you’ll just be like everyone else. I started thinking about it in June last time, and it was way too late.

By: pipdickenz

pipdickenz — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:19:58 +0000

I disagree with you about Angel of Serenity, she’s in more than half of the current RTR block decks and is a pretty good answer when Dragon’s Maze is released and standard turns into the clash of the titans. Maybe losing cavern,farseek and unburial rites will keep her down,but I suspect we’ll be raining some serenity on the clash for months to come.

By: David Schumann

David Schumann — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:12:45 +0000

Definitely some good points. Though it might have been a good idea to list the cards that you don’t expect to drop much post rotation (Snapcaster Mage, Liliana of the Veil), but I do think your analysis of the future meta was pretty accurate.