I lied. It was redditor TheBetrayer who brought it up initially, and HaplessMagician elaborated. They worked as a team. Teamwork is important.

Aetherling was a solid call. The main reason I got Zegana was because I feel she’s a solid EDH card in the decks that can play her and the fact that she’s a mythic from a less opened set (as opposed to a normal rare). It also helps that a LOT of people throw her in with trades when I pick her out of their binder because she’s done nothing but drop really.

Too many people playing this game for Falkenrath to die… (nyuk nyuk nyuk)

She’s just one of those cards I could see showing up in the right environment – hard hitting and tough to deal with, but at $4-5 for a mythic, there isn’t much risk in holding a couple.

Bonfire I just accept I got my value out of playing – I can only hope it will see casual demand on the back of the Miracle mechanic.

Since we have mostly the same picks other than the ones you listed, I thought I’d list my thoughts on those specific picks to go along with yours.

1.) Boros Reckoner – You are correct in thinking I picked this guy for his resilience, but the main reason was devotion. The guy is a monster with Porphoros, and even though I didn’t know the specifics of the Red God when I listed this spec, the devotion mechanic was intriguing and this guy is pretty low compared to his ceiling.

2.) Slaughter Games – This one was because it looks like the format is going to be a hell of a lot slower this time around which will lead to more midrange and control than aggro, which ill set up this dirt cheap rare to be set up for a break out. And worst case scenario, since its bulk prices right now you can’t really lose.

3.) Rakdos Return – See Slaughter Games for the most part.

4.) BTE – I picked up most of these in a case of GTC when I was getting back into the game after a long hiatus. The others i traded for as throw-ins. The reason I think he has potential is he is so far the fastest creature in this new, what seems to be much slower format, and he fuels devotion.

INN Block: Most of these picks are just cards I didn’t have a chance to dump before I left for work (I work overseas as a defense contractor, 90/90 rotations) and I think they have potential to come back up at least some from their post-rotation collapse.

1.) Sorin – Maybe its a little bit of bias, but I played this guy in OG Aristocrats and he was just a house. In the right deck he is incredibly synergistic. That, combined with the “hes a planeswalker effect” and his incredibly low price right now adds up to some upside potential I think.

2.) Champion of the Parish – Yeah, this is pretty much wishful thinking, considering I have about 8 from running Aristocrats and Blitz. Not really expecting much from him but if he has a “dead cat bounce” I’ll jump on that opportunity to sell.

3.) Bonfire – I’m really on the fence with this one. Miracles have such power when you can control when you draw them and bonfire is just mean. This was a $50 card just a few months ago and its sitting at $10 right now. The effect is so powerful it may just find a home. Hell I hope so since I bought in around $25 haha.

4.) Falkenrath Aristocrat – Another holdover from OG aristocrats I didn’t have a chance to dump, this card is sitting at $6. The reason I see a slight upside is its a popular vampire mythic with a fantastic ability from a small, rarely opened set. But as with champion, if this guy shows a dead cat bounce I’m dumping them.

So there you go, those were my thoughts on the picks in the article. Thanks for including them, was a really cool moment 🙂

You are correct (I had to look it up) but that’s really awesome and actually means Crypt Ghast is a very solid long term (2+ year) spec target. I will increase my portfolio of these guys.

You are mostly correct on that one…U/B Zombies was better pre-Ravnica because of Phantasmal Image, but I still knew a few players locally who did well with it post Ravnica, they tried G/B Zombies, but ultimate the Diregraf Captain proved more useful in the build than Lotleth Troll. Either way, Lotleth never panned out and I’m still holding the bag on this one….

R/B on the other hand…

I agree with the spring/early summer time frame as the best to sell and rebuying when they rotate out, however, I don’t honestly expect them to drop that much post rotation (basically everyone knows they are needed for modern, so people are far less willing to unload them…which will likely keep the price higher than usual for rotating cards). However, I do feel that there will likely be a surge in demand when modern season starts to come around and the PTQ players begin to pick up whatever they need for their decks…this will be helped by the fact that with Theros having 5 scry duals, Born of the Gods will complete the set so the only room for more mana fixing in standard is Journey into Nyx (which will be another large set and officially releases in May). This means that until Journey spoilers come out, players will really be leaning hard on shocks to fix their standard mana base.

I feel the market will be flooded with them, come rotation, given how drafted RTR was. So I figure late spring/early summer?

Then rebuy in mid October ’14 for much much less, especially foils.