Comments on: Insider: All About Event Decks

By: Brandon Stephens

Brandon Stephens — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 02:31:12 +0000

Thanks alot! Good to have a list like that.

By: Jesse Williams

Jesse Williams — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:27:39 +0000

Wonderful article. I had been poring over the lists already. I have been slowing on the intake of certain cards in standard (namely Hero’s Downfall, Desecration Demon and shocklands).

This is a nice list. I would like to see it maintained in the forums, as a list of cards to be weary of picking…

By: yuka

yuka — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:19:17 +0000

Wow! This is VERY informative. Thank you. I was utterly baffled as to why Mizzium Mortars is still $3 and D. Sphere is still $2, or why Mirran Crusader never reached higher prices while Silverblade Paladin and Boros Reckoner definitely did. This explains everything.

The corollaries are 1) regular Standard rares are not bad if they are unlikely to show up in these decks;
2) since there is always randomness involved (or at least, more than I assumed before), it’s good to diversify your portfolio a bit after taking 1) into account;
3) note that mythics mostly don’t carry such risks at all, barring a duel deck reprint.