With the next Modern PTQ season looming on the horizon, Danny provides his speculation picks for the format.
Splinter Twin
After Wizards announced the postponement of Modern season, some staples continued to rise while others stayed stagnant. Sigmund attempts to dissect the apparent inconsistencies in the Modern market.
Several weeks after the Modern Masters frenzy has calmed down, David Schumann reevaluates the state of Modern prices and looks for recent movements.
Matthew Lewis believes the effect of Cube on ROE singles prices this go around will follow a different pattern than with ZZW queues. He compares the two formats and explains why.
This weekend GP Kansas City gave us another snapshot of the Modern metagame. Sigmund breaks down the top decks from Day One to identify investment opportunities, with specific focus on Melira Pod.
Jeff and Sébastien spend this week looking at mythic rares in Modern Masters. They explain which ones they’re picking up, and in what price range.
Mike Lanigan relates his tournament experience last weekend at a Modern PTQ, and examines what we can take away from his matches.
Mike Lanigan examines some interesting tweaks of Standard decks built to attack the metagame from a different position.
Mike Lanigan offers some poignant (and all-too-necessary) advice about reading cards, and presents an update of Standard Zoo.
While many have turned their attention to the hottest Gatecrash specs, Sigmund has kept focus on Modern… and he’s found some more anomalies. Sigmund asks that you take a breather from Gatecrash buzz and download a quick summary of where Modern’s at now.
Chad breaks down his picks of Gatecrash rares to keep an eye on.
Jason weighs in on internet reactions to the announcement of Dragon’s Maze before looking at top decks from GP Chicago and the SCG Dallas Open.
Gervaise delves into the techniques and reasons behind using the internet as a primary mode of card acquisition.
