Today Mike Lanigan looks at underplayed Modern cards. These cards are undeniably powerful, but for whatever reason have yet to catch on. Mike makes the case for jamming them in decks and picking some up as specs.
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This week Ryan looks at the recent evolution of Nissa in Standard and examines what seems to be the natural phases of deck evolution, reflecting on his recent experiences in tweaking working lists.
With M15 released on MTGO, M15, JOU and THS boosters have shown tremendous gains as booster specs. Sylvain discusses his spec with M15 boosters and invites speculators to (re)consider boosters in the future–especially with Khans of Tarkir coming up.
Zwischenzug updates Ivan Floch’s Pro Tour winning deck to beat the current Magic Online metagame. Is Elixir of Immortality absolutely necessary?
Adam played in a Modern PTQ and an invitation-only Standard tournament last weekend, and today he shares select tales from the experiences. Followed by an analysis of his local Standard event and results of GP Utrecht in the wake of PT M15, Adam reaches some startling conclusions about the Standard metagame.
Mike Lanigan presents his latest brew for Modern: a port of the old Aristocrats deck, replete with Chord of Calling and the Melira combo. Lastly he covers a few notable cards that are inching up in price.
Ryan lays down a few key premises to the current Modern format and brews a new list meant to take advantage of this landscape.
Sylvain concludes his series of Nine Months of Portfolio Management by reviewing his experience and updating his strategies for the year to come. Many valuable lessons have shaped the way he suggests approaching this coming year’s investing.
If you don’t have time to watch all the videos, be sure to scroll to the bottom and check out Paul’s quick tips for your next M15 draft, including how to manage your collection for speculation after drafting.
Vintage has finally come to MTGO and Scott Fielder dove in headfirst. He shares his experience playing Vintage online, before covering the exciting format that is Vintage Rotisserie Draft.
With the upcoming release of Khans of Tarkir, Standard will lose the bulk of its current card pool. Adam outlines which strategies are expected to stick around, what cards may see a rise in popular, and how you can prepare and profit from the rotation.
Mike Lanigan surveys the new decks to come from the Pro Tour, as well as the price changes in key cards as we near rotation.
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.
