Weekly Update (Nov 27): Thopter Pie Network Holiday Promo
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Budget Magic: $42 (5 tix) Standard Reckless Panharmonicon |
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Ever wanted to use Cogworker's Puzzleknot as a 12-damage burn spell and loot a million times a turn? Now you can!Read more
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Finance Update w/ Saffron Olive |
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In Modern, the biggest winners this week include Scrying Sheets and Koth of the Hammer, both of which rose to prominence as important parts of Skred Red, and now both near $20. Unless the deck starts putting up results, I wouldn't be surprised to see both start ticking back down before long. Perhaps more interesting, Doubling Season is on the rise, which seems to happen every year just after the release of the Commander decks. We're getting to the point where it will need to be reprinted again, and it could be a great money card for a future Conspiracy release.
Speaking of Modern, we are closing in on the release of Modern Masters 2017, which happens in March, just over three months from today. At this point, my rule of thumb is simply not to buy expensive Modern staples until the set is spoiled. If you really need something to play with, there can be exceptions, but generally speaking the best thing to do is wait. I might even consider selling off certain cards that seem likely to be reprinted like Liliana of the Veil, Snapcaster Mage, and other high end staples from Innistrad and Return to Ravnica blocks.
On Magic Online, we have good news and bad news related to the Treasure Chests. First, with the Treasure Chests now being tradable and currently selling for about 3.5 tix each, they actually represent a meaningful prize increase to constructed events. On the other hand, using Treasure Chests as the only way to release Commander 2016 and Conspiracy 2 cards has been a disaster. While prices have started to come down a little bit, many of the new legendary creature are 4 tix each, with Leovold, Emissary of Trest at 36 tix and Atraxa, Praetors' Voice nearly 20 tix. Most of these cards are only of interest to casual players, and one of the appeals of Magic Online is that building casual decks is super cheap. Having random Commander cards be so expensive is a huge blow to the casual Magic Online community, which has already been hurting in recent years with the loss of events and delayed release of cards.
Much Abrew: Free Win Red (Modern) |
Deck Evolutions: Modern Dredge |
Free Win Red is back and better than ever, thanks to the addition of Chandra, Torch of Defiance! Read more |
Dredge wasn't always the monster it is today. How did Dredge become one of the best decks in the format, and where does it go from here? Read more |
This Week in Legacy: BoM Super Finals, KMC Events and SCG Legacy Classic Knoxville |
Playing Pauper: Domain Zoo |
Sean goes through some sweet technology in the high-stakes Bazaar of Moxen Super Finals, and looks at other events in the week past. Read more |
Ding Dong the Witch is Dead! Jake walks you through an domain-centric aggro deck featuring Tribal Flames and Matca Rioters Read more |
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Against the Odds: Midnight Reanimator (Standard) |
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Does Midnight Oil have what it takes to make a competitive deck in Standard with the help of some reanimation spells? Let's see!Read more
Budget Commander: $20 "Entropic Uprising" Upgrade |
Vintage 101: Sun Titans Go! |
Tomer breaks down the new Commander 2016 preconstructed deck "Entropic Uprising" and shows how to upgrade it! Read more |
Islandswamp takes a look at Leovold, Emissary of Trest, Metalwork Colossus, and infinite Sun Titans in Vintage! Read more |
Brewer's Minute: Seven Under-the-Radar Infinite Combos (Modern) |
Obliteration (Mono-Black Control, Modern) – Stream Highlights |
There are some sweet infinite combos that don't currently see play in Modern. With our brain power combined, maybe we can make them work! Read more |
Is Mono-Black Control the cure for the super aggressive Modern format? Some people think so! Read more |
Commander Clash S2 Episode 16: Viewer Decks |
Podcast 096: Frontier with Special Guest Tony from Heavy Meta |
We play decks submitted by you, the viewers! Read more |
Seth and Chaz dedicate the cast to Frontier with the help of one of the format's biggest fans: Tony from Heavy Meta! Read more |
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Instant Deck Techs |
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Each day we'll be posting a short, three minute deck tech featuring some of the coolest decks that come across the site. The most popular deck will be made into videos the following week based on your views, likes and comments in the videos. Here's this week's Instant Deck Techs:
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#Trending Cards |
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The five most viewed cards on MTGGoldfish this past week were: