Weekly Update (May 22): New Capenna Championship Decklists
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Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate Previews |
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Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate previews are finally here in full force. We received a ton of new legendaries, including Planeswalkers that can be used as your Commander, and the new Partner-eqsue "Background" mechanic giving you two cards in the command zone. Be sure to check out all the latest previews at www.mtgpreviews.com
.- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate Spoilers — May 17 | Massive Preview Dump
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate Spoilers — May 18 | Legendary Flumph!
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate Spoilers — May 19 | A Myriad of Myriad and Treasures!
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate Spoilers — May 20 | Esper God, Mana Dork Lord
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate Spoilers — May 21 | Treasure-Refund Wrath, Search Hatebear, Mass Blink
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New Capenna Championship Top 8 Decklists |
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The Top 8 Standard New Capenna Championship Decklists!Read more
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Finance Update w/ Saffron Olive |
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This week in the world of Magic finance, the focus of the community is on Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. While there hasn't been a ton of price movement yet, perhaps in part because so much of the set leaked early causing prices to move a few weeks ago, the set is still having an impact on the market. One of the most interesting themes of the set is Gates. So far we've seen two of the best Gates ever printed in the set in Gond Gate and Baldur's Gate, which is pushing up Maze's End's price (up 28% to $11 on the week). We know that there are still a bunch more Gates to be revealed in the set (I believe Wizards said there are ten in all), and if they are anything close to the power level of Gond Gate and Baldur's Gate, it seems likely that the Gate manabase will be the best manabase for budget-conscious Commander players who don't have access to fetches and shocks. Unless Maze's End gets reprinted in the set, I expect its price to continue to rise. Most of the good Gate cards are commons and uncommons which should help keep their price in check, but Maze's End is a mythic and will be a key part to essentially every Gate manabase, not just as a finisher, but as a way to tutor up key Gates like Gond Gate and Baldur's Gate. I'd lean towards picking up my copies now. Even if Maze's End gets reprinted, I think the demand will be enough to keep its price from crashing too much. If it isn't reprinted, shooting up to $20 or more seems likely.
Speaking of underappreciated mythics on the rise, Worst Fears jumped 131% to nearly $8 this week as players start building Zevlor, Elturel Exile decks. While it costs a lot of mana to get going, if you can use Zevlor, Elturel Exile's ability to copy Worst Fears, you'll get to control all of your opponents next turns, which should be pretty hilarious (at least for the Zevlor player) and will also probably win you the game. The problem with cards like Worst Fears is that they aren't considered to be fun by most players, which probably limits its ceiling. I expect that many Zevlor, Elturel Exile players will leave the sorcery on the sidelines for the sanity of their playgroups. This said, as a fairly old one-print mythic, it doesn't take that much demand for a card like Worst Fears to spike, and it wouldn't be a surprise if it ticked up a bit more over the next couple of weeks as we move through Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate spoiler season.
Finally in the world of 60 card formats, Streets of New Capenna rare Unlicensed Hearse doubled up to just under $5 this week thanks to an increasing amount of play from Standard all the way back to Legacy. Graveyard hate that can also end up being the biggest creature on the battlefield is a potent combination, and will likely continue to see increased play as more players realize its power. While hitting $15+ like fellow New Capenna rare Ledger Shredder (which increased in price once again this week, up to an unsustainable $17) is unlikely, when you consider that Unlicensed Hearse also shows up in Vehicle Commander decks like Magda, Brazen Outlaw and Shorikai, Genesis Engine, a continuing slow climb seems very possible.
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5,521,397,077,432,461,029,947,804,689,821,620,361,960,881,777,736,309,244,130,019 Damage in Standard |
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How much damage is it possible to deal in Streets of New Capenna Standard? Let's find out!Read more
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This Week in Legacy: May the Metagame Report |
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Joe Dyer dives into a May Metagame Report for Legacy!Read more
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Fish Five-0: The Most Charming Deck in Standard |
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Don't you want to just charm your opponents beyond belief? Well, this deck is definitely looking to do just that! Read more
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Vintage 101: Revenge of the Metagame |
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Joe Dyer dives into the current monthly Vintage metagame for May!Read more
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Single Scoop: Mob Nixilis Aggro (Explorer) |
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TheAsianAvenger wants to see if Ob Nixilis Adversary is powerful enough to include in mono black aggro.Read more
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Against the Odds: Urabrask & Taxes (Explorer) |
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What are the odds of hard-locking our Explorer opponents out of the game (or at least from drawing cards) with Urabrask, Heretic Praetor, and Drannith Magistrate in Explorer? Let's find out!Read more
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Queza vs. Rocco vs. Cormela vs. Orfeo | Commander Clash S12E14 |
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The crew shows off the power of the new uncommon commanders from New Capenna!Read more
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The Fish Tank: Sweet and Spicy Viewer Decks (May 15-21, 2022) |
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What sweet decks did you all send in this week? Let's find out!Read more
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I Stole Every Land They Played, Every Turn | Brewer's Kitchen |
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Brewer's Kitchen steals the hopes and dreams of his opponents on ArenaRead more
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Podcast 381: Do Four Packs Make a Booster Box? |
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The crew discusses a ton of upcoming Magic sets, Explorer bannings on Magic Arena and Warhammer 40k spoilers before answering #MTGFishmail.Read more
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Tournament Center |
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- Xiang Zhang took down Mint State Arena Standard Tournament (standard) with Jeskai Storm .
- Jan Merkel, Jan Merkel took down New Capenna Championship (mixed) with Jeskai Hinata (standard), Rakdos Arcanist (historic).
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#Trending Cards |
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The five most viewed cards on MTGGoldfish this past week were: