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Weekly Update (May 31): Budget Standard and Budget Commander


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MM2 Triple GP Weekend

The Modern Masters 2015 Triple GP weekend finally took place! Congratulations to Yuki Matsumoto, Davide Vergoni, and Aaron Lewis and Scott Markeson for winning GP Chiba, GP Utrecht, GP Las Vegas respectively (GP Las Vegas was split into two events and had two winners). I was personally at GP Las Vegas and was quite impressed with the 8,000+ turn out. The side events were firing with 2,000-3,000; the size of small GPs! GP-ception! Although I narrowly missed Day 2 losing my win-and-in in Round 9, all of my opponents were super friendly and it was a great showing for the community. A shout out to all the MTGGoldfish fans that I met! With the huge GP weekend behind us, the next couple of weeks will be important for Modern mtgfinance. We'll see how the supply of MM2 affects Modern prices and what impact the new set has on the growth of the format itself. It's an exciting time to be a Magic player!

MM2 on Magic Online

MM2 is out on Magic Online. Be sure to check all the latest prices on our Modern Masters 2015 Online Price Guide.

Budget Commander: Edric, Spymaster of Trest

Tomer shows off the power of little green (and blue) men when led by the greatest spy in Commander. Budget Commander: Edric, Spymaster of Trest

Budget Magic: $93 (and 33 tix) UR Mindswipe Counterburn for Standard

In this week's Budget Magic @SaffronOlive shows off a control deck built around the neglected counter Mindswipe. Budget Magic: $93 (and 33 tix) UR Mindswipe Counterburn for Standard

Six Odd MTG Moneymakers

@SaffronOlive discusses six odd MTG items that have more value than most people think. Six Odd MTG Moneymakers

Magic Empathy

MrPhysics discusses the concept of Magic empathy (thinking from your opponent's perspective) and how you can use it to improve your game. Magic Empathy

How Wizards Manages its Savings Account

@SaffronOlive discusses reprint equity, supplemental products, and the budgetary constraints of set design. How Wizards Manages its Savings Account

Product Review: BCW 18-Pocket Pro Pages

A product review of the BCW 18-Pocket Pro Pages.

BCW Supplies Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to Sean N. from Augusta, GA for winning the @BCWSupplies Bundle Giveaway. Stay tuned for our next giveaway!

Articles Recap

Several great articles were published on MTGGoldfish this week:

#Trending Cards

The five most viewed cards on MTGGoldfish this past week were:
  1. Tarmogoyf (Modern Masters 2015)
  2. Collected Company (Dragons of Tarkir)
  3. Noble Hierarch (Modern Masters 2015)
  4. Kolaghan's Command (Dragons of Tarkir)
  5. Snapcaster Mage (Innistrad)


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