Weekly Update (Nov 20): The Brothers' War Standard
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Budget Magic: $70 Mono-Red Powerstone Tribal (Brothers' War Standard) |
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Are Powerstones good now that The Brothers' War has given us some massive artifact finishers to ramp into? Can we 20 someone with Dragonspark Reactor on a $90 budget? Let's find out!Read more
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Finance Update w/ Saffron Olive |
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This week in the world of Magic finance the biggest winner was Shape Anew with the Scars of Mirrodin sorcery shooting up from under $1 to around $5 for a more than 600% increase. Thanks to some of the massive new artifacts from The Brothers' War, there is some hype for Shape Anew in Modern. While we haven't seen the deck show up in tournament results yet, we've seen some brews looking to use Shape Anew to cheat Portal to Phyrexia into play as early as turn three. After seeing Indomitable Creativity jump from near bulk mythic prices to over $20 for similar reasons, Shape Anew as an old, one-print rare seems like a good speculative bet, although at this point that's all it is - speculation. Whether a Shape Anew deck becomes real in Modern remains to be seen, although if it does, Shape Anew could continue to climb.
While Shape Anew was the biggest winner, artifact-synergy cards were up almost across the board this week with Mirrodin Besieged jumping 64% to $5, Arcum Dagsson climbing 18%, Goblin Engineer (retro) 24% and even Mycosynth Golem was up 5%. Considering the artifact theme of The Brothers' War this makes sense as players try new Modern brews and build Commander decks around the set's themes. Expect to see more, similar increasing in coming weeks.
Speaking of The Brothers' War and artifacts, the biggest Standard winner this week was Portal to Phyrexia which more than doubled in price to $27. Whether this price sticks or even grows depends on one big thing: Commander. The mythic artifacts is seeing play in Standard and players are brewing around it in Modern, but just how much Commander play will it see? If it develops into a staple it could be the next The Meathook Massacre or The Great Henge which ends up $50 or more even while in Standard. On the other hand, if it's more of a fringe card in Commander that only shows up in a few archetypes (like artifact reanimator/artifact ramp decks) it seems unlikely that Portal to Phyrexia will climb much higher and will probably start to drop as the set is opened and more supply hits the market. My guess is that Portal to Phyrexia ends up the latter - really good in some Commander decks but not a format staple - although it's dangerous to underrate colorless cards that can go in any deck, so we'll have to wait and see. My intuition is to sell extra copies now while prices are high.
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The Fish Tank: The Brothers' War Edition (November 6-12, 2022) |
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What sweet Brothers' War decks did viewers send in this week? Let's find out!Read more
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Single Scoop: Grixis Mishra |
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While Bolas is out of office, we gotta show love to Mishra as Mishra is just perfect in Grixis!Read more
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This Week in Legacy: The Buffalo Chicken Dip Legacy Open |
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Joe Dyer covers the BCDL Open in Columbus, OH!Read more
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So Much Card Draw! Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor | $60 |
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Draw more cards than all your opponents and make them kill each other for scraps with this powerful $60 Gix commander deck!Read more
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Against the Odds: I Go Over the Top in Brothers' War Standard |
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Is it possible to combo off with Over the Top in Standard? What craziness can the sorcery enable? Let's find out on this week's Against the Odds!Read more
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Single Scoop: Izzet Prowess is Back? |
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Monastery Swiftspear is a big reprint for Izzet Prowess so let's see how it'll do with our launch day Izzet decklist!Read more
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Tier Ranking the Retro Artifacts from The Brothers' War for Magic Arena |
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One of the most exciting parts of The Brothers' War are the retro artifacts that will show up in each pack. Which of these cards have the most potential on Magic Arena? Let's tier rank them and find out!Read more
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Praetor Civil War | Commander Clash S13 E17 |
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Justin Parnell joins the crew for a battle of Phyrexian Praetors!Read more
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Single Scoop: FUN-earth'd (Standard) |
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There seems to be an Unearth archetype lead by Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa. Let's see if this artifact reanimator deck can hang with the meta.Read more
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Podcast 407: Hasbro's Stock is Not for You |
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The crew discusses Golden Packs on Arena, Transformers coming to MTGO, answers Aaron Forsythe's question about why paper Standard is dyin...Read more
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Commander Clash Podcast 069: Top 10(ish) Cards From Brothers' War |
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The crew discusses their favorite cards from the new Brother's War set, including cards from standard, set boosters, transformers, and ne...Read more
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#Trending Cards |
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The five most viewed cards on MTGGoldfish this past week were: