Weekly Update (Nov 22): Standard Bogles, Protean Hulk Combo, C15 Upgrades
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mtggoldfish // Nov 23, 2015
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Budget Magic: $24 (8 tix) Standard Bogles
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Sometimes you just need to suit up a Conifer Strider with a Stratus Walk and go to town. Read more
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Finance Update w/ Saffron Olive
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This week the biggest financial news comes from Modern where Footsteps of the Goryo (up 727 percent to $7.44) and Protean Hulk (up 275 percent to $12.85) were bought out in response to GP Pittsburgh hype. Apart from a few overpriced copies floating around on eBay, these cards are quite literally gone from the internet. Whether or not these prices can stick is a legitimate question. I'm hard pressed to figure out a reason the Hulk Combo deck is better than Grishoalbrand, which plays pretty much the same game, except it doesn't have to play Taigam's Scheming, which may be the worst card I've ever seen in a Modern list. So far, true successes have been minimal: a GP Trial win and a 12th place finish at an SCG Modern Open nearly a month ago. I'd wait for prices to normalize before buying in.
In Standard, the biggest winner is Infinite Obliteration, one of the best cards in the format against Eldrazi Ramp strategies. While it's still only $0.94 (up 11 percent from last week), you can buylist copies for $0.60, so make sure you don't accidentally bulk these out. Plus, neither it nor its primary target (Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger) rotate this spring, and the addition of new Eldrazi in Oath of the Gatewatch could make Infinite Obliteration even more important in post-rotation Standard.
Finally, your Magic Online tip of the week is to look for cards from the Legendary Cube Prize Packs (listed as set PZ1 on Magic Online) when you are building a constructed deck. You can get a huge discount on some staples by using this method. For example, NPH Deceiver Exarch is 3.12 tix, PZ1 is 1 tix. Containment Priest is over 19 tix for C14, but under 10 tix for PZ1. The PZ1 versions of Eternal Witness, Ghostly Prison and Lightning Greaves are all under 0.40 tix, while other printings are all at least 1 tix and sometimes significantly more. While I'm not sure these cards are great investment opportunities (who knows how often these prize packs will be available), they do offer a great opportunity to add some powerful constructed cards to your collection at a huge discount.
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Deck Box Review ($5 and Under Category)
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What's the best deck box in the $5 and under category?Read more
Budget Commander: $20 "Seize Control" Upgrade
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Budget Commander: $20 "Swell the Host" Upgrade
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Upgrade your "Seize Control" preconstructed deck with $20! Read more
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Progress your "Swell the Host" preconstructed deck into an optimal machine worthy of Jin-Gitaxias's blessing. Read more
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Deck Evolutions: Modern Tron
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Against the Odds: Hard Lock Helix
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Modern Tron wasn't always the format defining deck it is today. Tune in for a history lesson on Modern's Big Mana Deck. Read more
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They say slow and steady wins the race. Find out what happens when our opponents are hard locked out of the game! Read more
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Vintage 101: Jace, Vintage Prodigy
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Jace, Vryn's Prodigy is great in Standard, how about in Vintage?Read more
Legendary Cube Primer
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Playtest: Duel Deck Zendikar vs Eldrazi
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Jake takes you through the new Magic Online Legendary Cube Read more
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Who's more powerful: A ragtag group of Allies or the Eldrazi horde? Seth and Richard find out! Read more
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Commander 2015 Deck Giveaway
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Win a Commander 2015 Deck!Read more
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