I am going to predict some situations possibly happening after rotation. If you want to collect potential cards, if you want to avoid great losses, if you want to build decks standing out the crowd, read them.
1. The disappearance of a 4 mana sweeper:
Without a card replacing Supreme Verdict, there is no guarantee that UW control can exist. I think soldier decks, GR monsters, GW aggros, Black aggros all too fast for a UW control with turn 5-6 removals to survive against. The two possible outcomes are that Elspeth drops to half of its current price or it rises over 20. Why's that? When UW control abruptly withdraws from the standard, a large proportion of demand on Elspeth disappear, what worsens it, people playing UW decks may sell their 1-2 copies of Elspeth, dooming it to plummet. Logically, half of the demand for Elspeth will evaporate. But we shouldn't underestimate the power of Orzhov control. With all popular removals in it remaining for the next year, Orzhov may likely take over UW control if the right creatures are printed in KTK block. If that happens, the demand of Elspeth will at least regain back to that of its current days but the supply shrinks with rotation, so 20+ tix is easy to achieve.
My view is that: The performance of Orzhov is uncertain as nearly all of its creature part will rotate with RTR and M14. Yes, eventually, we can say Elspeth 's perfect for GW midrange, future UW control and Orzhove, but as the decks we expected will be so unpredictable in the next few months, we should consider selling the Elspeths and wait until a safer time to buy again.
2. Reanimation theme in KTK block
I read from an official article that the next block is about time travel on a world in which dragons have been extinct. I wonder if the people in the story are willing to time travel back to a period of time dragons flipping their wings. Provided that's true, shall we assume time travel means reanimating dragons from the graveyard? It will make sense for all the grave related cards in M15: Jace, Souls, Sytar, Waste Not, Dissipate and others but I'm not 100% sure......
3. Colors of the next set
We know that the next block is a tricolor block. It may be a hard time for devotion decks like mono blue devotion and mono black, which may need to fill in creatures of other colors unless they get something else as finishers. Green based devotions may be unaffected by the rotation but I decided to sell at least half of my Nykthos for some Chord of Calling.
Normally, cards with single mana symbol are easier to fill into three color decks. If tricolor is the new trend, I think Ajani Steadfast, Garruk Apex Hunter and Goblin Rabblemaster have the potential to be in multiple decks.
4. Deck types of the next set
On the aggro side, Mono Green, Jund, GR devotion and RDW are affected in a minor scale by rotation, they represent the demand of Nissa, Stormbreath dragon, Xenagos, Courser of Kruphix, Polukranos, World Eater. Besides, GW may be more popular too, we should keep an close eye on Brimaz, King of Oreskos, Ajani, Mentor of Heroes and Ajani Steadfast.
Control decks except Jund are relatively unstable after rotation. As I mentioned above, a 4 mana cost removal may not be found in the next set. Therefore, the early control decks are probably black or green based. I highly recommend my readers to test out Chord of Calling with gods in THS block. How about Mono Black? It seems solid with the current removals. I think this is what players ought to think thoroughly before buying any cards relevant to it. First of all, I guess MTG set designers don't like a popular deck dominating 20%-30% of standard top 8 decks to migrate into the following year. We can consider the missing of THS cards replacing Underworld Connections, Pack Rats and Desecration Demon as a sign to support the hypothesis.
My other articles about KTK standard:
Midrange Decks
Esper Control
1. The disappearance of a 4 mana sweeper:
Without a card replacing Supreme Verdict, there is no guarantee that UW control can exist. I think soldier decks, GR monsters, GW aggros, Black aggros all too fast for a UW control with turn 5-6 removals to survive against. The two possible outcomes are that Elspeth drops to half of its current price or it rises over 20. Why's that? When UW control abruptly withdraws from the standard, a large proportion of demand on Elspeth disappear, what worsens it, people playing UW decks may sell their 1-2 copies of Elspeth, dooming it to plummet. Logically, half of the demand for Elspeth will evaporate. But we shouldn't underestimate the power of Orzhov control. With all popular removals in it remaining for the next year, Orzhov may likely take over UW control if the right creatures are printed in KTK block. If that happens, the demand of Elspeth will at least regain back to that of its current days but the supply shrinks with rotation, so 20+ tix is easy to achieve.
My view is that: The performance of Orzhov is uncertain as nearly all of its creature part will rotate with RTR and M14. Yes, eventually, we can say Elspeth 's perfect for GW midrange, future UW control and Orzhove, but as the decks we expected will be so unpredictable in the next few months, we should consider selling the Elspeths and wait until a safer time to buy again.
2. Reanimation theme in KTK block
I read from an official article that the next block is about time travel on a world in which dragons have been extinct. I wonder if the people in the story are willing to time travel back to a period of time dragons flipping their wings. Provided that's true, shall we assume time travel means reanimating dragons from the graveyard? It will make sense for all the grave related cards in M15: Jace, Souls, Sytar, Waste Not, Dissipate and others but I'm not 100% sure......
3. Colors of the next set
We know that the next block is a tricolor block. It may be a hard time for devotion decks like mono blue devotion and mono black, which may need to fill in creatures of other colors unless they get something else as finishers. Green based devotions may be unaffected by the rotation but I decided to sell at least half of my Nykthos for some Chord of Calling.
Normally, cards with single mana symbol are easier to fill into three color decks. If tricolor is the new trend, I think Ajani Steadfast, Garruk Apex Hunter and Goblin Rabblemaster have the potential to be in multiple decks.
4. Deck types of the next set
On the aggro side, Mono Green, Jund, GR devotion and RDW are affected in a minor scale by rotation, they represent the demand of Nissa, Stormbreath dragon, Xenagos, Courser of Kruphix, Polukranos, World Eater. Besides, GW may be more popular too, we should keep an close eye on Brimaz, King of Oreskos, Ajani, Mentor of Heroes and Ajani Steadfast.
Control decks except Jund are relatively unstable after rotation. As I mentioned above, a 4 mana cost removal may not be found in the next set. Therefore, the early control decks are probably black or green based. I highly recommend my readers to test out Chord of Calling with gods in THS block. How about Mono Black? It seems solid with the current removals. I think this is what players ought to think thoroughly before buying any cards relevant to it. First of all, I guess MTG set designers don't like a popular deck dominating 20%-30% of standard top 8 decks to migrate into the following year. We can consider the missing of THS cards replacing Underworld Connections, Pack Rats and Desecration Demon as a sign to support the hypothesis.
My other articles about KTK standard:
Midrange Decks
Esper Control
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