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I think the overall price movements of KTK will be comparable with that of RTR. Like the shocklands, KTK fetchlands are currently high priced but will drop later. People cracking the packs for profit will eventually over-extract the cards. What happening along the cracking and selling is an overabundance of all other Mythics and rares. I expect the non-staple Mythics to drop like those from RTR. Not until the fetches rest at 4-5 tix a piece should we consider collecting the low cost Mythics. The better Mythics dominating the meta don't drop as much as the weaker ones. But we must always remind ourselves: MTGO trading is a game of patient. I found every past standard staple had several buy-in points to chase throughout its course of two year Standard life. Reckless buying results in only huge losses. We should rate a card's position in Standard meta by the mana/power/deck types. Wise players would have foreseen the rise of Goblin Rabblemaster and the fall of  Eidolon of the

Among the removals, if logic in MTG world - perpetually lacking it - works in the next few weeks, a card - exiling, highly color friendly, plus mana bonus - should shine. I 'm talking about Gild. With 3B mana cost and giving one five color mana ramp bonus, it fits well into the new wedge standard. But if logic does works in MTG, who can tell me why people are not buying potential THS block cards? I'm saying the mono color cards: They are of high chances getting used in multiple decks. Taking Elspeth as an example, even UW control leaves the mainstream, it's possible to be a decent 6 drop in Orzhov, Naya, Boros, Abazan, Mardu. If the decks collectively take a share as big as UW control plus Orzhov deck last year, Elspeth should be much higher than its current price when THS supply shrinks. The rule can be applied to Nissa, Worldwaker, Chandra, Pyromaster, Brimaz, King of Oreskos, Courser of Kruphix, Polukranos, World Eater, Stormbreath Dragon. Compared to these safe bets

In mana cost, planeswalkers are generally pricy. Supporting by green ramp cards is likely the only way planewalker decks can be built around. The decks are probably in wedge colors, as we want to include the best standard planewalkers in our decks. I think Jund(GBR) and Junk(GBW) are two well designed wedges for planeswalker decks. Jund decks: Nissa, Xenagos and Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker are win conditions. Until dropping the planeswalkers, we use Thoughseize, Anger of the Gods, Arc Lightning to hold the line. The mana ramp part is made of Mytic Elf,  Sylvan Caryatid and Courser of Kruphix. We have Liliana Vess, Chandra Pyromaster and Read the Bones in our decks to get card advantages. Sample list: Junk deck: Planeswalkers in Junk are slower than Jund - we don't have haste Xenagos, Dragonspeaker- also, Junk doesn't have enough early removals dealing with aggros. Lucky, I saw most aggro decks after KTK are not so fast as RTR ones and most of the creatures have

Let me first warn anyone who think getting 3 mana of different colors in turn 3 is easy: it's nearly impossible without the help of Birds of Paradise, Mox Diamond or Noble  Hierarch  - we don't have them in Standard. Even in a format with Birds,  Noble Hierarch, Cavern of Souls, we seldom find players using 3 cmc wedge creatures like Doran, the Siege Tower (it's a 5/5 for 3 mana!). It's because without  1st turn mana ramp card more secure than 0/1 creatures, a 3 cmc card can't enter on turn 2, then the relative card advantage of it drops largely when opponent has 4-5 mana on his/her side to develop. Therefore, the 3 drops in KTK are not the reasons we build decks with according colors. On the other side, some of the 4 cmc wedge creatures do look quite relevant to serious decks. D iscussions have been triggered on the possibility that Junk, which includes Siege Rhino as the 4 drop, replaces Jund after rotation. Now it's the time we should take into account l

I 've written a full article about card choices but accidentally deleted it..... To make it short and clear, buy cards from the below card list showing number of decks using the cards in recent Legacy and Vintage Events. The numbers are not the sole representation of potential card value. As well, you need to consider the number of copies usually used in decks, think of if the card's solely suitable for one deck type, find out if the card 's reprinted in special sets or MOCS promo. Name Legacy Vintage Grindstone 90 35 Intuition 491 68 Humility 100 0 Scroll Rack 3 3 Mirri's Guile 30 1 Meditate 99 3 Aluren 35 0 Ensnaring Bridge 92 4 Mox Diamond 340 8 Volrath's Stronghold 155 0 City of Traitors 540 175 Oath of Druids 0 133 Cataclysm 10 0 Seismic Assault 83 0 Lotus Petal 780

Today, I saw the mechanics of KTK, namely Outlast, Prowess, Delve, Raid, Ferocious, Morph, Modal Spells and Abilities. (If you don't know what they are, click here .) At least 3 of them interact with Jace, the Living Guildpact. The bouncing ability of Jace can reset your opponents' Outlast and Delve creatures or your Morph creatures. The more powerful creatures with these abilities are, the higher chance we see Jace in serious decks. Besides, Jace 's self milling favors Delve of your own creatures. It 's not much now but all we are waiting is something like Tombstalker. As the full KTK card list has not yet been spoiled, we can still collect Jace at 5 tix. I'm putting some tix into Jace. Reading up to this line, you may think my words are illogical, simple minded, lacking practical MTG deck building value. Let me refute. My experience on trading tells me one thing: before the 1st set of a new block releases, decks are generally more creative than those professio