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Things you need to know before reading: 1. I expect MTGO will hold one Vintage Masters and one Urza's Block flashback drafts in the next 4 months. 2. Reprints, Promos, special sets are meteors falling right into your wallet - it burns money and you can't avoid. Any card you buy today can be reprinted. 3. Do a diversified investment. Don't put all tix on one or a few cards. My list: Urza's Block: Gaea's Cradle Serra's Sanctum Time Spiral Metalworker Vintage Masters: Lion's Eye Diamond Dual lands Older Blocks: The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale Undiscovered Paradise FireStorm Helm of Obedience Moat Candelabra of Tawnos Transmute Artifact Aluren Dream Halls Don't buy cards that are too high. Buy less cards from Vintage Masters and Urza's Block.

I don't have insider's leak sources. All I wrote here were sheer predictions based on my experience. Wizards's responses to these leaks on MTGO could be: 1. Holding Urza's flasback drafts for 1 month. 2. Holding Vintage Masters drafts for 1 month. On paper, it's harder to deal with the effects brought by vendor speculations. I only do MTGO at the moment, so it's not a problem bordering me. What will I buy from now til Eternal Masters releases? Read here .

Be patient! I am asking both the readers and the writer of this article. All of you have great thoughts, but wait and wait until they are at the right prices to buy. The time is not now. 1. Thought-Knot Seer Widely used in Modern, I can be in Legacy and Standard. In the event of Modern decks adjust to resist Eldrazi aggro or Wizards ban Chalice, whichever happens, a chance to buy Thought-Knot Seer happens. 2. Kozilek's Return It's used in GR Ramp decks in both Modern and Standard. It's a Mythic rare that has a potential to rise more then Though-Knot Seer. 3. Sylvan Advocate I already see it in Abzan decks, Bant Aggro decks and some Ramp decks. It indicates that Sylvan is usable in both Control and Aggro decks. It 's a good sign. Most cards in Abzan rotate out with KTK, but Bant remains. If Shadows over Innistrad doesn't introduce something game changing, I think Sylvan will be more popular. 4. World Breaker It's the best card to activate Kozilek&

I read an article today on a control based Ramp deck. It's attempting to fight against fast Aggros today with control cards: counterspells, mass removals, draw spells. Then a card immediately showed up on my mind: Mage-Ring Network. Though not exactly a ramp card, it helps to cast Ugin, Kozilek and Ulamog. Let's borrow a Esper Dragon shell from Mtggoldfish: 4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy 296.72 4 Dragonlord Ojutai   2  Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger  1  Kozilek, the Great Distortion 46.52 1 Dragonlord Silumgar   2 Sphinx of the Final Word 2.89 1 Silumgar, the Drifting Death 0.01 Spells (24) 2 Horribly Awry 0.02 4 Silumgar's Scorn   4 Duress 0.04 2 Complete Disregard   0.02 3 Foul-Tongue Invocation     3 Warping Wail 0.06 2 Scatter to the Winds 0.12 1 Languish 1.28 2 Ojutai's Command 0.04 1 Utter End 0.22 2 Crux of Fate 0.20 4 Dig Through Time 1.52 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon   2 Ugin 11.18 Lands (26) 1 Bloodstained Mire 9.67 4 Flooded Strand 38.56 1

Is it possible to bring back GR Monsters with Eldrazi ? Cards I am going to test in this deck: 1. Kozilek's Return Dragonlord Atarka & Chandra on Aggro decks 2. Card drawing power from Sea Gate Wreckage, Chandra and Kozilek At this moment, the main problem I see in the ramp decks is low speed. The slow pace comes from high mana creatures - 10 mana Eldrazi, 8 Mana Ugin - and weak early removals. I want to improve the deck by using Dragonlard Atarka and Chandra, Flamecaller along with Kozilek's Return and Draconic Roar. This very early version of the deck will be tested on MTGO for a few days: Removals: 3 Dragonlord Atarka 2 Chandra, Flamecaller 4  Kozilek's R eturn 3 Draconic Roar 4 Jaddi Offshoot 4 World Breaker 2  Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger 1  Kozilek, the Great Distortion 4  Thunderbreak Regent or  Avaricious Dragon ( Avaricious Dragon + Sea Gate Wreckage?) 4 Nissa's Pilgrimage 4 Explosive Vegetation 25 Lands: 1 Sea Gate Wreckage