LotusRing

If I am right, Magic Origins is a collection of "redesigned" old cards in MTG history. Evidence so far supports the prediction. We have: Dark Petition reminiscing Demonic Tutor, Day's Undoing replacing Timetwister, Honored Hierarch taking after Noble Hierarch. I believe more cards from Power Nine and old sets will appear in Standard but with lowered power level. Let's make some wild guess before the spoiler's out: 1. All ten Shock lands return ( Dual lands ) update: painlands, not shocklands 2. There are remakes for Armageddon, Nevinyrral's Disk and Wrath of God update: they remade Cataclysm. 3. Moxes will appear with 1 mana cost and "enter the battlefield tapped" 4. Something close to Force of Will is in the set

1. Avarcious Dragon With four mana 4/4 flying - the new standard for usable dragons - Avaricious Dragon give you one more card per turn but force you to discard you hand at the end of turn. It's actually a walking  Grafted Skullcap. What is Grafted Skullcap? you've never heard of it? Right, that's because it's never been used in serious decks since it first appeared in Urza's Saga set 17 years ago. I don't think this dragon will not be more active than Thunderbreak Regent in competitive decks after rotation. Look at the visage of the guy wearing it. Still, I made a deck around it: GR reanimates Creatures: 4 Deathmist Raptor 4 Den Protector 4 Flamewake Phoenix 4 Ashcloud Phoenix 4 Avaricious Dragon  Others: whatever you want (I am not quite in the mode right now) Some lands 2. Starfield of Nyx At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return target enchantment card from your  graveyard to the battlefield. As long as you contr...

The first 72   Magic Origins  cards, mostly at limited level, have been reveled. It makes me feel Magic Origins is weaker than Magic 2015. Getting weaker sets doesn't mean lower profit chance; Reversely, prices can be very high for a few good cards in such sets. Modern Master 2015 is so good as Vintage Masters but they have extended the drafting period. That disturbed my plan. I sold all Tarmogoyf at around 1 tix loss on each. If it unfortunately follows the price movement of Vintage Masters, no one should touch it at all.  Let me tell you the story of Vintage Masters:  Last year, Vintage Masters first appeared in MTGO. It was the first time for online players to use Power 9 (Moxes, Black Lotus, Time Walk etc) in games. People had very high expectation on the set and they were not disappointed by the cards. At the early stage of the set's release, a player can buy packs from MTGO store and get a decent profit by selling the cards opened. A friend prov...

Ugh, guess someone 's done the deck before, but it doesn't stop me from making another. The main combo is Profaner of the Dead plus high toughness creatures - Dragon's Eye Savants, Monastery Flocks and Jeskai Barricade- to wipe out opponent's side every time Profaner resolves. Securing our victory, our second plan is Assault Formation on the walls mentioned above. As we have many Morph walls, Morph becomes the secondary theme for our deck. Secret Plans, Obscuring Æther and Trail of Mystery, maybe? How good is Mastery of the Unseen in our deck? Also, Morphies are colorless, I think we can give a shot to Ghostfire Blade. What's more, I 'd like to add Rally the Ancestors against Crux and End Hostility. It 'll make a good deck, right? Tell me how it far goes.

If red aggro decks remain popular, we can make some predictions for decks after the release of Magic Origins - it also means the rotation of M15, at which  Stoke the Flames ,  Foundry Street Denizen ,  Goblin Rabblemaster  rotate from Standard. At that time, Monastery Mentor may take the place of Rabblemaster in token decks or Jeskai burn decks. Mentor may should be fine in RW burn decks. I think it's slower than Rabblemaster, if not, why people use the goblin instead of it? If the aggro decks are slower after Magic Origins, I think Ugin has a chance to rise from its current level, maybe back to 18 tix (where it was before promo Ugin swept the market). Blue based control decks use Ugin as one of the finishers. They are now struggling to survive in a standard full of creatures too fast for mass removal to take down or resisting these removals. Months later, they may see more plays and Dig Through Time may rise to around 3-4 tix and stay there before the rotation o...

I saw an interesting wall deck on MTGgoldfish by  RJHendricks. Creatures (28) 4 Jeskai Barricade 0.04 4 Nyx Weaver 0.04 4 Satyr Wayfinder 0.04 4 Siege Rhino 8.00 4 Sylvan Caryatid 1.60 4 Wall of Mulch 0.04 2 Purphoros, God of the Forge 7.82 2 Wall of Essence 0.02 Spells (10) 4 Commune with the Gods 0.04 4 Rally the Ancestors 0.08 2 Assault Formation 1.90 Lands (23) 4 Sandsteppe Citadel 0.04 4 Windswept Heath 13.36 3 Forest 0.00 2 Llanowar Wastes 5.92 2 Plains 0.00 2 Temple of Malady 28.38 2 Temple of Plenty 2.90 2 Wooded Foothills 6.52 1 Caves of Koilos 3.12 1 Mountain 0.00 I think  Shamanic Revelation  is one of the essentials for this kind of deck, as from my past experience, wall decks aren't lack of creatures on the battlefield. I also like the combo of Purphoros, Commune with the Gods and Rally the Ancestors.