A Magic Holiday Finance Guide To Buying Season
By Chas Andres   Now that we've looked at Modern's supply-side issues, let's take a look at demand. Big mana decks were all the rage at Grand Prix Oklahoma City, with TitanShift, Jeskai Breach, G/B Tron, and Mono-Green Tron locking down six spots in the Top 8. If the metagame continues in this fashion, we'll likely see cards like Karn Liberated; Ugin, the Spirit Dragon; Through the Breach, and Scapeshift start to tick up in the coming days. In fact, the price charts indicate that this shift is already starting to happen. Most of these cards are fairly inexpensive right now, at least relative to their historical highs, so you might want to consider buying in now if you've been holding off. Beyond that, it's worth looking at decks that are good against Tron and other big mana strategies. Gerry Thompson wrote a good article covering this topic last week, and it's worth peeking at for some interesting spec ideas. Most of his suggestions are known quantities, but it's important to have a sense of which way the winds are blowing in Modern at any given moment. Also, I agree with his theory that Infect might see a resurgence in 2018, even without Gitaxian Probe. It might be worth snagging some of that deck's key staples while they're absurdly cheap.  |
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