By Guo Heng
It’s that time of the year again. Pro Tour Magic Origins is taking place at Vancouver this weekend, and here are my predictions for the breakout cards of this weekend.
ProTrader: Magic doesn’t have to be expensive.
By: Guo Heng
Today’s piece takes off where Saturday’s The Meta Report left off. We have our first slew of post-Origins Standard results from the previous weekend’s Star City Games Standard Open at Chicago. Part one dealt with the new cards that saw play in the established tier-one decks at Chicago.
Seeing that last weekend’s Star City Games Standard Open at Richmond just concluded while this article was written, we are going to take a look at the new archetypes spawned by Magic Origins at both Chicago and Richmond. We would also look at how some of the new cards/archetypes transitioned from week one into week two to get a better picture of the sort of reaction we can expect from the Pro Tour this weekend.
ProTrader: Magic doesn’t have to be expensive.
By Guo Heng
Welcome back to another instalment of The Meta Report where we dissect the latest results from the competitive circuit and put them under an mtgfinance lens. We are in an exciting period in Standard right now. The format is at peak diversity, with the highest possible number of sets we could draw from to construct our Standard decks. The release of Magic Origins last Friday injected a slew of new cards into the format and we’ve had our first major Standard event last weekend at Star City Games Standard Grand Prix Open in Chicago.
I initially planned to cover everything in a single article, but as I wrote about the new cards that made waves at Chicago, I realised there were too many cards I would like to discuss, so I would be splitting this Meta Report into two parts. The first part will deal with the old guards of the Standard format and the Magic Origins cards that impacted them. The second part will deal with new archetypes spawned by Magic Origins.
ProTrader: Magic doesn’t have to be expensive.
By: Guo Heng
No, I am not talking about these guys.
Nor this lot.
While I was researching my previous article on Standard mythics that are worth taking a look at now, I realized that nearly all the Khans block walkers are at a low point now. I only wrote about Narset Transcendent in my previous piece, as she is the walker which I think has the highest upside due to her price in relation to supply, plus the fact that she would be filling an empty niche. That does not mean that the other Khans block walkers are not worth having a look at.
ProTrader: Magic doesn’t have to be expensive.
