another gp just passed and it was the biggest constructed ever. 4000+ players? i do not wish to repeat what others have reported on the format. but here it is. that column seems like the old top decks column by Mike Flores
anyway 5 pod decks in the top 8. the last time we seen a deck this dominant is the bloodbraid elf jund era. and it ended up... hahaz. what i personally feel is that we will have to wait and see what happens in the tournament. how i wish this format is a cyclical metagame where the next tournament will be dominated by the decks designed to beat pod. something reminiscence of the power9 vintage tournaments of old... where workshop decks beat combo decks and combo decks beat oath decks and oath decks beat workshop/welder decks. i seriously do hope wizards doesnt use the banned list to be a pseudo rotation. it suck. i am definitely not surprised if the metagame swings to uwr variant decks again :)
pod decks arent as invincible as it looks. as my team mate QS will have said, keep the board clean, keep the graveyard cleaner. do not let anything sticks. pod decks are just decks with powerful interactions and value creatures on their own. do not let the fear gets you. sometimes you just have to kill that bird/hierarch. like i will say, just practise much and you will naturally know what priority of creatures to kill and what to let them keep.
back to my intended topic of this post. gp richmond. 4000+ players. largest constructed events. with each tier1 decks hitting at least $1000 or more. how is that possible? are all magic players loaded with vitamin M? what causes this? and what are the main culprits? and why? and what should we do to prevent this mistake?
recently QS put up a couple of stuffs for sale so therefore he checked the prices on starcitygames.com. holy mama this is what he found out.
arid mesa 59.99 out of stock
marsh flats 59.99 1 in stock
verdant catacombs 59.99 xx in stock
misty rainforest 99.99 xx in stock
scalding tarn 99.99 xx in stock
all the above prices in USD.
wow! just wow! if you play uwr you would have played 4x scalding tarn and 4x arid mesa. easily 600usd there. if you play blue moon thats 800usd there. lands are the most important parts of a deck. you wouldnt want your first few turns to skip land drops dont you? you wouldnt want your first lands to NOT produce the colors you want dont you? fetchlands are the some of the most powerful lands in the game. even in vintage why do decks play 8 fetchlands and say 3 ABU duals? they are just that powerful. they fix your mana and let you have perfect mana. anybody played reflecting pool in lorwyn block? fetch+shock is almost strictly better other than the life loss. not to mention the shuffle effects and tectonic edge protection.
they are expensive because every multicolor deck wants them. they are in higher demands than the onslaught fetchlands(polluted delta and gang) because they can be played in more formats. the onslaught fetchlands can only be played in vintage and legacy whereas zendikar fetchlands can be played in vintage, legacy and modern! and modern have more official wizards support than the other 2 formats. therefore i would also not be surprised if one day they would cost more than the onslaught fetchlands.
while i wont advise readers to hoard cards but please keep in mind that lands are really fundamental to any other decks. the 2-3 points of life are really worth the guarantee that your early mana color production is correct. i have had many experience that lands jumped price the highest. onslaught fetchlands, wasteland, shocks, zendikar fetchlands, worldwake manlands they all went through the same story. they dipped when they rotate and they picked up after they appear in winning decklists and once people started playtesting them they realise the power of the fetchlands. then their price soared without looking back. i also wont advise readers to buy in now as... please read below.
i think you the reader should be able to google why fetchlands are so good yourself. its easy eh? if you are able to come this page then you should know how to use google?
but in regards to the prices now i do hope that the people who have RTR shocks please dont sell them. you will never know when you will need the shocks again. while you can always sell your stardard cards which have rotated out, it isnt the same as lands. keep the lands if they are good. sooner of later once the supply dries up then it will definitely pick up.
ps.
some guy got a snapshot of the modern event deck. while i am not sure whether is it real or fake, it seems like a token decks of some sort. while i dont harbor thoughts of a marsh flats inside, to quote another mtgs user...
"even if its goyf and 59 lands, i will still buy that product."
how true? even if its marsh flats and some rares and lands i will still buy it.
pss.
i heard rumors that the onslaught fetchlands are coming back in the summer block this year. i believe if it really happens, the zendikar fetchlands will drop in price. look what happened to thoughtseize. i would hope readers to adopt a player's mentality, not a speculator mentality. please this is a game, not a currency of some sorts.
with my ending i would like to share this comic from carcboard crack.com
http://cardboard-crack.com/post/78401240638/fetch-lands
ill try to get the picture up as soon as possible?
see ya guys
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