The MTG Marketplace: Biggest Winners, Losers, and Trends of 04/04/22
Magic’s secondary market boomed this week. Between new hype for Pioneer and New Capenna spoilers, card prices are shooting up! Welcome to The MTG Marketplace, a weekly article on MTG Rocks where we cover each week’s biggest price spikes and overall market trends. Weekly Winner Chandra, Dressed to Kill Chandra is a staple of Mono-Red […]
Are You Ready For the Pioneer Pro Tour? Here Are the Format’s Best Decks
Up until recently, many players considered Pioneer a dead Magic: the Gathering format. But Wizards of the Coast announced the return of Pro Tours and the first one will feature Pioneer. This reinvigorated players’ interest in the format. If you haven’t been keeping up with Pioneer, you may need a brief breakdown of the metagame. […]
This Kamigawa Land Snuck Up in Price – Did You Get Yours?
When previewing Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, many Magic players ranked the set’s cycle of five legendary “channel lands” as the best cards of the set. This cycle includes , , , , and . As soon as they were released, these land cards permeated every Magic: the Gathering format. They are everywhere! And recently, one of […]
What’s the Best Birthing Pod Commander in MTG?
Birthing Pod is a Commander classic and there are entire strategies that revolve around the unique play patterns of the card. The Phyrexian artifact digs through your deck to find specific creatures, amassing value along the way, and often setting up infinite combos. There are so many ways to play Birthing Pod in Commander. Each […]
The Great Pioneer BOOM – Card Prices Are Going UP!
Pioneer has a diverse and fun metagame, yet relatively few people play the format. But that might change soon. Last week, Wizards of the Coast announced a new structure for competitive Magic which coincidentally breathed new life into the Pioneer format. Consequently, the prices of many Pioneer cards spiked over the weekend. Why is There […]
The MTG Marketplace: Biggest Winners, Losers and Trends of 03/28/22
This week, there was some rather peculiar movement on Magic’s secondary market. Strangely, Pioneer of all formats caused a couple of price spikes. Welcome to The MTG Marketplace, a weekly article on MTG Rocks where we cover each week’s biggest price spikes and overall market trends. Weekly Winner Winota, Joiner of Forces The biggest price […]
You Can’t Make a Commander Deck More Legendary Than This
Captain Sisay is a legendary deck, literally! It is jam-packed with legendary creatures, lands, planeswalkers, and more. And Sisay has the ability to search for whatever legendary card you need. In this way, the deck performs like a toolbox, in that you can always find the right tool for the job. She can even tutor […]
Jeez! This MTG Standard Card is Getting Ridiculously Expensive
When it was first released, some players speculated that The Meathook Massacre would follow in the footsteps of , a card that reached $50.00 during its legality in Standard. Well, those players were right. The Meathook Massacre is currently the most expensive card legal in Standard today (excluding fancy foil treatments). And it keeps rising […]
Is This the Most Fun or Most HATED Commander in MTG?
Tergrid, God of Fright, is a highly controversial commander in Magic: the Gathering. Some players find her extremely fun to play. But others vehemently hate Tergrid and go as far as banning her within their own playgroups. Let’s take a look a Tergrid, analyze why so many players hate her, and showcase what makes a […]
It’s Finally Affordable! What Caused This OG Modern Staple to Fall From Favor?
Tarmogoyf is a classic Magic: the Gathering card. The card originally came out in Future Sight in 2007. Since then, it’s been a mainstay of many of Magic’s older formats like Modern, Legacy, and Vintage. Naturally, this made Tarmogoyf an extremely expensive card. But a lot has changed since 2007 and these days, Tarmogoyf is […]