Check out this chart, which shows the average value of a Masterpiece card during prerelease weekend for each and every Masterpiece set: I'm not going to spend too much time talking about Masterpiece- series cards herethis is an expected value article, after allbut the decline in value is pretty shocking
It doesnt sound admirable, but competitors know they have a better shot at top cut if they manage to draw instead of outright lose because a win earns them 3 points, a draw 1, and a loss gets 0, and its those points that determine if you make top cut
Unlike the VD, this has external synergy with other cards
With Commander as the most popular way to play Magic , theres no guarantee that a lack of Standard demand will let a card cool off
In can do everything: early pressure, double chump block, double sacrifice