Re:22 years in, Magic: The Gathering is the brainiest it’s e...
by Pinckney on Sunday November 06, 2016 @07:40PM
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Kind of.
Standard is the most popular format, and has the lowest power level of the major constructed formats. Cards are only legal in standard for about 1 year. Most cards that are played in standard aren't powerful enough for Modern, Legacy, or Vintage, so once they rotate out of standard, their value drops.
Siege Rhino, for instance, lost 80% of its peak value by the time it rotated out in April.
Modern is funny. It's non-rotating, but has a fairly aggressive ban list. No big deal if you play casually, but it's possible to drop $1-2k on a T1 deck, only to have a key card banned a year or two later, or for the meta to shift and your deck to be hated out of the format.
Legacy, Vintage, and EDH are generally more stable.
Standard is the most popular format, and has the lowest power level of the major constructed formats. Cards are only legal in standard for about 1 year. Most cards that are played in standard aren't powerful enough for Modern, Legacy, or Vintage, so once they rotate out of standard, their value drops.
Siege Rhino, for instance, lost 80% of its peak value by the time it rotated out in April.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Khans+of+Tarkir/Siege+Rhin...
Modern is funny. It's non-rotating, but has a fairly aggressive ban list. No big deal if you play casually, but it's possible to drop $1-2k on a T1 deck, only to have a key card banned a year or two later, or for the meta to shift and your deck to be hated out of the format.
Legacy, Vintage, and EDH are generally more stable.