So the Team’s recent card purchases were hastened after the Grand Prix results last weekend. That is because of the new deck archetypes that arose and certainly will affect the Standard metagame. We have already done with the Karn planeswalker the week before, and expecting the surge in its price. The rise of Black Red gave way to most Dominaria cards, in particular the Goblin Chainwhirler, to jump in prices. I have preorder it before for 50php and it jumped to 250 to 300php last weekend. It has definitely shaped the look of Red aggro decks and even converted it to a Black splash for better creature removal availability.

For the Blue-White Control and Flash variants, we recently bought History of Benalia as another important component, with a price that I again failed to forecast. I have also known Lyra to go up but I did not consider to add her to my list of Dominaria Preorders. These two cards made an impact in the build of Blue White, making them a Tier 1 deck in the current metagame. I have then added a few minor components such as Seal Away to the purchase, along with the Dominaria card reprints where I’d bought them while they are still cheap. A Clifftop Retreat for P150 sounds like a good deal.

The rest of the deck I’ve considered along with the Team to upgrade are Mono Green Stompy, Mono-Black Aggro, Blue Black Control and White Tokens. It is currently not a priority so the upgrade will just follow later on.

The total purchases would cost a lot but for the benefit of having a complete deck in the tournament. Now, all we need is to play and win.