Will this little guy be spitting all over Legacy players this weekend?

Probably not.

However…

An actual Magic: the Gathering card that you might be expecting to see this weekend

I have been using Cardshark to purchase singles for Magic on and off over the past seven years. It wasn’t until yesterday that I noticed that you could see a list of their most purchased cards, categorized by rarity and time frame. What rare has been sold the most? The answer, Chrome Mox, may not be that surprising considering its heavy play since its release. If you check out the most sold commons from the last 7 days, you will find that an interesting Ice Age card that is outselling the 2nd place Desperate Ritual by almost 3 to 1.

I wouldn’t just link to a random Pokemon card…

Mystic Remora, a card that I certainly had not heard of, has been selling very well by Cardshark standards over the past few weeks. The question is, where do we expect to see it? What Legacy decks are planning on packing this enchantment? Seriously, if you know what deck this is good in, please post in the comments. The only thing I have come up with is using it as a sideboard card in some storm deck and playing it out before you combo as a hedge in case your opponent has counters and/or Stifles.

If you go back two weeks in the numbers, you will see that Yavimaya Elder has spiked significantly as well. Could this mean a resurgence in rock decks?

Maybe these numbers don’t mean anything. Perhaps one of those “kooky” Vorthos players is trying to fill an entire binder with Mystic Remora. Maybe a dealer is anticipating that this will be a hot card and bought out a bunch at a nickel each, hoping to flip them for $1-2 at the GP.

It is hard to look at these numbers and try to divine any real insights into the metagame. Would someone have been able to see the spike in Wall of Reverence over the past few weeks and guessed that the deck that won the Pro Tour would be packing them in the main? More likely you would have pegged it as a popular casual card. However, as far as I know Cardshark is one of the only sites that makes information like this public (if you know of any others, post them in comments). I will probably check these lists as big events approach to see if any Remora-like outliers emerge.

Anyone who is going to the GP this weekend, let us know if you see any tricky fish at the top of the tables.

~WillPoP

I don’t know if this is going to get linked anytime soon on the English side of the Okayama coverage but I thought people might be interested in the winning decklist — and the Top 8 decklists — from the Legacy Open on Sunday for an uncut sheet of Mishra’s Workshop and a bunch of other cards printed in Antiquities. There were 48 players, which meant 6 rounds and a Top 8 playoff. In the end it was Yuu Saitou, a Level 2 Japanese judge who won the prize with his AdStorm deck

AdStorm
Yuu Saitou — Winner
GP Okayama Legacy Open

1  Badlands
3  Bloodstained Mire
4  Gemstone Mine
3  Polluted Delta
1  Underground Sea
1  Volcanic Island

2  Ad Nauseam
4  Brainstorm
4  Burning Wish
2  Cabal Ritual
3  Chrome Mox
4  Dark Ritual
4  Duress
2  Infernal Tutor
4  Lion’s Eye Diamond
4  Lotus Petal
2  Mox Diamond
4  Mystical Tutor
2  Orim’s Chant
2  Pact of Negation
4  Rite of Flame

Sideboard:

1  Cabal Therapy
1  Diminishing Returns
1  Empty the Warrens
1  Hull Breach
2  Hurkyl’s Recall
1  Ill-Gotten Gains
1  Infernal Tutor
1  Orim’s Chant
1  Pact of Negation
1  Pyroclasm
3  Shattering Spree
1  Tendrils of Agony