MTG Format Intelligence & Market Trends

MTG Format Intelligence

Formats can create demand before the price chart explains why.

Track established and emerging Magic formats whose adoption, rules changes, tournament activity, and deckbuilding trends may affect card prices, inventory, and seller depth.

Current focusAdoption → cards → price and supply

Evidence comes before conclusions. Format interest is not market movement until current card data supports it.

Priority Formats

Growing and emerging formats to check first

Premodern

GROWINGFull intelligencePaper + digital

Fixed-card-pool constructed format spanning Fourth Edition through Scourge, now supported by dedicated Magic Online rooms.

Market lens: Older staples, Reserved List exposure, original-era versions, and constrained seller depth can make adoption visible in card markets.

Magic Online promoted Premodern to evergreen status in February 2026 after consistent League and Challenge turnout.

View Premodern Market Intelligence

Cali Commander

EMERGINGMarket watchPaper / community

Community-managed competitive 1v1 Commander variant using 100-card singleton decks and 30 starting life.

Market lens: Rules differences and community voting create a card watchlist, but current market impact remains unconfirmed.

Emerging community format. NeoCardAlpha is monitoring adoption; no format-caused market effect is assumed.

View Cali Commander Market Intelligence

Other Format Intelligence

Current NeoCardAlpha format watch pages

These pages cover specific market or decklist questions. They are not presented as complete rules guides.

Brawl

WATCHMarket watchDigital

Post-ban Brawl watch focused on Marvel Arena testing and six recent bans.

Market lens: Separates Arena play evidence from paper singles demand and exact-version movement.

View Brawl Market Intelligence

cEDH

ESTABLISHED NICHEMarket watchPaper

Decklist-movement watch for Sami artifact storm results and Loki untapper testing.

Market lens: Repeated competitive lists can focus demand on exact combo and support-card packages.

View cEDH Market Intelligence

Duel Commander

ESTABLISHED NICHEMarket watchPaper + digital

Fantasticar event-result watch with zero-mana artifacts, mana rocks, and Mystic Forge engines.

Market lens: Event repetition matters more than one result when checking support-card prices and supply.

View Duel Commander Market Intelligence

Legacy

ESTABLISHEDMarket watchPaper + digital

Candelabra of Tawnos post-ban watch with Colorless Tron and High Tide context.

Market lens: Reserved List condition, thin seller depth, and post-ban usage need exact-version checks.

View Legacy Market Intelligence

Limited

ESTABLISHEDMarket watchPaper + digital

Marvel Limited bomb, color-balance, event-traffic, and product-source watch.

Market lens: Draft results are player evidence first; paper demand needs sales, inventory, and seller-depth confirmation.

View Limited Market Intelligence

Modern

ESTABLISHEDMarket watchPaper + digital

Devoted Druid competitive-result history alongside the existing Loki decklist and price watch.

Market lens: Repeated results must confirm whether testing is becoming durable support-card demand.

View Modern Market Intelligence

Pauper

ESTABLISHEDMarket watchPaper + digital

Zeta legality reversal watch with twelve scheduled additions, two immediate bans, and four official watchlist cards.

Market lens: Low card prices make seller depth, reprint supply, and repeat decklist adoption important checks.

View Pauper Market Intelligence

Vintage

ESTABLISHED NICHEMarket watchPaper + digital

Fantasticar post-ban watch with Shops testing and Commander-deck source separation.

Market lens: Thin markets and premium versions require exact-print and Pricing Confidence checks.

View Vintage Market Intelligence