In the wake of the recent counterfeiting issue, I've decided to check out some things regarding deck costs and such. Some thoughts:

1) Modern was introduced as an affordable eternal format, turns out it still remains quite expensive. The cheapest decks in the top 16 of GP Prague is U/R Delver, URW Control and Infect starting at 400-450 bucks. the B/G/x decks cost a whopping 1200-1500$ depending on the version. An average deck is about 600-700 dollars. I'm not sure if this is an affordable price for the masses. If there will be a MM2, Wizards should absolutely start with fetches and the rares that weren't included in th set (Grove, Hierarch, Clique/Bob/Goyf at rare etc.)

2) Any rogue deck / cards played with reasonable success in an event will be automatically cornered at a moment's notice, see Tin Fists. The deck didn't even make the top 16. Same thing with pros, see Disrupting Shoal. I'm willing to bet that if the next day a CFB guy 4-0's a daily Legacy with Nourishing Lich, either the Shoal, Lich or Wurm gets immediately bought out. In fact, if I were a CFB member I would deliberately play rogue decks in order to sell cheap garbage at an inflated price at my store. Take a look at the price of Zur the Enchanter.

3) Any playable Mythic from 1 block or 1 year ago is / will be at least 20 dollars. Craterhoof Behemoth is currently 12$ and rising, Griselbrand is 20-25$, even Elesh Norn and Consecrated Sphinx are 15 bucks. I won't even touch stuff like Eldrazi or Karn or Liliana. It seems like it's worth picking up every archetype staple rare or mythic at 10-15 bucks as the price won't go lower. After half a year or so I totally expect Snapcaster, DRS and Revelation to be cornered.

All in all this makes me glad I sold most of my inflated stuff last year. No matter how you cut it I can't justify paying these prices when video games are 50$, an average board game costs 30-40$, an XboX with kinect is 400$.