Hi,
The low Euro/Dollar exchange rate we were experiencing over the last years led to an increase in import prices in the US. This is especially true for Magic cards, where Europe represents at least 1/3 of the world market. US buyers on average had to pay more for their, say Exploration, the more the Dollar decreased in value. It was a time, when everyone was importing cards from the US due to the favorable exchange rate. In that enviroment US sellers were price setting, because they were the cheapest and therefore the guys to buy from.
With the rcent downturn of the Euro that situation reversed. Buying €-nominated cards has become cheaper for the rest of the world. In a world of perfect competition US cards prices would now go down, because importing them has become cheaper and cutting prices would improve ones marketshare. Unfortunatly, that is not what happens. Anyone who has bought a Magic card is unlikely to sell it below purchasing-value. That's true for private sellers as well as for businesses. I call this the "stickyness" in Magic cards prices.
The new *rally* therefore starts at the price level set on the other side of the ocean. And the rising €-prices will in turn increase world-market prices, leading to an upward spiral of prices for Magic cards.
This is just a model, depending on the "stickyness" of cards prices. However i do believe that a declining Euro can lead to a rise in € prices for Magic cards.
Thx 4 reading, bit off-topic =)

And Oath mirrors are about winning Orchard wars, not getting an early Oath down by yourself. Many good Oath players even sb all of their Oaths out to make YOU get THEIR job done. SBing Cards in the Oath mirror only makes sense if they help you win the struggle for tokens or provide another way of winning.

Good to see, that (at least parts of the community) can create influence on those policies. I think there is too much distance between DCI policies and player's opinions. Thank you Steve for being one of the few institutions which are able try to improve Vintage as itself. Of course it's exciting to improve the game in given borders, but being involved in the process of format-creating, gives you the opportunites to improve the game ITSELF. I'm pretty sure, it couldnt be in better hands.

Dark Ritual is no good idea when playing such a high ammount of sphereeffects. Why didnt you include Trinisphere for having the highest possible count?
To shut down GAT i'd prefer R-based Hate (especially moon effects) instead of your green cards which just seem to speed up your beatdown plan. A Magus of the Moon dirupts the GAT Player's gameplay far more than a Gaddok ever will. REBs are another reason to include red when facing your opponents without any FoWs.

Did anyone of you test Meloku or Vineleasher Kudzu in this Deck? Fastbond + Meloku enables a "pay 1 life: put a 1/1 flying spirit into play"-engine. Isn't that a pretty good win condition? It's like Hatred in a permanent version. Not that it would be really difficult to handle, Echoing Truth or Pyroclsm are pretty common, especially here in Germany. But since winning the game by protecting a (not even very big) Empty the Warrens is a viable killoption, protecting your spirits for 2 turns or finding time walk should be possible. Instead of playing 4 Dryads i changed one of them into Meloku and the other one into a Kudzu. Kudzu seems great to me because you drop a land nearly as often as you cast a spell and this guy gets 2 counters for each fetchland. I first thought of this as some "fun-changes", but i wonder if it is good enough in a competitive deck.