I'd say Commander's more the way to go versus Modern, from what I've seen. Should be easier to find games at the bare minimum, and though I haven't looked at much Modern, I wouldn't be surprised if you can build a decent deck cheaper (and there are always the Commander decks to use as a starting point.)
Commander can be very fun if you can find the right play group. It can also be miserable if you end up in the wrong one. What sort of decks do you like to play?
I'm trying to get into EDH and starting with changing around the Lord Windgrace deck to be an actual lands deck (since I own tons of fetchlands and lands) and I've already got a pretty good trade going for the non-foil Karn.
I don't hate the concept of the initial experience, it's just too shallow and too mandatory. The problem with learning the game is that most modern creature design isn't "2/2 with Vigilance" it's like "2/2 that does a thing when it attacks and isn't blocked and that thing is at least somewhat complicated."
izzet guildgates are cheap, and worse, replacement for vents if you want to go budget.
Sigarda is the bad one, but that's a great set of pulls (and I still love Sigarda being stupidly invincible all the time). Congratulations!
Because those cantrips grows the drakes asap and with a goblin in play they are almost free.
I think Goyf is the card that is likely to continue a downward trend. A giant 1G beater is just getting power creeped out.
It isn't that there's a straight up replacement, it's that creatures that don't do anything aren't good enough in Modern these days because your opponent has like 3 4/4s on turn 2 or something. Unless they lose their minds and make Deathrite Shaman legal again there's no reason to play BGx right now.
I sold my Expedition lands on eBay and it was just fine, but I have a reasonable amount of seller feedback (like 100 total so not that much) and have sold stuff a bunch. I just took a ton of pictures and described it as close as I could and made sure to have delivery signature only.
