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Finance 101: Managing the Banlist

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Spoilers upfront: I don’t expect any bans or unbans when Dragons of Tarkir officially releases next week. Modern seems healthy-ish if not perfect, and Standard and Legacy seem to be in okay places as well.

But you never know what could happen, and today I want to talk about how to manage the Banned and Restricted list from a financial perspective. After all, it’s not that long ago that a bomb was dropped on the Modern format, and it will almost assuredly happen again in the future.

You can find the full post here.

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Corbin Hosler

Corbin Hosler is a journalist living in Norman, Oklahoma (also known as the hotbed of Magic). He started playing in Shadowmoor and chased the Pro Tour dream for a few years, culminating in a Star City Games Legacy Open finals appearance in 2011 before deciding to turn to trading and speculation full-time. He writes weekly at QuietSpeculation.com and biweekly for LegitMTG. He also cohosts Brainstorm Brewery, the only financial podcast on the net. He can best be reached @Chosler88 on Twitter.

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