The holidays are in full swing and the new year is right around the corner. And as some of you may know, the stock market has been a bit shaky in the last month or so. But it seems Magic is still doing pretty well during this slightly volatile time. I think a good portion […]
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]]>Ultimate Masters has hit the market and there’s already been a lot of movement. The prices of the reprints dropped as they usually do when a set first hits the market. But it seems like the prices have started to rebound a lot quicker this time around. There’s a slight possibility they could drop again […]
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]]>Magic Online has a problem. A card value problem. In a recent Channel Fireball article, Florian Koch showed just how much card prices have fallen over the past few years: That's right. To own a playset of the cheapest version of every Magic card ever printed on MTGO would have cost you roughly $28,000 in […]
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]]>This is the first article from my new series, MTG Questions. You might be familiar with the Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em series (rebranded as MTG Metagame Finance), which takes a tournament-oriented perspective. I decided to start this series to focus on more general aspects of MTG finance. The two series will work together, as when […]
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]]>Welcome back, folks. It's been a while since I last wrote an article, in large part because I've been unwilling to make any financial moves on MTGO before reading the December 6th announcement about competitive play on Arena. What is announced there could have major ramifications for investing on MTGO, and so I've been very […]
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]]>Many people have been saying there’s been a little less movement regarding Magic finance during the past few weeks or months. Some people are saying there’s a slowdown. Others are saying it’s normal because the holidays are around the corner and players have less money to spend on Magic cards. Regardless, Magic continues to move […]
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]]>Hello, everybody and welcome to a new week of the Daily Stock Watch! Standard cards are starting to move in the wake of new brews with cards from Guild of Ravnica, and we're all but ready to see which deck will be the new Black Red Midrange (arguably the best deck from last season) of […]
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]]>Eldritch Moon previews start today, but before we know a single card Sheridan is here to point out some hot spec targets.
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]]>This is a conversation brought on by an interesting Reddit post (which you can find here), so I decided I may as well share one of my most embarrassing misses. The highlight of that thread, for me, is Brian Kibler being completely honest about his biggest miss: Daybreak Ranger. I remember when that happened and […]
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]]>With new spoilers out, Chad starts picking targets based pm how the Standard Format might look a month from now.
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]]>Standard is a wide open format right now, which means lots of people are inventing sweet brews. Mike surveys the field for some strategies you may have overlooked.
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]]>Mike examines an old favorite scheduled to return to Standard for the first time in more than a decade. Will Rancor live up to its reputation? Read on to find out.
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]]>Birthing Pod has been putting up some impressive results of late. Mike explains why this strategy has been successful and walks us through a build of his own.
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]]>Corbin Hosler looks back at his Dark Ascension review and examines how his predictions paid off!
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]]>Mike brews and successfully pilots a Thalia centered Naya build. Read up on his card choices and why he sees Thalia as positioned well in the current meta.
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]]>Mike Lanigan brews up a flippin' werewolftastic Standard build. Looking for something more fun than Spike to bring to FNM tonight? Grab your checklist cards and Gutshots and check out this build!
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]]>Corbin Hosler provides his usual Prerelease Primer, complete with everything you need from Dark Ascension!
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]]>Carl presents a helpful guide to recognizing rares that still have potential to gain based on what will be released in future sets. We then explore the rares in Innistrad that have not yet been discovered and why you may soon catch them in top decks, ready to expand your wallet.
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]]>Jules Robins defeats Jon Finkel, 2-0. (And, yes, that really happened!)
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]]>Jason Schousboe managed to take down the Iowa PTQ last weekend and score some free airfare to a quaint little burgh in the Pacific called Honolulu. Read on to hear his report.
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