Be prepared and get an edge on the opposition by reading Adam’s comprehensive Legacy metagame report! Find a thorough metagame analysis and updated decklists for all major archetypes within.

For speculators, the new core set release is often a sign of good opportunity. Sylvain reviews what he thinks might be worth picking up in Theros block, Modern and Vintage during the upcoming M15 release events.

Card values are driven by playability, but that isn’t limited to the tournament scene and EDH. David Schumann surveys a few formats on the fringe that nonetheless prop up values.

Zwischenzug’s last video on MTGO V3 is his first Vintage video. Watch Edric, Spymaster of Trest dominate a game featuring the most powerful cards in all of Magic.

Adam goes over results from the first Magic Online Vintage Premier Event, noting a few interesting Vintage card choices.

The v3 client closes for good this July, and the immediate future of Vintage Masters availability is still unknown. Alexander Carl explains how to proceed in the face of widespread uncertainty.

Standard rotation brings many prices to their lowest. Through some examples of his Nine Months of Portfolio Management series, Sylvain exposes which cards are likely to constitute good investments when fall comes.

Vintage Masters has already been a wild ride so far. As the spoilers roll in, what can you do to protect and grow your portfolio?

Sigmund shares an outside-the-box speculation idea…from Homelands. Before you laugh take a look at the new combo–the idea isn’t half-bad, and it might make you money.

Jason Alt covers the best from the world of MTG podcasting and the results from GP Melbourne and SCG Atlanta.

Jason Alt discusses the run on newly-released Commander product and a host of tournament results including Eternal Weekend.

I love doing my financial recaps of older sets where I mine the expensive cards, but going back further is a little harder in two ways. First, there are just so few good cards in older sets. Second, the good ones don’t often turn over, so it’s hard to establish prices. Luckily, Mirage Block was the first “modern” block and it brought in some great spells that wizards still sling today. Let’s take a walk through time as we re-acquaint ourselves with the block. Below is a list of some of the choice picks from the block; I left out the cards worth under two dollars, leaving only the prime cards on the list. There are some cards in here that I guarantee will surprise you.

Part of speculation and long-term strategies involves making sure that your cash is doing the most work that it can. When your cards are not performing, you need to fire them and get some more productive cards on the line. This weekend at GP: Indy, I divested from several cards that I had been sitting on. The subtheme of my article is “win, lose or draw,” with a look at how an Eternal player confronts finite cash, broad possibilities and the desire to clean house.