With newer formats, a card’s value is highly correlated to its playability. This isn’t always the case with cards from Magic‘s earliest sets, as evidenced by recent buyouts.

In The Bolt Test: Modern’s High-Water Mark, I revisited an old Mike Flores article on toughness. Flores claimed a format was often defined by the amount of damage its red removal spell dealt. Burn spells generally serve as some of the most efficient—and versatile—removal spells in a given card pool, for their cheap costs and ability to […]

FNM promos are dead; long live FNM promos. Mike’s produced the comprehensive breakdown of every FNM promo ever printed. Check it out!

Matthew Lewis presents the MTGO Market Report for this week, evaluating important events in the online market and highlighting a “trade of the week.”

I like winning as much as the next guy. Maybe even more. That’s why, since even before the Gitaxian Probe ban, I’ve brought Colorless Eldrazi Stompy to three local tournaments a week. In doing so, I’ve racked up more store credit than I know what to do with, and gained a reputation around Boston as […]

Today, Mike is tackling the shifts in the Modern metagame and what they mean for the finance community.

DJ’s back to discuss some of the finer points of picking bulk at the highest speed possible.

Kelly Reid, CEO of QS, re-joins the cast! Discusses MM2017 and Magic as Game Pieces.

Mike breaks down a number of Modern Masters 2017 boxes to help us get a snapshot of what kind of value we might expect from such an investment.

MM3 will undoubtedly affect Modern prices, but don’t forget the impact of the metagame! Brian looks at how the post-banning meta is shaping prices.

Mike breaks down the current state of Modern, including detailed discussion of the format’s most popular decks.

Modern Masters 2017 has changed the Modern market, but metagame trends are making their own impact…