With the proliferation in recent years of casual-targeted products like Commander 2014, Corbin Hosler believes the rules about safe investments have changed. He explains what our new guidelines should be.

Rotation is right around the corner, and it’s time to begin thinking about what to pick up. Corbin Hosler begins his review this week with Return to Ravnica block and M14.

Corbin Hosler checks in with the casual market and the promising cards from M15 to watch for. These are excellent cards to target as trade throw-ins, as their upside is relatively high.

Which bulk rares now are tomorrow’s casual all-stars? Corbin Hosler continues his series on casual picks with a review of Theros block.

Casual cards may not be glamorous but they make money all the same. Corbin Hosler looks at the current batch of promising casual staples that stand to gain in coming years.

Corbin Hosler covers a little bit of everything in the lull of the holiday season, touching on casual staples, Modern, and his strategy for early 2014.

Corbin Hosler grades his predictions for Magic 2014, to see where his analysis was correct, and where it was lacking.

Stu analyzes the splash and ripple effects that a reprint can have on a card’s value.

Danny reflects on a series of trades that he documented last autumn to see what lessons can be extracted.

Casual staples are low-risk specs that almost always jump a bit. Corbin Hosler examines his picks from last year to see how they fared and offers similar picks from M14.

Mathieu constructs another portfolio of cards to pick up, this time skewing his choices towards upcoming Theros.

It’s time for Corbin Hosler’s prerelease primer. Read up on hits and misses from M14 and prepare to stock up on the sleepers and pitch the future bulk.

This week Corbin Hosler looks over Gatecrash for casual all-stars. Picking these cards up cheap in trades may benefit you a couple years down the road.