Jason Alt discusses the reputation of Magic finance, delving into a few recent controversies and weighing in with his usual brand of wit.
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After a string of high finishes with the deck, Mike Lanigan takes Aristocrats 3.0 to a PTQ, narrowly missing top eight.
Jason Alt makes the impassioned case for playing more casual Magic before covering tournament results from around the world.
Mike Lanigan surveys the last huzzah of Standard brewing before rotation, the decks to come out of Worlds weekend. He also updates Aristocrats 3.0 to address the latest changes.
Sebastien Morin and Jeff Goupil return from a month-long hiatus for a review of their articles so far. They discuss what they got right and ask what they could improve upon.
Mike Lanigan runs back his Aristocrats 3.0 deck from last week for a TCG Bronze event and makes finals again. Read on for the report.
Jason Alt ruminates on the power of Elvish Archdruid, an alleged cheating debacle from last weekend, and the recent tournament results.
Matthew Lewis returns to his theory about the digital-to-paper ratio, this time to test its predictive power and make further modifications.
Mike Lanigan discusses Mutavault’s future in Standard before turning to M14 to tweak old archetypes and brew up some brand new ones.
Matthew Lewis believes the effect of Cube on ROE singles prices this go around will follow a different pattern than with ZZW queues. He compares the two formats and explains why.
Mike Lanigan reviews M14 using the classic top ten formula. Read on for his picks of cards most likely to make an impact on Standard.
Reviewing past failures, in addition to successes, is essential for any serious speculator. Today Matthew Lewis examines a recent spec that went wrong and asks why.
Sébastien looks at the state of the MTGO market right as Modern Masters events are set to stop firing, and asks where cards are headed in the near term.