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Grand Prix Portland: A City Guide! (A Nut Draw Special Report)
Posted on September 2, 2010 | 8 CommentsThis week I’m departing from the charts and graphs a bit to bring you something a little different, yet familiar. You may have read Doug Linn’s amazing guide to navigating and enjoying Columbus Ohio at the recent GP and would like to see something similar... -
The Nutt Draw: Set EV Matrix
Posted on September 1, 2010 | 4 CommentsHello and welcome to another edition of The Nutt Draw. This week I’m going to expand on the chart and data that had previously been little more than tacked on to the end of my articles. I’ve always found the results interesting and useful and... -
The Nutt Draw: Monthly Demand Matrix Update
Posted on August 25, 2010 | 11 CommentsIt’s time again for a look at the Demand Matrix. What is the Demand Matrix? Is it what you call the line of fanboys waiting for the IMAX showing of the movie The Matrix in 3D? No not really, I don’t have that kind of... -
The Nutt Draw: Why I hate Mythics
Posted on August 18, 2010 | 13 CommentsActually, I don’t hate Mythics. I just thought it was a catchy title. We’ve lived with Mythic cards for almost two years now and it seems that for better or worse they are here to stay. At this time I’d like to share my thoughts and comments that were previously only available in a limited edition spoken word version that I’d willingly rant to anyone who’d listen. -
The Nutt Draw – The Worth Matrix
Posted on August 10, 2010 | 16 CommentsIf you’ve been reading my articles, you’ll see that I’ve taken in a lot of data, smashed it, shook it, baked it in Excel, and it’s given us some perspective on the prices and demand of various cards. There is still a lot more to... -
The Nut Draw – The Demand Matrix, Part 2
Posted on July 29, 2010 | 8 CommentsThis week I’m going to take some more time to update you on the progress of the Demand Matrix and expand on what we’ve gone over in the past. I’ve re-written and expanded the source data that feeds into the matrix and laid the ground... -
Admiring the Landscape
Posted on July 21, 2010 | 4 CommentsThis week I’m going to take a short break from the Demand Matrix concept while I work on some refinements to the calculations and add in some additional data points. I’m going to focus in on some of the other results I’ve gleaned from my... -
The Demand Matrix, Part 1
Posted on July 15, 2010 | 2 CommentsChris McNutt discusses his Demand Matrix concept further, showing some math that helps pin down a card's "actual" value by using multiple different price sources. This is required theory reading only on DS! . -
The Nut Draw – The Value of Card X
Posted on July 10, 2010 | 3 CommentsHow is the value of a card determined? The short and simple answer is that it’s a combination of supply & demand, playability and hype. Even though this is absolutely true it doesn’t tell us anything. How do you accurately quantify hype, count up the...