Comments on: Insider: Strike While the Iron Is Hot

By: pi

pi — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 09:27:35 +0000

In reply to David Schumann. Sure, but even then more Commander are likely to build and keep together that deck than tournament players are likely to build a deck and keep it together.

By: David Schumann

David Schumann — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:13:26 +0000

In reply to pi. Fair point, however there are a lot of very specific commander cards that may only be good in one commander, but they are very good. I was thinking of those while writing not the more generically good commander cards. I do agree that the casual/commander player base is likely much larger than the competitive player base.

By: pi

pi — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:07:29 +0000

While a Commander player will rarely need more than 1 copy of a card for a deck, in my experience competitive players keep fewer decks together than Commander players do. As a result Commander players don’t always just want a single copy and additionally, a larger percentage of Commander players are likely to build a deck with the cards. I reckon that if you could somehow calculate the average number of copies of a card a player wants to own then the number for Commander players is not going to end up at 25% of the competitive number as you seem to suggest. Add to that that there are likely more Commander players and I would not be surprised that at times Commander demand exceeds competitive demand.

By: Christopher Martin

Christopher Martin — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 20:09:23 +0000

Great article!!!

By: Wood Young

Wood Young — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:35:30 +0000

Great read and really appreciate an alternate perspective on the temperature of current mtg finance. Those who are capable of adapting their strategy to this new finance context stand to come out big winners, IMO.

By: Sparrow Magic

Sparrow Magic — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 16:59:17 +0000

Oh, Captain, my Captain!