MTGO: Modern Horizons Financial Outlook, Part I

July 2, 2019 by Kyle Rusciano 1 Comment

Modern Horizons is the first supplemental set ever released on MTGO that wasn’t billed as a Masters set. Normally MTGO players get left out in the cold on supplemental summer sets like Conspiracy or Battlebond, but not this year! And what is more, since this is a set that was actually released like a regular […]

June Financial Update: Treasure Chests & Modern Horizons

June 5, 2019 by Kyle Rusciano 2 Comments

Welcome back, folks. If you haven’t already done so, check out last week’s article which discusses the major update that goes live this week with the release of Modern Horizons. Today I’m going to bring us up to speed on the changes to the treasure chests as well as offer my perspective on the financial […]

MTGO Financial Update: Major Improvements on the Horizon

May 29, 2019 by Kyle Rusciano Leave a Comment

Kyle breaks down the pending updates for Magic Online and what the player experience will look like going forward.

Insider: Investing in WAR Mythics: A Primer

May 8, 2019 by Kyle Rusciano 5 Comments

Kyle breaks down the Mythics from War of the Spark and purchasing strategies he’ll utilize going forward with an MTGO slant.

Ravnica Allegiance Financial Power Rankings: Uncommon Edition

April 26, 2019 by Kyle Rusciano Leave a Comment

Kyle follows up his article from earlier in the week with the uncommons from RNA. There are only a few of note, but they’re significant as potential speculation opportunities.

Ravnica Allegiance Power Rankings: Rare Edition

April 23, 2019 by Kyle Rusciano Leave a Comment

With Ravnica Allegiance set to be replaced as the main draft format on MTGO, now is the time to consider where to park value in the set. Today Kyle covers the rares from RNA.

The State of MTGO Speculation

April 18, 2019 by Kyle Rusciano 10 Comments

MTGO took a hit with the introduction of Arena, but the economy seems to be stabilizing. Kyle surveys the broad contours of the new landscape to start forming an investment strategy.

Mtg Arena Has Been Framed! Who Is the Real MTGO Killer?

December 11, 2018 by Kyle Rusciano 4 Comments

Magic Online has a problem. A card value problem. In a recent Channel Fireball article, Florian Koch showed just how much card prices have fallen over the past few years: That’s right. To own a playset of the cheapest version of every Magic card ever printed on MTGO would have cost you roughly $28,000 in […]

Preparing for the December 6th Announcement

December 6, 2018 by Kyle Rusciano Leave a Comment

Welcome back, folks. As a result, drafting participation across MTGO has declined even as Constructed participation has grown. Guilds of Ravnica competitive draft participation was roughly equivalent to that of Hour of Devastation (consistently sustaining about 600-650 participants). Ixalan consistently sustained about 700-750 participants, Rivals of Ixalan 750-800, and Dominaria 850-900. That’s a 29-percent decrease from […]