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The Case Against Power

David Schumann — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:00:20 +0000

Today's article subject spawned from a discussion that began in the QS Discord chat. One of our members was contemplating stepping away from the game for a while and wanted to know the best place to park his money and/or what to trade into. As expected, a lot of people immediately jumped to Power. The general […]

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Coming Back to an Old Collection After a Break

Danny Brown — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 10:00:36 +0000

Danny returned to his collection after a hiatus to purge it of specs that hadn't panned out. Today he shares his reasoning, and what he's learned about holding failed specs.

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MTG Metagame Finance #24

Edward Eng — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:05:52 +0000

Ultimate Masters is still in full bounce back mode, and the last World Magic Cup has come to a finish. Plus, some sweet Ravnica Allegiance spoilers have hit the market so there’s gonna be a nice mix of things to talk about again in this piece. Owing to the spoilers, this might be a little […]

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MTG Metagame Finance #23 (Free Giveaway #2!)

Edward Eng — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:00:16 +0000

Ultimate Masters has hit the market and there’s already been a lot of movement. The prices of the reprints dropped as they usually do when a set first hits the market. But it seems like the prices have started to rebound a lot quicker this time around. There’s a slight possibility they could drop again […]

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

Kyle Rusciano — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:00:44 +0000

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 […]

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MTG Questions: What’s an Easy Way to Sell Bulk?

Edward Eng — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 10:00:42 +0000

This is the first article from my new series, MTG Questions. You might be familiar with the Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em series (rebranded as MTG Metagame Finance), which takes a tournament-oriented perspective. I decided to start this series to focus on more general aspects of MTG finance. The two series will work together, as when […]

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Preparing for the December 6th Announcement

Kyle Rusciano — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:37:50 +0000

Welcome back, folks. It's been a while since I last wrote an article, in large part because I've been unwilling to make any financial moves on MTGO before reading the December 6th announcement about competitive play on Arena. What is announced there could have major ramifications for investing on MTGO, and so I've been very […]

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Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #20

Edward Eng — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:15:32 +0000

Many people have been saying there’s been a little less movement regarding Magic finance during the past few weeks or months. Some people are saying there’s a slowdown. Others are saying it’s normal because the holidays are around the corner and players have less money to spend on Magic cards. Regardless, Magic continues to move […]

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Insider: Parsing the Ixalan Leak (Legacy & Modern)

David Schumann — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 09:00:51 +0000

David returns to the Ixalan sheet leak to see which spoiled cards may have promise in Modern and Legacy.

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Insider: MTGO Market Report for March 8th, 2017

Matthew Lewis — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 10:00:10 +0000

Matthew Lewis presents the MTGO Market Report for this week, evaluating important events in the online market and highlighting a “trade of the week.”

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Insider: Shifting from Nonfoils to Foils

Sigmund Ausfresser — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 10:00:07 +0000

With low-value specs, transaction fees can eat up a large portion of profits. Foils are a natural remedy. Sigmund looks at the phenomenon and suggests some foils for pick-up.

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Insider: Getting Down to Specifics

Sigmund Ausfresser — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 10:00:17 +0000

In both stocks and Magic, Sig usually prefers the big-picture approach. This week he zeros in on the details, identifying specific cards he has eyes on for profits.

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Insider: MTG Observations from GP Louisville

Sigmund Ausfresser — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 11:00:45 +0000

Sig spent last weekend at GP Louisville, buying, selling, and playing some wacky formats. He shares his finance observations from the event.

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Insider: 500% Increases – A Review of 2016

Douglas Johnson — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 10:00:50 +0000

DJ covers some of the biggest increases over the twelve months of 2016.

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Insider: Picking Timeframes in the New MTG Finance

Sigmund Ausfresser — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 17:15:39 +0000

Sigmund has scaled back his recent bearishness, allowing for some strategic purchases...but only if the time horizon is specifically defined.

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Insider: How Many Bulk Rares Is Too Many?

Douglas Johnson — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 21:07:10 +0000

DJ's back to talk about one of his specialties – profiting from bulk rares.

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Early Aether Revolt Spoilers

Ryan Overturf — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:00:37 +0000

Game Day promos for Aether Revolt have been revealed! Spoilers!

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Insider: MTG Speculation & Setting Priorities

Sigmund Ausfresser — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 10:00:18 +0000

Recently Sigmund has been reevaluating his daily commitment to Magic finance. He explains how shifting priorities can lead to a preference for different speculative vehicles.

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Insider: Long Shot Specs #1

David Schumann — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 10:01:22 +0000

When unique, old cards suddenly become relevant they can jump sharply in price. David presents some "long shot" speculations with potential that haven't broken out yet.

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Insider: [MTGO] Update on RTR & M14 – Reacting to Changes in the Rotation Trend

Sylvain Lehoux — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 10:00:22 +0000

This year, several rotating rares didn't bottom out as Sylvain expected. Despite missing the lowest price, he is still taking advantage of good opportunities on rares and a few mythics.

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