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Insider: Speculating on the Banned List Announcement

Adam Yurchick — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:00:13 +0000

Monday's update to the Banned and Restricted list, has impacted the market of multiple formats, and today Adam shares some winners from the changes.

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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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MTG Metagame Finance #25

Edward Eng — Tue, 25 Dec 2018 17:44:01 +0000

The holidays are in full swing and the new year is right around the corner. And as some of you may know, the stock market has been a bit shaky in the last month or so. But it seems Magic is still doing pretty well during this slightly volatile time. I think a good portion […]

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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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Cubing with Guilds of Ravnica (As Inexpensively as Possible)

Danny Brown — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 18:30:14 +0000

Danny's back to cover Guilds of Ravnica. Is there anything that should be on our Cube acquisition lists?

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Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #19

Edward Eng — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 11:00:01 +0000

Right on the heels of the Pro Tour, Eddie covers the latest movements in his portfolio. Some breakout cards from the PT are worth selling into hype now, for starters.

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Daily Stock Watch – Vivien Reid

Jamie Robertson San Juan — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:18:51 +0000

Hello, everybody and welcome to a new week of the Daily Stock Watch! Standard cards are starting to move in the wake of new brews with cards from Guild of Ravnica, and we're all but ready to see which deck will be the new Black Red Midrange (arguably the best deck from last season) of […]

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Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #2

Edward Eng — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 16:48:10 +0000

Thank you to everyone for all the feedback on my first article. I hope this one is even better. I originally drafted this article on Thursday, July 12 and wanted to get this out to you before the weekend. Now we’ve seen two copies of Sneak & Show in the top of SCG Worcester. But […]

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Virtually Infinite – Winning at Eternal Masters Draft, Part 2

Alexander Carl — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:00:29 +0000

Alexander presents Part 2 of the Eternal Masters draft primer alongside Limited experts Bing Luke and Matthew Watkins.

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Insider: Top 10 Tiny Leaders

Mike Lanigan — Thu, 07 May 2015 09:00:49 +0000

Mike Lanigan presents a swath of interesting and powerful decks in Tiny Leaders as an introduction to the format. You'll have to be prepared to face these staple generals.

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Tiny Tuesday: Milling with Sygg

Ryan Overturf — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:00:50 +0000

How hard could it be to mill 42 cards?

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Insider: Tiny Profits – Following the Development of a New Format, Financially and Otherwise

Jason Alt — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:00:18 +0000

Tiny Leaders, an offshoot of Commander, is picking up in popularity and promises to affect card prices if it becomes widely adopted. Jason Alt looks in to see what the fuss is about.

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22 Awesome Old-School Combos in Vintage Masters

Douglas Linn — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 01:00:01 +0000

Vintage Masters is a throwback to the "Killer Combos" section in Inquest Magazine. It's a who's-who of dangerous banned cards from Standard formats past. We will get a brief few weeks to play with these dastardly cards before Khans comes out, and here are some of the coolest combos that come from years of Magic past. […]

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Competitive Commander Archetypes: Update Part I

Neale Talbot — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:02:06 +0000

Neale's back with the biggest and baddest decks ever to stack up to 99 cards! Today's competitive Commander deck update featuress Jhoria, Azami, Zur, and more!

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Insider: Scouring Scourge

Douglas Linn — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:11:28 +0000

Scourge, the last set in the Onslaught block, is known more for its spells than its creatures. While Scourge did push the limits on what monsters can do, it is notorious for unleashing the Storm mechanic on Magic, changing every set that it touched. Scourge also had a heavy Dragons theme, with cards like Day […]

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Combat Unnecessary in Charlotte

Joshua Justice — Wed, 04 May 2011 07:12:30 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, I booked my flight to Pro Tour: Nagoya, by way of Indianapolis, for the StarCityGames Invitational the weekend before. There was only one small problem: I wasn't yet qualified for the Invitational. I went to Charlotte with the aim of solving that problem. Along for the ride were Corey and […]

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The Top 6 Competitive Archetypes in Commander

Neale Talbot — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:35:50 +0000

Competitive Commander. Neale is no oxymoron, and these six decks are out to kill you. Find out what they are and how to stop them!

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Lessons Learned, and Applied

Brook Gardner-Durbin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:00:34 +0000

You should know my steelo/ went from 10 Gs for blow/ to 30 Gs a show/ The Notorious B.I.G. For anyone not into Hip-Hop, or anyone that is a fan but has still somehow managed to avoid the term, steez (or steelo) is what makes you you. It's a slang term for your personal style, […]

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