UndyingMTG takes a look at Zendikar Rising, examining the sleeper hits available in Extended Art Foils.

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UndyingMTG takes aim at Boros Pioneer sleepers in the next edition of his Budget-Focused series.

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Budget-Focused returns, this week focusing on three sleeper hits

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Core Set 2021 is proving to be one of the most exciting core sets in a long time! Joe takes a look at the 4 spoilers he's most excited about, breaking down potential speculation targets related to each of them.

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UndyingMTG gives us the rundown on Lovestruck Beast and how "extras" are impacting the secondary market.

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Tournament Magic will always have its place. But when it comes to game play hours, kitchen table Magic dwarfs the tournament scene. This explains why so many non-tournament legal cards are valuable. This week Sig explores some of the most desirable, which may make for good long-term investments.

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Chris examines Oathbreaker, and judges the long-term viability of the format.

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Edward covers the latest shifts in the wake of Pro Tour 25th Anniversary, including a new section that highlights major targets he missed in earlier articles.

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I know this is something we may grumble to ourselves when we get paired against the Control deck, but it's not something that we usually actually encounter. Until now. Reddit comes through again, and in an odd subgame of finding the slowest possible way to win the game, they have determined a clear winner. In […]

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In case you didn't know, every week over at www.empeopled.com I do a short article titled "Market Watch." The idea is to find undervalued cards that haven't really caught the attention of the general public yet, even if we've been talking about them in the Quiet Speculations forums for awhile. Anyway, this week I wrote […]

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One of the more interesting discussions on the Internet today (at least when it comes to the world of Magic finance), is the question of what the best long-term spec is to stock up on. The original post over on Reddit created a flurry of responses, and I thought I would weigh in as well. […]

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Valter explores the rewarding realm of casual Magic, pointing out a few of his favorites.

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Corbin examines Magic 2013 and Ravnica to try and find the next casual hit (like Parallel Lives) that will make you money!

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With Innistrad Block now firmly in our rear-view mirror, it's time to look back and pick the best of the best of its crop of precon decks!

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Get caught up on CommanderCast goodness. Tune in here to stream episodes 2-6 as QS gets back to weekly postings.

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The internet shudders, threatens to explode, but somehow remains intact as CommanderCast projects itself back into the datasphere with the season six premiere! In a riveting extended episode of emotional highs and lows, spiritual enlightenment, and some girlish giggles, I hold it down with my co-host Donovan and guests Carlos and Karston of TopAndGoProductions.

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The heaven and earth part to make way for a union of manly souls, and the fire burns bright across the internet, torching through your speakers! It's the Call-InFerno! In another audience-participation episode of CommanderCast, Andy and Donovan are joined by some brave Commander players who jump onto the audioscape adventure though the annals of EDH for another variety episode that might result in excessive enlightenment! A blitz-format roundtable with five topics discussed for roughly fifteen minutes each.

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This week's podcast is full of rules bending, breaking, loopholing, and more. It's CommanderCast S5E11 with guest host Scott Holmes! From the standard roster, Andy is joined by Byron and Sean for another installment in Audience Appreciation Month where we discuss topics generated by the audience.

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It's CommanderCast S5E10, which is another episode in the continuing audience appreciation month. To keep up appearances, we've asked Andrew Magrini to help spit fire into the Knowledge Pool of Commander players everywhere. Also joining me on the journey of discovery is Scott from the Eh Team and together the three of us discuss a variety of audience-provided topics, including the power of the internet, ways to handle dead card in hand, and more.

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It's the beginning of audience appreciation month and CommanderCast and to kick things off we have a very active member of the CommanderCast community, Thomas, lending us his silky-smooth New Zealand accent and wealth of Commander-related experience and knowledge. With Brionne and Byron filling out the rest of the team, we plunge into a show of entirely audience-generated topics and answer questions like "are Peek effects worthwhile?" and "why is Gaddock Teeg such a d!ck?" Unfortunately, even we can't answer that last one.

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