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From Late to Lame: Assessing the Latest Secret Lair Commander Deck

Joe Mauri — Thu, 11 May 2023 14:00:00 +0000

From Cute to Brute has arrived on time, but does it fill the shoes of its predecessor? Joe aka "Beardy" assesses the deck's playability and value.

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Double Masters: Are Boosters Worth Opening?

Sigmund Ausfresser — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 11:00:46 +0000

When spoiler season started, the community panned the Double Masters for having underwhelming reprints. Since the rocky start higher-value cards have been spoiled, increasing the set's EV. This week Sig looks at the numbers, making his initial judgment of the set.

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Double Masters: Initial Spoilers

Joseph Davidson — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 02:56:13 +0000

Joe takes a look at the financial impacts of five Double Masters spoilers and their VIP Edition printings.

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Banned and Restricted List Update – July 13, 2020

Christopher O'Berry — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:33:18 +0000

The July 13, 2020 Banned and Restricted announcement is live!

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Mulligans, Modern, and the Mythic Championship

Christopher O'Berry — Wed, 01 May 2019 12:05:38 +0000

With Mythic Championship II in the books, Chris takes a look at the decks that benefited from the London Mulligan, and their key cards he's considering as specs.

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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 #29

Edward Eng — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:00:11 +0000

In the week leading up to the release of Ravnica Allegiance some interesting decks have popped up. Eddie covers the new tech and discusses cards he's picked up from those lists.

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Ravnica Allegiance: Spoilers, Facts, Specs & More

Edward Eng — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:00:24 +0000

The sequel to Guilds of Ravnica and the 80th expansion set in Magic: The Gathering's history is due to release on January 25, 2019. Here's what we know about Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) so far, including any cards in the spoiler, the guilds represented, and cards to speculate on before the full spoiler is released. The Guilds […]

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Daily Stock Watch – Postmortem Lunge

Jamie Robertson San Juan — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:50:45 +0000

Rob talks about a Modern card that's on the rise on today's segment.

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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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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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Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #18

Edward Eng — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 10:30:14 +0000

Magic news culminated last week with the announcement of Ultimate Masters and the Box Toppers. Eddie surveys the developments and offers recommendations.

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Daily Stock Watch – Spellskite

Jamie Robertson San Juan — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 17:20:19 +0000

Hello, everyone and welcome to a new edition of the Daily Stock Watch! Pre-release weekend is near and everyone's hyped for Assassin's Trophy Guilds of Ravnica. The return of fair decks in Modern is coming as they say, so everyone who will be trying to take care of their prized possessions from the hottest thing […]

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Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #10

Edward Eng — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:00:45 +0000

Eddie weighs in on how the bombshell new tool for BGx decks, Assassin's Trophy, will affect other cards, all while covering his latest holds and folds for the week.

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Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #8

Edward Eng — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 20:44:51 +0000

This week Eddie circles back around to rotation to highlight Standard and Modern. He also provides a new way to keep tabs on cards he mentions in his articles with a public spreadsheet.

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