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A Muddled Mixture: Competing Synegies in Shadows Draft

Robert Genuario — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered presents new and changing challenges. This week, Rob discusses early observations and the best approaches to the format.

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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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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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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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Insider: R.I.P. FNM Promos and FNM Promo Finance

Mike Lanigan — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 09:00:27 +0000

FNM promos are dead; long live FNM promos. Mike's produced the comprehensive breakdown of every FNM promo ever printed. Check it out!

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Insider: Danger Room Updates

Brian DeMars — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:30:36 +0000

Brian DeMars introduces his brainchild Magic variant, the Danger Room. He shares his current list and the philosophy behind it, before looking at Origins for new additions.

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Jason’s Archives: Doing Nothing

Jason Alt — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:00:01 +0000

Jason Alt dives into the full Modern Masters spoiler and weekly tournament results, with the requisite levels of humor and insight.

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Insider: Staying Ahead of Standard

Chad Havas — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:00:15 +0000

With the Standard metagame finally starting to settle down a bit, Chad is looking to stay one step ahead of the tide of week-to-week tweaks with his new spec targets.

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Hidden Standard Gems

Mike Lanigan — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:00:26 +0000

Standard is a wide open format right now, which means lots of people are inventing sweet brews. Mike surveys the field for some strategies you may have overlooked.

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Ravnica Standard: Part 3

Mike Lanigan — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:00:24 +0000

Continuing his discussion of the new Ravnica Standard, Mike brings Zombies into the world of midrange and provides an updated Armada Wurm list.

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The Worst Preconstructed Decks of Innistrad Block

Jay Kirkman — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:00:59 +0000

The things of the world have their opposites, so why should the precon decks of Innistrad block be any exception? We've covered the best of the bunch, now it's time to turn over the rock and see what's on the other end!

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Jason’s Archives: Forsythe IAMA, the Best of Reddit and Some Hometown Pride

Jason Alt — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:05:40 +0000

This week in Jason's famed weekly article he shares Aaron Forsythe's IAMA, a dazzling variety of Reddit's best Magic action and the results of the SCG Open and Kalamazoo's Top 16 Standard deck's, one of which may blink Acidic Slime. Yup.

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Insider: Penny Stock Picks with Kelly

Douglas Linn — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:01:13 +0000

In the stock market, penny stocks are cheap, probably-junk securities that you get on the hope that they move up a few cents and show you a profit. They're an alluring strategy in the stock market because you can get a big volume of them. For one share of Apple, you could score well over 5,000 shares of a junk medical-science company that may be on the verge of a huge patent. If your shares go up, they go UP. We look at penny stocks in Magic the same way; these are the gambits that you stock up on with hopes of big payoffs.

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Ertai’s Trickery

Carlos Gutierrez — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:05:38 +0000

As a rule Carlos isn't a fan of countermagic, but this weeks he goes off the deep end with a deck that tries to counter all the spells! Check out Ertai, the Corrupted and his horde of Merfolk minions!

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