Sig shares some cautionary advice about buying into price spikes in the wake of a buyout-fueling Rudy video, calling on history to illustrate the FOMO fallacy.

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Everyone knows about Magic's iconic cards, but what about some of the offbeat ones? These can have some value too. This week Sig shares some of his favorites.

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When you think of the "Four Horsemen" sets, cards from Arabian Nights, Legends, and Antiquities readily come to mind. But lately, Reserved List and other cards from The Dark have been on the rise. This week Sig highlights this recent trend.

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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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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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Fallen Empires has always been neglected due to its large print run and lack of power. But is the set really so irrelevant? This week Sig takes a closer look and shares his appreciation for this classic.

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Reserved List cards are useful as speculative vehicles, but they're not as foolproof as they seem. Niels explains some of the crucial downsides they can present.

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Everyone know that Innistrad was a very flavorful set in a classic horror movie setting. With a European theme and classic movie monsters like Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, Ghosts and terrifiec, pitchfork-wielding villagers. However, Innistrad was not the first horror-themed set. Following up on the success of "Arabian Nights", Wizards came out with "The Dark", a […]

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The commanders in Innistrad all state they're not dead. Jules digs to the bottom of this.

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