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Budget-Focused: Four Cards to Pick up for Pioneer!

Eric Pankow — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 11:00:59 +0000

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

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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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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 #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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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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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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Insider: All About Event Decks

Danny Brown — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:00:45 +0000

Danny analyzes the progression of Event Decks throughout their relatively short life span, in an attempt to gain insight regarding their financial significance.

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Resolutions and an Early Look at Born of the Gods

Ryan Overturf — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:00:17 +0000

Ryan sets goals for Magic in 2014 and chimes in on a few key early spoilers.

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Insider: The Revenue Review – The Next Evolution

Corbin Hosler — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:00:54 +0000

Corbin Hosler looks at cards that benefited from break-out decks last weekend, as well as some criminally-undervalued Modern cards.

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Jason’s Alticle – All the Good Panicking Does

Jason Alt — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:00:16 +0000

Jason Alt discusses the run on newly-released Commander product and a host of tournament results including Eternal Weekend.

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Insider: Finishing the Maze

Corbin Hosler — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:00:16 +0000

Corbin follows up on last week's article by covering some Dragon's Maze cards that slipped through the cracks of his first analysis.

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Insider: MTGO Market Report for April 12th

Matthew Lewis — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:06 +0000

Matthew Lewis revisits the MTGO-to-Paper metric, and explains how it should inform your buying and selling right now.

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Another Domri Decklist

Ryan Overturf — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:00:25 +0000

Ryan provides updates to his Domri Naya deck to reflect what he's learned from playtesting for upcoming Standard PTQ's.

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A Gruuling Standard

Mike Lanigan — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:00:16 +0000

Mike Lanigan surveys the recent field of tier-one Standard decks and suggests Gruul Midrange as a possible contender.

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Insider: Understanding the Mind of a Casual Trader

Jared Elick — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:00:09 +0000

Casual players get excited by vastly different cards than competitive players. Jared Elick discusses what types of cards to stock in your trade binder for this crowd.

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Jason’s Archives: A Word from Admiral Ackbar

Jason Alt — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:00:18 +0000

Jason Alt examines the recent hullabaloo over price jumps and surveys the world of GPs and SCG Opens for innovative decklists.

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