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Rethinking Perspectives: Are Sealed Boxes Solid Investments?

David Schumann — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000

In the wake of Magic 30th Anniversary Edition and the Remastered sets, David S. delves into sealed product and whether or not it makes for sound investments.

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Real-world Flavor. More Horror From Dante, Stoker and Conrad

Francesco Spagnol — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Having explored Coleridge and Poe in previous installments, the time is ripe to explore the theme of horror in Magic and how it manifests in flavor text.

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Speculating on Aegar, the Freezing Flame

David Schumann — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:00:05 +0000

Kaldheim introduces a new Giant Izzet commander with Aegar, the Freezing Flame. David outlines why this new general is a prime opportunity for speculating red spells that deal excess damage, and more.

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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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Stacking Your Library with Maelstrom Wanderer

Andrew Martin — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 05:05:59 +0000

Andy walks us through one of his more powerful Commander decks, based on library manipulation and headed by Maelstrom Wanderer. If you've ever longed to go nuts with Call of the Wild or Proteus Staff, read on.

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M12 Commander Financial Analysis (Part 1)

Ryan Abcede — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:12:54 +0000

It's a Commander review of Magic 2012, but it isn't. It's got Standard and Legacy, but doesn't. It's by Ryan, an indisputable fact. What it will do is help you be prepared for this Friday's Release trading!

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Down With the Sickness

David Lee — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:30:48 +0000

Mirrodin Besieged promises to expand the viability of the infect mechanic in Commander. This week, David explores some of the implications of infect in the format as well as some of the ways players can get the most out of their poison counters.

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