With demand rising as COVID-19 restrictions loosen across the country, many stores and sellers are struggling to keep up with the increase in demand, or are readily preparing for a coming storm. Some may find an exorbitant of risk through restocking through collection purchasing, and today Kai will guide you through some of these risks, and ways to reduce that risk as much as possible.

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Tax season is upon us in the US. David does a deep dive on taxes related to online sellers, and some tips for the year ahead.

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Is Alliances really just Force of Will or bust? Kai outlines the growing potential of Alliances as an underappreciated set in a new era of Reserved List investing, and why you should be paying attention to other cards in the set.

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The holidays are almost here. That means Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are kicking off. This week Sig highlights a couple of specials already available and speculates on what additional deals may come as the week unfolds.

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Sig recently tweeted about some old Star Wars: CCG booster packs he had lying around. The response was surprising, motivating Sig to do research into the out-of-print game. It turns out, it just may be worth your time cleaning out your old CCG's and listing them for sale on eBay.

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Chris revisits one of the more powerful sets of recent memory. What's worth investing in moving forward?

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People are constantly decrying the state of Standard. "It's all Mono-Black" or "it's all Control" is what you hear. People are always on the lookout for new decks to take to Friday Night Magic and try to break the metagame. Well, here's one take on it you may not have yet seen. Untitled Deck Spells […]

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It's crazy to me that no one has really considered this before, but think about it. In 2009, this report estimated that 12 million players played Magic, and a quote from a Hasbro official in 2011 seconded this. Since then, numbers released from Hasbro show that Magic has grown steadily (the player base grew 29% […]

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Mistaking hype for a legitimate, sustainable spike in price can be disastrous. Corbin Hosler discusses the difference and why it matters.

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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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The recent spoiling of Beck//Call has already impacted Modern prices and is sure to make more waves. Corbin discusses which cards are still ripe to benefit.

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No doubt by now you've heard the two announcements Wizards made on Monday. Corbin describes their likely impact on prices and how to react accordingly.

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