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Magic Trick: How I Sold MTG at a Pokemon Card Show

Joe Mauri — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Joe aka "Beardy" shares how to sell Magic at a card show full of Pokemon collectors, reviewing prep and best-sellers. Who said Magic was on a decline?

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Magical Creatures: Beeble, Masticore, and Metathran

Francesco Spagnol — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Francesco dives into Urza block to contrast the origins of the adorable Beeble with tales of the epic Masticore and the mysterious Metathran.

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Five Good Opportunities in Reserved List Foils

Mauro Acerenza — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000

This week Mauro explores the history of Reserved List foils, their prices, and some current opportunities for investment.

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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 #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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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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Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #20

Edward Eng — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:15:32 +0000

Many people have been saying there’s been a little less movement regarding Magic finance during the past few weeks or months. Some people are saying there’s a slowdown. Others are saying it’s normal because the holidays are around the corner and players have less money to spend on Magic cards. Regardless, Magic continues to move […]

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Insider: Using Best-Sellers to Predict the Next Reserved List Spike

Adam Yurchick — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:25:15 +0000

Today Adam uses TCGplayer's ability to sort sets in order of best-selling to identify what reserved list cards are selling and might be due for a spike.

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Insider: Market Movements this Week

Adam Yurchick — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:57:59 +0000

The Commander 2017 release, the start of Ixalan spoilers, the continued Reserved List buyouts, and a banned list update have made this a busy week in Magic finance...

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Insider: Commander, Modern, and Reserved List Foil Spikes

Adam Yurchick — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:56:14 +0000

There have been some big price movements across formats this week, so Adam explains what's going on...

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Mono-Red…Reanimator EDH? What!?

Julian Biondillo — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 09:00:37 +0000

Julian Biondillo goes off the beaten path with a mono-red Reanimator deck built around Feldon of the Third Path.

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Rebels — The Never-ending Stream of Conscripts

Carlos Gutierrez — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:05:32 +0000

Carlos builds a rebel Commander deck from the ground up, headed by --who else?-- Lin Sivvi. Read on to see his unique take on a classic archetype from years past.

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Competitive Commander Archetypes: Update Part II

Neale Talbot — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:03:15 +0000

Neale polishes off the competitive commanders, and opens the floor for Azuza lists! Think you have the most savage green machine?

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Going in Blind: The Cleansing Fire

Jules Robins — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:03:30 +0000

Jules writes about writing about Commander, while he's writing about an unusual commander. Journey with Jules down a stream of Commander writing consciousness.

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Commander Deck Tech: Sharuum the Hegemon

Robert Davis — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:25:17 +0000

Being "The Threat" is generally a bad thing, right? How about a deck that lives at the center of the storm it creates! Rob has you covered this week with a trip down the road Sharuum the Hegemon paves.

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