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Generational Magic: 4 Ways Magic Has Affected My Life

Anthony Willier — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0000

This week, Tony shares how Magic has shaped his life and yielded appreciation for the world around him. How many of these four points can you relate to?

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Commander Legends Speculation Revisited

David Schumann — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:00:31 +0000

David takes a look back at the last supplemental set of 2020, Commander Legends, with a focus on some cards flying under the radar.

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Buying and Selling the All-Time Highs

Sigmund Ausfresser — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 15:30:58 +0000

While buyouts generate a ton of noise on MTG Stocks' Interests page, the All-time High list often contains more noteworthy movers in the market. This week Sig takes a look at the list and explains why he would still buy some cards on it while others he advocates selling.

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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 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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Insider: Sorting by Scale

Douglas Johnson — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:04:12 +0000

DJ's given us a ton of great advice on sorting huge collections, but what about the players with more limited cardpools? We can all maximize value, even if we just started a few sets ago.

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Insider: Not All Long-Term Specs Are Great

Douglas Johnson — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:00:23 +0000

DJ revisits long-term speculating, this time focusing on the risks and pitfalls associated.

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Insider: Evaluating Standard’s Powerful New Lands from Battle for Zendikar

Mike Lanigan — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:41:11 +0000

Mike Lanigan takes a look at some more Battle for Zendikar previews, evaluating them for Constructed applications.

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Monastery Siege

Jason Alt — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:03:45 +0000

Come see all our Fate Reforged spoiler coverage Monastery Siege This seems so... fair. The green one gives Omnath, Locus of Mana players boners that last for longer than 48 hours. The red one makes Prossh, Skyraider of Kher players visions of murdering people with Goblin Bombardment. This seems... really fair. Fair isn't bad, necessarily. […]

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Fate Reforged Spoiler – 1/1/15

Jason Alt — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 00:43:48 +0000

Come see all our Fate Reforged spoiler coverage Sorcerer of the Hunt Creature - Orc Shaman Haste Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Ferocious - 2[G/U][G/U]: Draw a card for each creature with power 4 or greater you control. Not bad, not bad at […]

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Insider: The Return of Cube and ROE

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

Matthew Lewis believes the effect of Cube on ROE singles prices this go around will follow a different pattern than with ZZW queues. He compares the two formats and explains why.

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Sasaya’s Mean Green Machine

Carlos Gutierrez — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 05:05:20 +0000

In the third episode of his mono-colored budget series, Carlos tackles green, the least budget-friendly color of them all.

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The Best Mono-Green Commander Deck (Part 1)

Neale Talbot — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:01:36 +0000

Neale likes to crush. Green is good at that. Now he seeks the very best...

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It’s Tough Being Green

Carlos Gutierrez — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:02:04 +0000

Carlos is Green with envy in Commander. What else is new?

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The Price Signal: Understanding the MTGO Marketplace

Matthew Lewis — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:45:28 +0000

Matthew Lewis takes a look at MTGO prices and how to identify value in his first article for QS.

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Commander Archetypes: Aggro

Robert Davis — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:04:15 +0000

Have you every considered building an aggressive deck for Commander? Rob's here with the rundown on getting your Red Zone action on in with 100 cards!

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