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Un-Covering the History of Silver-Border Cards and Their Value

Paul Comeau — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:00:55 +0000

Paul examines the value of silver-bordered cards, with a focus on the collectability and fun factor of the Un-sets.

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Speculating While the Iron’s Hot

Sigmund Ausfresser — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:30:07 +0000

With the Magic market heating up this spring, Sig is motivated to speculate more than usual. This week he shares his favorite pick-ups and some key resources for finding ideas.

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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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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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Commander 2014 Spoilers – Final Update

Jason Alt — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 07:26:58 +0000

Well, the entire lists were spoiled this weekend and the rest of the new cards have trickled in. I want to talk about the impact of reprints, but I think I will leave that to my article on the premium side coming out Tuesday. Let's address the rest of the new stuff here, shall we? […]

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Insider: Checking Back in on Casual Hits

Corbin Hosler — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:00:01 +0000

Corbin Hosler checks in with the casual market and the promising cards from M15 to watch for. These are excellent cards to target as trade throw-ins, as their upside is relatively high.

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Insider: The Impact of General Reprints on Price

David Schumann — Tue, 28 May 2013 09:00:20 +0000

David Schumann continues his research on the impact of reprints on a card's price. This time he looks at out-of-print cards reentering the Standard environment.

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Insider: Assembling Alara Reborn

Douglas Linn — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:01:51 +0000

Alara Reborn was audacious, for the simple fact that the entire set is composed of gold cards. In retrospect, it was phenomenally risky - gold cards, like gold itself, have a cachet that comes from being numerically rare in a set. When sets have only four or five gold cards in the whole folio, opening […]

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Competitive Commander Archetypes: Update Part I

Neale Talbot — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:02:06 +0000

Neale's back with the biggest and baddest decks ever to stack up to 99 cards! Today's competitive Commander deck update featuress Jhoria, Azami, Zur, and more!

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M12 Commander Financial Analysis (Part 2)

Ryan Abcede — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:00:47 +0000

Ryan's back, delivering the other half of his M12 review! If you're picking up your product this weekend, and going digging for Commander goodies, let Ryan help point you exactly where you want to be!

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Insider: Movers and Shakers

Stephen Moss — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:45:26 +0000

Stephen Moss takes a look at the cards to keep your eyes on a week out from the prerelease.

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Magic 2012 Set Review: Commons and Uncommons

Joshua Justice — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:37:35 +0000

If you haven't yet, please enjoy Part 1 of Josh's M12 Set Review, the Mythics and Rares, here! Note: I write set reviews from a tournament player's perspective, not a financial perspective. As such, I try to approach new set releases with a "wide net" of all the cards which might be relevant to tournament […]

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Magic 2012 Set Review: Rares and Mythics

Joshua Justice — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 05:17:21 +0000

Note: I write set reviews from a tournament player's perspective, not a financial perspective. As such, I try to approach new set releases with a "wide net" of all the cards which might be relevant to tournament Magic, even if it's just a sideboard 1-of that will never be worth much. This will necessarily include […]

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Insider: The Hidden Gems of Magic 2012

Corbin Hosler — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:45:43 +0000

This week Corbin Hosler digs through Magic 2012 and comes back with a list of under-the-radar cards that you need in your trade binder, along with an update of the Prediction Tracker!

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Journey through Judgment

Douglas Linn — Mon, 16 May 2011 03:33:25 +0000

For a third set, Judgment is packed with winners. Let's take a look at the valuable cards!

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Assembling Apocalypse

Douglas Linn — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:40:49 +0000

Apocalypse was our first taste of enemy-color cards, and those combinations often can bring out incredible results. What one color is poor at, its enemy might be superb at. Thus, you end up with fun cards like Illuminate, Fire/Ice and Prophetic Bolt. Want to build monoblue control, but also interested in some creature removal that […]

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