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April ’23 Metagame Analysis: Not Neck and Neck

David Ernenwein — Fri, 05 May 2023 14:00:00 +0000

April's Modern metagame data is deceptive. The tale that the numbers suggest isn't the story that actually happened. David E has the explanation inside.

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Price Adjustments in Double Masters 2022 Mythics

David Schumann — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Double Masters 2022 is guaranteed to shake up prices in a big way. But which cards are the winners and losers? David S. has the scoop!

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Simply Eclipsed: MTGO Summer Testing #2

David Ernenwein — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000

David E. continues his series on fringe Modern decks, getting in some reps with Wishshift and Showdown of the Skalds. Do they have what it takes?

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Spin the Wheel: MTGO Summer Testing #1

David Ernenwein — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:00:00 +0000

This month David is digging into the data and highlighting fringe decks that appear. This week he looks at a new take on the Glimpse of Tomorrow deck.

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Preparing for a Paper Future with Double Masters

Joseph Davidson — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:00:00 +0000

Paper Magic is going to come back someday and people are going to start wanting paper copies of cards featured in competitive decks again. Joe takes a look at his top choices from Double Masters for players looking to pick up cheap, competitive reprints before paper tournaments begin again in earnest.

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The Little Goyf That Couldn’t: Ponza vs. GRx Moon

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 16:00:55 +0000

Earlier this week, David dissected RG Ponza, the format's sleeper centralizer that may well overtake other Modern decks in the numbers soon. The deck exploits a peculiar vulnerability of Modern manabases: their softness to turn two Blood Moon. Of course, reliably powering out Moon effects isn't something any old deck can do with great consistency. […]

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The Modern Horizons Pullback

Sigmund Ausfresser — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:00:06 +0000

Recent history has disproved the community hypothesis that Modern Horizons singles had bottomed. Prices on all but the most desirable foils have pulled back considerably from recent highs. Sig ponders whether he should hold or avoid opportunity cost and cash out.

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July ’19 Brew Report, Pt. 1: Fun-Earth

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:00:44 +0000

July in brewing? More of the same. More copies of Unearth, to be sure. And more of what's become known as Modern's calling card: novel experiments bursting with hot tech. Today we'll look at some of the month's breakout strategies: Elemental tribal, White Weenie, and the return of old-school Miracle Grow. Disentombed Again Unearth continues […]

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Studying Spreads For Smarter Speculation

Adam Yurchick — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 20:06:22 +0000

Adam dives deep on current trends, using QuietSpeculation's TraderTools to monitor the "spread." Knowing the difference between what stores sell a card for and what they buy it for can help you make smarter specs.

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June ’19 Brew Report, Pt. 2: Out in Force

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:00:07 +0000

Last week, we began taking stock of the novel decks appearing in 5-0 dumps post-Modern Horizons. With a ban in the books and M20 entering the card pool, the coming weeks are sure to feature even more upheaval. But lots of new tech is already out in force. Perhaps June's innovation bears signs of what's to […]

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Stop Wasting Time on MTG Finance

Sigmund Ausfresser — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:00:23 +0000

Have you ever stopped to think about how much time you actually spend on MTG Finance on a weekly basis? This week Sig considers this and makes some personal commitments on how he'll strategically cut back.

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Getting Started: Selling on Major Platforms

Patrick Lienemann — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 11:00:13 +0000

Patrick continues his Getting Started series, this time covering the primary avenues of selling your Magic products in the secondary market.

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MTGO: Modern Horizons Financial Outlook, Part I

Kyle Rusciano — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:00:16 +0000

Modern Horizons is the first supplemental set ever released on MTGO that wasn't billed as a Masters set. Normally MTGO players get left out in the cold on supplemental summer sets like Conspiracy or Battlebond, but not this year! And what is more, since this is a set that was actually released like a regular […]

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‘Walk Your Pets: Re-Introducing TURBOGOYF

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 31 May 2019 16:00:46 +0000

Attempting to home new cards in new decks is an exciting section of spoiler season, sure. But my favorite part of the process occurs when spells are spoiled that might slot into my current and past experiments. Certain Modern Horizons reveals have done just that, and revitalized TURBOGOYF, a deck I've been building on-and-off for […]

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