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Cubin’ with Schumann: Triomes, Nostalgia, and Oko

David Schumann — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000

David S. shares his rekindled love of cubing, or drafting a custom format, which has brought together his playgroup in Limited bliss.

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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 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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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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Daily Stock Watch – Vivien Reid

Jamie Robertson San Juan — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:18:51 +0000

Hello, everybody and welcome to a new week of the Daily Stock Watch! Standard cards are starting to move in the wake of new brews with cards from Guild of Ravnica, and we're all but ready to see which deck will be the new Black Red Midrange (arguably the best deck from last season) of […]

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Insider: A Moral Dilemma

Niels Rietkerk — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:00:55 +0000

Niels addresses a moral dilemma he recently ran into during a collection purchase.

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Free: Shark Tales – The Tales of the Clone and the Stroke of Genius

Niels Rietkerk — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:49:55 +0000

An inside view on sharking.

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Insider: Building Something of Lasting Value

Danny Brown — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:00:26 +0000

How do you decide what cards to keep as part of your personal collection? Today Danny Brown takes a broad view of Magic finance, asking what kind of cards make for the best long-term investments.

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Insider: [MTGO] Online Perspectives on Core Set Mythics Like We’ve Never Seen Before

Sylvain Lehoux — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:00:06 +0000

The fifteen mythics of M15 are now revealed, and they aren't like anything we have seen before. Sylvain discusses the major differences compared to the three previous core sets. Will it impact speculation on MTGO?

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Insider: Touch of the Eternal — Looking Through the Portal

David Schumann — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:00:48 +0000

David Schumann continues his review of eternal staples, this time focusing on rare and little-known gems from the Portal series.

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Building for Trostani

Andrew Martin — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:00:16 +0000

Andy builds on an old theme in Commander, the token deck. He takes the classic strategy in some new directions, putting Trostani at the helm.

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Insider: Into the Core, M13

Chad Havas — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:44:57 +0000

Chad explores the impact the current M13 spoilers and delves into some speculation on this exciting core set.

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Bwainstorm—SCG Invitational Report

Mark Hinsz — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:05:59 +0000

Mark Hinsz recounts this past weekend's SCG Invitational event, where he piloted Big Zoo in Legacy and Dungrove Elder Wolf Run in Standard, and shares with us his thoughts on the meta and the refreshing philosophical lens he's recently applied to the game.

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Scouring through Saga, Part Two

Douglas Linn — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:28:18 +0000

This week marks the second half of our exploration into the mammoth trove of valuable cards from Urza's Saga. No other block contains as many solid cards to be traded for, plucked out of collections or rummaged from bulk bins for profit. You can take a look at the previous half of this article here […]

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Scouring Through Saga

Douglas Linn — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:53:38 +0000

Urza's Saga is the first set in one of the financial powerhouse blocks of Magic. Though it was supposed to be themed around enchantments, I reckon that Urza's Saga really has the theme of “you'll pay $10 for this, this and this.” While Tempest represented the first truly modern set, Saga expanded on this to […]

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