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Adam Plays Magic: Explorer Mono-Green Elves

Adam Cohen — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Adam's father always told him to beware of little green men, and he was right! Explorer Elves hits hard and fast and is sure to leave opponents in the dust.

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Adam Plays Magic: Mono-Green Stompy

Adam Cohen — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:00:00 +0000

This week on Adam Plays Magic, Adam's going big and hitting hard with Mono-Green Stompy. These beasties pack a wallop and are in excellent (Collected?) company.

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Budget-Focused: More Pioneer cards you need to acquire!

Eric Pankow — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 11:00:59 +0000

In a followup to last week, UndyingMTG examines another handful of cards flying under the radar in Pioneer.

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Budget-Focused: Four Cards With Long Term Potential in Pioneer!

Eric Pankow — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 06:31:44 +0000

UndyingMTG returns with a look at four cards in Pioneer that you need to consider picking up!

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Gearing Up for SCG Con Winter

Sam Lowe — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 12:00:28 +0000

Sam is battling every day to get up-to-date Pioneer info, with one goal in mind: The Invitational Trophy!

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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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MTG Metagame Finance #30

Edward Eng — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 18:19:42 +0000

This week, Eddie takes a deeper look into how Ravnica Allegiance is starting to affect all formats, along with his resulting portfolio updates.

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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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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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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 – Vanquisher’s Banner

Jamie Robertson San Juan — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:33:35 +0000

Rob returns with another Standard card that he thinks would be gaining ground soon on today's segment!

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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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Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #8

Edward Eng — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 20:44:51 +0000

This week Eddie circles back around to rotation to highlight Standard and Modern. He also provides a new way to keep tabs on cards he mentions in his articles with a public spreadsheet.

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Insider: QS Cast Infographics – August 2018 Graphics

Guillaume Robert — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 12:29:03 +0000

It's time for a review of the recent picks on the QS Cast.

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Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #4

Edward Eng — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:05:51 +0000

In this article, Eddie puts reader feedback into action. He also provides a new section to give us real-time insight to reflect on previously mentioned cards.

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Daily Stock Watch – Thorn Lieutenant

Jamie Robertson San Juan — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 16:08:02 +0000

Rob has a new spec target in Standard. Read more about it here!

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