There’s the old adage that “a fool and his money are soon parted,” but there’s often a different factor at work with scammers preying on Magic players, and it’s as old as the confidence game itself. Since so much money changes hands in Magic, the market attracts scammers, just like most other markets. The biggest arena that I see this in is in auction collections on eBay. I’ve been drawn in before, as have many other people, and this week, I’ll share how you can both avoid scams and profitably look for collections on eBay.

Corbin Hosler responds to some reader comments from last week and breaks down how he did speculating on the Pro Tour!

Chad pokes at Standard with the Pro Tour behind us to find out how to best predict the next Standard Metagame shift.

I’ve often wondered whether there was any difference between selling hot cards as singles instead of playsets on Ebay. This question gets more complicated when we think about why people are buying cards. Since you only need one of a card for Commander, you might be unlikely to pay more for extra copies you won’t use. If you need a playset, you might pay a premium so that you don’t have to round up the cards from different buyers and wait for all of them in the mail. I sat down and ran the numbers this week on several cards, demanded in different markets, for a good analysis on what you should do.

Corbin Hosler concludes his series on flipping collections, this time walking you through the process he used to sell his latest purchased collection!

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Chad expected last weekends StarCityGames.com Open in Providence to provide some new decklists so we could jump on some speculations right away. The results of the event, however, weren’t exactly innovative.

Sigmund relays his recent experience with opening Avacyn Restored Fat Pack, identifying how close sealed product is to lottery tickets.

Corbin Hosler checks back in on a collection he bought a few weeks ago and updates you on how he’s doing in his goal to maximize the profits from flipping it!

Chad picks up on some Uncommons to stash from Avacyn Restored and a potential Sleeper Rare.