Buying collections from strangers can present challenges when a seller comes in with unreasonable expectations. David provides some tips on how to navigate a buy gone bad.

Rob returns and talks about his picks from the box toppers from Ultimate Masters on this segment of the Daily Stock Watch.

Every few weeks, speculation begins to rise about the next Banned and Restricted Announcement. Whenever something actually does happen, I frequently see laments over being blindsided and calls for Wizards to implement a banning watchlist. While an official list will never happen as it would unduly influence the secondary...

Given the impact of past Masters sets, the most recent rebound in Ultimate Masters prices is perplexing. Aren't they supposed to stay lower, for longer? Sig investigates.

When it comes to Modern, I'm always up for a surprise. I penned an article last week declaring the death of midrange as a Tier 1 strategy in an aggro-combo metagame. But it seems the meta has already corrected itself: last weekend's GP Portland Top 8 featured a finals...

Join Edward Eng and Sig Ausfresser as they discuss all your questions in the third installment of QS Office Hours!

The Modern metagame cycles, though the process is slow and hard to see. This complicates determining which trends are just flashes in the pan and which must be accounted for and adapted to. Metagame-specific decks, like Death and Taxes at GP Las Vegas 2017, can look like real decks,...

This week Sigmund recaps and comments another of his classic articles from six years ago. This time: a comparison of million-dollar art pieces to Alpha rares.