A couple months ago, I took Counter-Cat to an RPTQ and had my ass handed to me on a silver Shriekhorn. The lesson I learned: bring only a deck you're intimately familiar with to an event you want to do well in. While I've put in plenty of games...

Operating costs eat into profit margins, and they're often grossly underestimated by new business owners. David breaks down some hypothetical numbers for an LGS.

With so many new changes to Modern recently, every assumption we’ve previously held regarding the format as we know it is suspect to change. Mono-Green Stompy is back, Zur the Enchanter is finally poised to take the format by storm, so prepare yourself for Vexing Devil mirror matches every...

DJ is here today to discuss some of the greatest tokens of all time! How can we make money off these pesky little pieces of cardstock?

Mike breaks down a few of the under-the-radar decks that saw success at the Pro Tour. Don't want to play one of the big three decks in Standard? Check this one out!

Magic cards don't take much to catch fire, huh? If you've been following along online, a bunch of people have been working on a new version of a combo deck called "Cheeri0s." If not, let's take a look at why this is one of the hottest new decks in...

Matthew Lewis presents the MTGO Market Report for this week, evaluating important events in the online market and highlighting a “trade of the week.”

Brian shares a wide-lens perspective on how he sees Magic finance changing of late, and where to direct our speculative energies in response.

Welcome back to the Beginner's Guide. I've had a bad habit of leaving many week-long breaks between these articles. This is unacceptable and I'm going to finish off the deck-type articles over the next few weeks. This is especially important given that the I'm onto the combo decks, which...

Smart speculation begins with gathering information. David shares some of his favorite sources for MTG price and metagame data across the web.