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Jason’s Archives: Playing to Your Outs

Jason Alt continues his discussion about the different schools of thought in Magic finance and reports on the recent tournament results.

Insider: Market Trends in Standard, Modern and Legacy

Gatecrash is rapidly approaching, Modern season is here and a Legacy GP took place over the weekend. With so much buzz in Magic, it’s difficult to keep up on everything. This week Sigmund touches on some noteworthy trends in each format.

Jason’s Archives: Phoned for the Holidays 2: Phone Harder

Jason Alt calls attention to the new subreddit dedicated to MTG finance, describes his approach to Gatecrash spoiler season, and checks himself out for the new year.

Insider: Stocking Stuffers

With prices low on RtR cards, Paul has some picks for solid investments, along with some picks you might be surprised to see the price of.

Insider: Biggest Takeaways From 2012

2012 was a wild ride as far as MTG Finance goes. Sig takes a look back at some of his most valuable lessons learned and plans out how he will make some strategic changes next year.

What’s going on with Aluren?

About eight days ago, strange things started happening with a Tempest rare. [card]Aluren[/card] had jumped by $10 overnight. It’s clear that someone was buying all of this card that they could. We didn’t know why then and we still don’t have many answers.

Insider: The Myth of Making Profits, Revisited

Two years ago Corbin Hosler wrote that profits on cards are mere illusions until you’ve cashed out. Today he revisits his article to see how the theory applies to today’s world of MTG finance.

Insider: Investing in Modern Archetypes

With Modern PTQ season quickly approaching, now is the time to hoard format staples that are sure to see tons of play.

Jason’s Archives: When to Hold ‘Em, When to Fold ‘Em

In this installment Jason delves into the philosophy of speculation and the way we self-assess our success and failures, before addressing the results from Las Vegas, Toronto and Nagoya.

Insider: The Next Big Thing

Corbin talks about some cards to keep your eye on in the coming weeks before Gatecrash shakes up the Standard metagame.

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