Grinder Finance: Khans of Tarkir #2
We’ve got more spoilers and I’ve got more opinions based on recent market movement. This will be a quick update based on spoilers from earlier this week. Cards I’m Preordering It appears that that Wizards of the Coast is pulling out all the stops in this set. The reward for playing three-color decks is very...
Brainstorm Brewery #114 – Globetrotting
Joined by Spike Feed‘s Dustin Gore, the gang delves into some unfamiliar territory: trading for and selling foreign cards. The cast goes off the rails with talk of pay-by-the-hour bars in Japan, the impact of Hardened Scales on Standard, and the ethics of cross-continent trading, and you wouldn’t have it any other way. What is...
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Conjured Currency #30: Power 10 (Not the 10 You’re Thinking Of)
Good afternoon and/or Evening! (See what I did there? Go put last week’s article in your face if you didn’t read it, and you’ll understand the clever use of introduction that I managed to pull off). Last week we talked about the reprinting of fetch lands, and some of the financial side effects that they’ll...
Learning Legacy – You Probably Shouldn’t Stifle That
Welcome back to Learning Legacy, brewers. I received a positive response to the “You Can Stifle That?” section I’ve included in some of these articles. Several people have commented and even suggested interactions to talk about. The suggestions, as well as a specific interaction of my own at a high-level tournament, sparked an idea. Welcome to… You Probably...
Pitt Imps Podcast
So PAX happened. All kinds of things were spoiled and Khans looks insane. Fetches are back and Sarkhan Vol is getting his dragon on. We had Judge Frank come on and help us go over morph and all the other mechanics that this set brings. Ugin looks to finally make his arrival in the second set. Oh,...
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Investing In MTG Oddities
Hey there, all. I’m Markus, a long-time submitter on the /r/mtgfinance subreddit under the username drakeblood4. I’ve decided to go from submitting my articles for imaginary internet points to submitting them for slightly less imaginary exchange of goods and services points. Outside of the time I spend doing a mediocre job using high-school level math...
Grinder Finance: Khans of Tarkir #1
Now is the time to consider your options and look into preordering cards from the newest fall expansion, Khans of Tarkir. There are many things to consider when preordering cards, but generally I pick out ones that seem underpriced for their effect, or cards from older sets that are likely to become more playable. Note,...
Brainstorm Brewery #113 – Stop Trying to Make Fetchtastic
We’re seeing more spoilers than a Honda dealership in a bad neighborhood—including one of atomic-bomb caliber: Onslaught fetches are back! With Khanslaught fetches coming to a booster pack near you, everything is going to change. How do we navigate the murky waters of Modern receiving better fixing, Standard moving to three-color wedges, and Legacy losing...
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Conjured Currency #29: Oops.
Good morning! It very well may not be morning at the time that you’re reading this, but I get tired of the generic “Welcome back!” every week, and I figure I have a 50/50 shot of being right if I assume that it’s the a.m. wherever you may be while reading this article. This time, we’ll...
Casually Infinite – The Perils of Single Elimination
When picking which queue to enter when playing Magic Online, you have a couple of notable options. Really, the most significant option is if you’re entering a single-elimination queue or a Swiss queue. In single-elimination events, if you lose, you’re out. Prizes are determined based on the number of matches you survived before losing. In...
Weekend Magic: 8/29-8/31
Welcome back! No time for formalities—let’s get to the events: SCG Invitational Somerset, NJ (US) Decklists For those of you who don’t know how the SCG Invitational works (and who might be confused as to why a Standard and Legacy deck could both win the tournament), please refer to this link for the specific details...
Pitt Imps Podcast #84 Big Changes
This week on the cast, we go over the Modern GP as well as the Limited one. Then we turn our attention to SCG DC. Maro announced huge changes to the tournament and set structures, so we do our best to explain exactly what this means. Jason Alt from Brainstorm Brewery joins us to help us...
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