Inventory Management Part III: Turnover
This is part three of my Inventory Management series. Two weeks ago, I led with an introduction talking about the purpose of inventory as well as some common mistakes. In short, inventory is there to support your sales which is how you make money. Last week, I talked about tracking your inventory and calculating your...
What’s Your Style?
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” –Thomas Jefferson Never give up your personal preference, but being aware of your Magic: The Gathering play style is important. This is what Thomas Jefferson was trying to say, obviously. Everybody has a preferred style when playing, deck building,...
C(ube) + C(ommander) Magic Factory – The Casual Collection
Q. What do the following have in common? A shoe box full of Ice Age and Revised. Leavings from opened booster boxes going back three years. Smatterings of cards sporting bizarre expansion symbols. A melting pot of pre-constructed products. A. These are typical components of a collection belonging to the “casual magic player.” Aside from...
Forced Fruition Episode 3: Down the Drain
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries?list=PLs4gxqbLAAD7PPPlJC8S-6BJ3dFbse9yJ&w=640&h=360] Today’s Lesson The third installment of Forced Fruition takes us on a journey of discovery and trying to slow roll our way to victory. In this BNG-THS-THS draft, a theme of slowly draining our opponent quickly develops out of pack one. We employ some drafting strategy to fill out the rest of our...
The Puzzle Box: #Value Sealed, a Two-Person Cube Format
Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the Puzzle Box! It’s the end of the month, and that means that we are going to review the Puzzle Box list and make sure it is within a couple dollars of our $200 mark. There are a few changes to be made but we’ll discuss those later. First,...
Inventory Management Part II: Tracking
Last week, I started my Inventory Management series by discussing some basic concepts and common mistakes. Today we’re going to get down into the weeds—we’ll start with tracking and then briefly touch on some metrics you can use to evaluate your performance. I’ll talk more about metrics in my next article, but accurately tracking your...
Brainstorm Brewery #93 – GP Sober Train
The gang is back from Grand Prix Montreal, and some things did not go according to plan. With the Booze Cube championship that was planned for the train ride from Toronto to Montreal ending up as a logistical impossibility, could the weekend be salvaged? Whom did the gang meet with at the event? Was Corbin...
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Legacy vs. Modern
Hello, fellow speculators! After the biggest Constructed grand prix ever, GP Richmond, we’ve been a whole lot of winding down from card spikes. The market seems to be returning to the regular world of value investing. It sure has quieted down around here in the MTG finance world. But the slower pace really gives us...
Getting L.U.C.K.y: Playtesting
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas A. Edison I’m going to take a bit of a break this week and shift into getting L.U.C.K.y while playing the game. In a game such as Magic, where there are sixty randomized cards built from thousands of...
Episode 28 – Robot Chicken Control
It’s the day after GP Richmond, and the guys talk Modern accordingly. Cameron learns the ins and outs of Valakut, Curtis puts together an unusual Cube brew, and Dustin makes it rain Modern staples. Thanks for listening! Hosted by: Dustin Gore Cameron McCoy – @cameron_mccoy Curtis Nower – @CurtisNow Our show – @spikefeedmtg Music by...
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Weekend Review March 21-23
“Well that was fast,” is something I’ve never heard before. Vidianto Wijaya, on the other hand, likely heard that exact phrase entirely too frequently in the last few days. Vidianto ran Red-White Burn this weekend to a fourth-place finish. The burn list is a pseudo-budget list, as most burn lists tend to be, but is also...
Taking Down a PTQ with Black-White Midrange, by Jonathan Marsh
A few weeks ago, I won a PTQ in Dothan, Alabama, playing B/W Midrange. I owe a huge thanks to the tournament organizer and store owner of Fanatix, Phillip Chalker, for hosting one of the best-run PTQs I’ve ever participated in. Also, thanks to Brainstorm Brewery and Danny Brown for giving me the opportunity to...
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