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Tips, guides, and updates for Magic: The Gathering collectors.
When to Sleeve, Top Load, or Slab Your MTG Cards
Sleeves, top loaders, and slabs all protect cards differently. Here's the dollar-threshold framework I actually use, and why I almost never slab.
How to Actually Price Your MTG Collection (Without Lying to Yourself)
Market price, buylist, and eBay sold are three different numbers. Most collectors only look at the one that makes them feel rich.
Which Secrets of Strixhaven Commander Deck Is Actually Worth It?
Five Commander precons, $49.99 each, and one of them has a $24 reprint that basically pays for the box.
Lorwyn Eclipsed Three Months Later: Which Cards Actually Held Value
Three months after release, here's what's holding value in my Lorwyn Eclipsed binder, what's already bleeding out, and what I'd buy now.
Mystical Archive Returns: What It Actually Does to Your Old Strixhaven Singles
The new Mystical Archive reprints different cards than the 2021 set — here's what's safe in your old STA binder and what's about to drop.
Seven MTG Sets in 2026: How I'm Triaging My Collection
Seven MTG sets in 2026 is a lot. How I'm picking which two get the full treatment and which I'm skipping on purpose.
Secrets of Strixhaven Product Guide: Which Box Is Actually Worth It?
Seven different Strixhaven SKUs and wildly different MSRPs. I spreadsheeted them at midnight so you don't have to.
The 2027 Rotation Will Be Brutal. Start Your Collection Baseline Now.
Six sets rotate out of Standard next February. If you want to know what your collection was worth before the drop, April is when you record it.
Festival in a Box 2026: Is It Worth Buying?
The Vegas Festival in a Box goes on sale April 13. Here's what's inside and whether the math works out.
Building a Commander Deck From What You Already Own
You probably have enough cards for a Commander deck right now. Here's how to figure out what you're working with.