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Tips, guides, and updates for Magic: The Gathering collectors.
Where to Sell Your MTG Cards: TCGplayer, eBay, Buylist, or Your LGS
Four ways to sell MTG cards, what each one actually pays, and how to match the venue to what's in your box.
How to Value an MTG Trade in Person Without Getting Burned
The price on your phone isn't one number. Here's how I value an MTG trade at the table without ripping anyone off or getting ripped off.
Should You Insure Your MTG Collection? When a Binder Becomes an Asset
Most homeowners policies barely cover your cards. Here's when an MTG collection is worth insuring, and the documentation insurers actually want.
Learning to Let Go: How to Downsize an MTG Collection Without Regret
The hard part of collecting isn't buying. It's deciding what to release, and offloading it without the fees eating the value.
The Reprint Trap: Why Commander Spec Cards Crash After a Reprint
A card spikes the week a new commander gets spoiled, then craters. Here's how to spot the reprint trap before it eats your buylist.
What to Actually Do With Your MTG Commons and Bulk Lands
The 90% of your collection that isn't worth anything still has to go somewhere. Here's how I deal with bulk commons and the basic land mountain.
Modern Just Banned Phlage and Lotus Field. Here's What It Does to Your Binder.
Phlage and Lotus Field banned in Modern, Jitte and Violent Outburst unbanned. What the May 18 announcement does to your binder.
The MTG Ban Playbook: Four Questions Before You Sell That Banned Card
A four-question playbook for deciding whether to hold, sell, or consolidate a banned MTG card, with worked examples from Lurrus, Field of the Dead, and the May 18 Modern bans.
$1,700 for 26 Pounds of Cards: What the Goodwill Haul Actually Says About Buying MTG Bulk
A viral Goodwill bulk video is making the rounds. The math of actually buying MTG bulk lots is far more boring.
Avengers Academy: What's In the Five Marvel Welcome Decks Dropping at LGSes June 12
Five color-themed Two-Headed Giant half-decks, three tiers of promos, and a registration deadline that already passed. The collector read on Avengers Academy.