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Build a Commander Removal Kit From Cards You Already Own
Your collection probably has answers for your Commander decks. Here's how to find them, check their blind spots, and buy only what's missing.
Buying Someone's Whole MTG Collection: How to Price It Before You Make an Offer
Someone's quitting Magic and selling everything. Here's how I'd price the pile in one evening and what percentage I'd actually offer.
When to Sell Cards From a New MTG Set: I Checked What Waiting Cost Me
Your prerelease pulls are worth the most right now, annoyingly. I checked what holding new-set cards for one to three months actually cost this year.
The Hobbit Prices, Six Weeks Later: Smaug Got Cut Again. The Queen of Dale Didn't.
I made four Hobbit price calls in August. Six weeks in, I got two right, and Commander players explain almost every miss.
Secret Lair Odds and Ends Reprints Esper Sentinel. Most Copies Ship in July 2027.
The new Yennett deck has a $62 card in it, and a 24-hour order window. The catch is when those cards actually show up.
The Planeswalker Stamp on MTG Reprints: What It Means and What It Costs You
That little white planeswalker symbol in the corner of your Secret Lair deck reprints. Where it comes from, where Scryfall hides it, and when it actually costs you money.
Reality Fracture Prices Fell by Half Before the Set Even Came Out
I went back through every Reality Fracture price I've quoted since August. All of them are down, and your prerelease pool is priced off that slide.
MTG Gift Ideas for Commander Players: Buy the One Card They Actually Want
Boosters are a lottery ticket and they already own a playmat. One specific card for a deck they already play beats both. Here's how to figure out which card.
Tarmogoyf Is Standard-Legal Again. What Your Old Goyfs Are Worth Now.
Goyf's back in Standard for the first time since 2007. Eight older printings already sit around seven bucks, so the Tarmogoyf reprint's real damage is somewhere else.
Eye of Ugin's First Reprint in 11 Years Is in 1 of Every 550 Packs. What It Does to Your Old Copy.
Eye of Ugin is back in Reality Fracture's Special Guests. It's also one card in 550 Play Boosters, so your Worldwake copy is probably fine.