You may have noticed that we have made a slight change to our grading scale here at StarCityGames.com. The newest grade is MP (Moderately Played), and it is between Slightly Played and Heavily Played. Give me a moment of your time to explain the reason behind this change…
Thursday, March 11th – Rise of the Eldrazi is right around the corner, but M11 isn’t far behind! In today’s edition of Insider Trading, Ben looks at the traditional cycle of values for Standard-legal cards, and gives his insight into the future values of cards from Magic 2010!
Thursday, March 4th – After Grand Prix: Oakland, Pro Tour: San Diego, Grand Prix: Madrid, and the two StarCityGames.com Opens in Richmond (Standard and Legacy), the Standard metagame has shifted, Extended has gotten hot-and-heavy, and several newer Legacy contenders have taken a large step forward. Find out which cards are having a significant shift in value right now, in today’s edition of Insider Trading!
Thursday, February 25th – In the final part of this three part series, Ben discusses the pros and cons of foil cards and the Magic community. Will foil reprints be the cure to the rising cost of singles? Also, Ben leaves this series with one last thought concerning the Reserved List!
Friday, February 19th – On January 18th of this year, Wizards of the Coast brought Ben to their headquarters for an important meeting regarding the Reserved List. In today’s edition of Insider Trading, find out what was discussed at that meeting, Ben’s thoughts about the recent clarification of the Reserved List policy, and how this all relates to the cost of Magic cards!
Friday, February 12th – Magic has been undergoing an unprecedented growth over the past couple of years. This has caused the price of several staples to hit record levels: Tarmogoyf is at $90. Jace, the Mind Sculptor is at $60. Force of Will is at $50! In this first part of the three-part series, Ben takes an in-depth look at the growth of Magic over the past two years, and explains why card prices have reached these levels!
Thursday, February 4th – In today’s edition of Insider Trading, Ben revisits some of his predictions from last week, and sees which non-Worldwake cards are being directly affected in value by Worldwake! What is Ben’s pick for the sleeper card in Worldwake? Read on to find out!
Friday, January 29th – Ben Bleiweiss has been at the forefront of the Magic: The Gathering card market for years, as the General Manager of Acquisitions for StarCityGames.com. In today’s article, Ben gives his thoughts about the value of the cards in Worldwake – every Mythic, every Rare, and all of the Uncommons and Commons that Ben thinks count. Find out which card Ben thinks is the Baneslayer Angel of Worldwake! Which cards do Ben think are horribly undervalued, and which should you trade off while their value is high? Find out inside! Also – check the end of the article for a special announcement!
Friday, September 25th – Zendikar has been selling at an unprecedented rate at StarCityGames! This set will likely smash sales records for a Magic product – but do the cards in Zendikar live up to the box hype? Find out which cards are undervalued, or overhyped, in today’s article for StarCityGames.com pricing guru Ben Bleiweiss!
Friday, July 10th – In last week’s article, Ben gave his thoughts about the financial potential of the Magic 2010 set. In this week’s column, Ben talks about why M10 is the best singles set in the modern age, his thoughts on the theme of Zendikar, and how the new design philosophy will affect future pricing. In addition, find out which card Ben feels will be the potential breakout in Extended due to the new M10 Rules Changes!
Friday, July 3rd – It is time for a brave new Core set! In Part 1 of Ben’s look at the Financial value of Magic: 2010 (M10), find out which cards Ben thinks are underpriced, which cards Ben thinks are overhyped, and which cards are the true sleepers of the set! Is this set the pound-for-pound the highest-valued set printed in the past decade? The only way to find out is to read within!
Friday, April 24th – The Alara Reborn prerelease is here! Find out which cards Ben thinks are underpriced, which cards Ben thinks are overhyped, and which cards are the true sleepers of the set! Which Time Spiral card is going to be hot, hot, hot because of Alara Reborn? The only way to find out is to read Ben’s thoughts about the Financial Value of Alara Reborn!
Friday, April 10th – Insider Trading is back, and just in time for the release of the Divine vs. Demonic Duel Decks! Are Duel Decks worth the money? Do their reprints devalue other Magic cards? Could the Divine or Demonic decks have been better made? Find out the answer to these questions in today’s article!
Friday, February 27th – In part 2 of his trip through the most valuable Uncommons of all time, Ben takes a look at the Uncommons of Legacy. Which pre-Invasion Uncommons are Super Uncommons? Which fall short of this designation? Find out in this edition of Insider Trading!
Friday, February 20th – Over the past few weeks, Ben’s made several allusions to Super-Uncommons – Uncommons that rise to the value of chase rares. In this week’s article, Ben takes a look through the StarCityGames.com sales database to see which Uncommons fall under the Super-Uncommon designation, and why!
