AuthorBen Bleiweiss

Friday, February 13th – Why are some foils worth double the value of their non-foil counterparts, and why are some worth ten times as much? What’s the hardest foil set to put together in Near Mint? What are your chances of pulling that foil Path to Exile from a pack? Find out Fifteen Fun Facts about Foils in this week’s Insider Trading!

Friday, February 6th – Conflux is here! What changes will come in Magic from the newest set? Which card has suddenly become the new Flash/Glimpse of Nature? Did Ben have any second thoughts from last week’s Financial Value of Conflux article? Find out in this week’s edition of Insider Trading!

Friday, January 30th – Need to know which Conflux cards are currently undervalued, and which are currently overvalued? Want to make sure that you’re getting fair trades at the Conflux Prerelease this weekend? Then you must read this edition of Insider Trading, brought to you by the guy who sets the prices for StarCityGames.com!

Friday, January 23rd – We’re in the full swing of Extended season now, and card values are being turned on their heads! Find out which cards are exploding in value post Grand Prix: Los Angeles, and which cards were most requested at the StarCityGames.com booth this past weekend!

Friday, January 16th – Are Proxies hurting Vintage tournament attendance? In today’s article, Ben states his argument about why he believes this is the case!

Friday, January 9th – There’s a question I get asked quite often: Does an artist’s autograph raise or lower the value of a card? The answer is more complicated than you might think! To find out my answer, read this week’s edition of Insider Trading!

Friday, January 2nd – When you opened your Christmas stocking, did you find packs of Magic waiting for you? Did you crack those packs right open? STOP! Don’t just crack that pack! Ben encourages you to use those packs to draft! In today’s article, Ben discusses the rules for four different draft formats, and explains why drafting your Booster Packs makes them worth that much more.

Thursday, December 25th – In the final part of his Making 11th Edition series, Ben explores his choices for the 53 Rares and 15 Epic cards he thinks should be in 11th Edition. Did your favorite rares make the list? The only way to find out is to read the article!

Thursday, December 18th – Ben is fresh from the Magic World Championships in Memphis with breaking news! For the first time anywhere online, read about some major changes to one of Wizard’s long-standing programs!

Thursday, December 11th – In his last article, Ben outlined some mechanics he would include in 11th Edition. In the follow-up article, Ben tackles the meat of the issue – which cycles should be in 11th Edition? Which Mythics should be included to maximize sales of the set without hurting the Standard environment? Is there such as thing as too many good cards in the base set? And what mechanic, never included in the base set, is the absolute no-brainer slam-dunk to include? Find out in today’s edition of Insider Trading!

Thursday, December 4th – Ben’s tackled the Reserve list, Judge Promos, and other reprint-related themes during his run on Insider Trading. What happens when our author tackles the largest reprint set of all – the Core set? Find out when Ben turns his eye to 11th Edition; what would Ben include? What would Ben leave out? And in the end, which 249 cards would Ben include in the set?

Thursday, November 13th – In the follow-up to his last article about Promotional cards, Ben looks at the ugly end of Promo cards. Does Wizards have the right strategy for distributing Promotional cards? Are there too many or too few promo cards out there? And what happens when a Promotional Card is more common than the regular version of that card? All these topics and more are in this week’s Insider Trading!