Entering The Doldrums
In this article, Chas shares a list of cards he’s really high on as medium-term speculation targets and identifies the early risers and early fallers of M14 so far.
AuthorCassie LaBelle
Cassie LaBelle is a professional writer and long-time Magic financier based in Denver, Colorado. She has been part of the competitive Magic community since 2001, and has been writing about trading and speculation on a weekly basis since 2010. She believes that smart buying decisions and the framework of personal finance can be used to make Magic more affordable and accessible to all.
Reviewing M14
Check out Magic finance expert Chas Andres’ set review of M14 if you want to get the scoop on the cards you should pick up now, the ones to wait on, and those to stay away from.
Fourth Of July Mailbag
To celebrate the Fourth of July and summer vacation, Chas does a fun mailbag article where he answers questions readers sent in. Read on to see if he answers yours!
Let’s All Play Modern
Chas thinks you should start playing Modern, so he provides a handy-dandy guide to the format’s decks and the $10 and up cards you need to acquire in order to play them.
Left Behind
Chas takes a look at the eligible cards that didn’t make it into Modern Masters & tells you which ones might be coming back & which ones you should pick up before it’s too late.
Modern Masters: The Early Returns
Modern Masters is here! We’re one week in, and it’s time to see if the reprints have quashed the value of Modern’s most expensive format staples. Read on to see all of Chas’ data!
Inside The Failure Box
Chas goes through his entire long-term spec box in pictures. He shares his spec failures along with cards he’s holding on to in the hope that they will pan out in the future.
Early Rotation Planning & Modern Masters Updates
Magic finance expert Chas Andres tells you which Innistrad block cards you should buy, sell, and hold on to through the set rotation and takes another look at Modern Masters.
New Rules, New Block
This week Chas talks about what cards might go up or down in price because of the M14 rules changes and what the Block results at #PTDGM might tell us about next year’s Standard.
Modern Masters Madness
Magic finance guru Chas Andres considers the effect that Modern Masters might have on the market and makes some bold predictions. Make your own opinions known in the comments!
Sliver Me Timbers
Slivers will be in M14! Are there any old Slivers that might jump in popularity? Are any currently valuable Slivers in danger of having their value destroyed? Chas investigates.
Public Image Unlimited
Trading is sales, and image is everything. Chas gives you some tips for how to be successful on and off the trading floor along with this week’s Magic finance trends.
Dragon’s Maze Financial Set Review
It’s Dragon’s Maze Week on StarCityGames.com! Magic finance expert Chas Andres tells you which Dragon’s Maze cards you should buy, sell, and hold on to right now and why.
The Good Old Days
The idea of Magic cards having fixed, global prices is relatively recent. Chas takes a look back at what trading and speculation was like in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Analyzing Preorders & The Spring Set Theory
In order to learn more about preordering and to see if his Spring Set Theory holds water, Chas looks back at the last two blocks and analyzes price movements from release.