TagFinance

Cards You Should Buy Before They’re Unbanned

With Wizards of the Coast telegraphing a possible unbanning in Modern early next year, the speculators will be out in full force! Chas Andres helps you identify the likely lucky card and shows you the moves to make now!

Buying Into Modern Before The Rush

With two Masters sets and a Modern Pro Tour coming up, the most accessible Eternal format is set to become white-hot! Chas Andres shares his best financial moves for SCG Cincinnati and beyond!

Pirate Stomped: Avoiding Traps In Magic Finance

The much-touted Pirate Stompy Legacy deck didn’t turn out as expected. Chas Andres uses it as a jumping-off point to discuss common pitfalls of Magic finance and how not to end up looking like the greater fool! If you want to save some money next time “the next big thing” happens, this is a must-read.

Financial Reactions To The New Standard Format

Week 1 results aren’t the last word on how a metagame will shape up, but they provide vital data! Chas Andres reads the proverbial tea leaves and talks this week’s trends!

The Ethics Of Magic Finance

How do you conduct yourself when trading or speculating? Chas Andres offers his meditations on the dilemmas posed by Magic finance before covering this week’s trends.

The Ixalan Finance Review, Part 3

Chas Andres finishes off his Ixalan Finance Review with a look at the last rares and mythics revealed, plus This Week’s Trends!

The Ixalan Financial Review, Part 2

Chas Andres completes this week’s trilogy of articles with Part 2 of his Ixalan Financial Review! Get his take on what’s underrated in the set, what’s overrated, and what’s going on in the wider Magic world!

Iconic Masters Financial Review

If you’re a fan of Magic finance, this is your week! Chas Andres is back with his second of three articles, this time focusing on Iconic Masters. How will the reprints shape prices now and in the coming months?

Arena: Should You Sell Out Of Magic Online?

HASCON brought plenty of news, and it’s too much for one Chas Andres article! For today, he focuses on Magic: The Gathering Arena and the big question on every Magic Online grinder’s mind: is it time to sell?

McLaren’s Magic Stock Market Musings: The Ixalan IPOs

Look out, Magic finance! Shaun McLaren is putting on his numbered jacket and power tie and stepping into the pit for Ixalan previews. What’s a sell? What’s a buy? And why is there a poem in the middle?!

The Ixalan Financial Review, Part One

An alleged real-world theft led Wizards of the Coast to start preview season like never before! Chas Andres serves up Part One of his Ixalan finance review and covers this week’s trends! Hint: lots of Pirates and Dinosaurs lie ahead…

Buying Into Post-Rotation Standard

With the rotation coming, Standard is in its annual strange place. What singles should savvy buyers avoid, and where are the opportunities for a post-Ixalan score? Chas Andres has this week’s financial advice and trends!

The Old School Spikes

Don’t say Chas Andres didn’t warn you! Cards in Old School and covered by the Reserved List are soaring to new price heights! Chas explains why and explores what might be the next to spike! Plus, this week’s trends in other formats!

Commander 2017 Financial Review

The Commander sets feature some truly unique cards! The downside? It’s impossible to predict the singles market! Fortunately, Chas Andres can do it for you! Which of these decks will be off the shelves the fastest? Which cards are people chasing?

Finding Underpriced Modern Cards In Recent Sets

What’s the next Collected Company or Kolaghan’s Command? Chas Andres has your guide to finding Modern’s next gem as it rotates out of Standard!