Sun, 24 Mar 2024
By: Cliff Daigle We’ve had a lot of Universes Beyond products in the last year or so, and two of them have been spectacular and one has been middling. Fallout is immediately on a rocketship, with Mr. House causing all sorts of ancillary spikes. (Which I predicted in October.) Lord of the Rings, with summer and holiday editions, … Continue reading Will Assassin’s Creed be Dr. Who or Fallout?
Sat, 16 Mar 2024
By: Cliff Daigle I’ve made a conscious effort in the last two years to put my speculative purchases on a timeline. With the frequency of reprints, it’s pretty rare for me to say ‘this is a staple, I want to buy it while it’s cheap’ because repeated reprints are an occupational hazard now. Instead, I want to refine … Continue reading Checking Back In On New Commanders
Fri, 08 Mar 2024
By: Cliff Daigle Every set, we’re given a breakdown of how likely you are to open the cards you want. Sometimes we get detailed percentages, sometimes we get generalized information. Either way, I’m happy to break down the numbers and tell you how likely you are to get the card you want. Fallout occupies an interesting space, in … Continue reading The Mana Math of Universes Beyond: Fallout
Sat, 02 Mar 2024
By: Cliff Daigle There was a lot of information dumped on us this week, and some of it is more immediate than others, but my first thought was ‘no Commander decks for Assassin’s Creed? People have to build a deck from scratch?!’ and that means loads of things worth considering adding to your spec boxes. My second thought … Continue reading Planning Potential Purchases of Pro Tour Previews
Sat, 24 Feb 2024
By: Cliff Daigle While Fallout previews are going on in full force, I can’t help but be underwhelmed by the choice to make the bobbleheads the serialized cards for this set. We’ve got a wide range of legends to choose from in here, and I think this was a miss. I got to thinking about what the prices … Continue reading A Brief History of Serialized Cards