Sat, 30 Nov 2024
By: Cliff Daigle One of the questions I get asked most frequently is ‘When should I buy (insert name/treatment of card they want that likely just came out)? I don’t want to overspend.’ This is a valid question, as it gets to the heart of the matter: How do we make sure that we get the things that … Continue reading Fantastic, Fiery, Fiendishly Fulsome Fractured Foils!
Fri, 22 Nov 2024
By: Cliff Daigle Foundations is out, has been out, and the prices are starting to sort out what’s good and what’s still trending downwards. We’ve got the luxury of seeing what’s headed down and what’s jumped up, as well as some of the top adopted cards on EDHREC. We’re coming into one of the doldrums for Magic finance, … Continue reading Early Price Movement and Commander Inclusions for Foundations
Fri, 15 Nov 2024
By: Cliff Daigle Today, Foundations goes from pre-sale to full sale, and there’s two aspects of that I have to pay attention to: first, we want to try and pick the risers early, and second, we get a race to the bottom with the rest of the cards. Specifically today I want to talk about Jumpstart cards. It’s … Continue reading Foundations on Release Day!
Fri, 08 Nov 2024
By: Cliff Daigle Foundations prerelease is this weekend, and in case you’re forgetting, this is the set that will be legal in Standard until early 2030. The cards you open will be useful for just over four years, and most interestingly, we’re getting Collector Booster and Play Boosters for this set. We’ve never gotten reprints of Collector Boosters, … Continue reading Deeper Under the Foundations We Go!
Fri, 01 Nov 2024
By: Cliff Daigle Foundations is coming out in two weeks, there’s barely any preorders to be had, and while there’s a lot to discuss with the timeframe of the set and how long it’ll be in print for, we also know that some of these cards are going to be casual all-stars. It’s important that we remember that … Continue reading The Mana Math of Magic the Gathering: Foundations