Sat, 28 Mar 2026
By: Cliff Daigle Witherbloom, the Balancer was revealed at PAX East on Thursday, and the obvious combo has already caused a big spike in Sprout Swarm. Maybe you can find some in binders or leftover stores, but this has always been a card that didn’t need much help to be infinite. Witherbloom as a Commander opens up some … Continue reading Building And Speculating on Witherbloom, the Balancer
Sat, 21 Mar 2026
By: Cliff Daigle We’re all finally getting shipping notifications on the Roll for Initiative Superdrop, and it’s been odd, seeing other drops arrive in a different pattern. Many people will get the D&D drops in hand after both the Fallout drop and the Dandan decks arrive. So as the Initiative drops arrive, we need to be ready for … Continue reading Dump Week for the Roll For Initiative Superdrop is coming!
Fri, 13 Mar 2026
By: Cliff Daigle There’s a lot of basic principles that we harp on when it comes to Magic finance, but one of the most fundamental is buying when a card reaches low and we expect it to rebound over time. That rebound is either because it’s a Commander card that lots of decks want or because there’s an … Continue reading The A to Z of Buying The Encyclopedia of Magic
Fri, 06 Mar 2026
By: Cliff Daigle It’s a tortured title, yes, but the philosophy is sound. We’ve got a wild situation here with the current Secret Lair pace. Last year, there was a whole series of bangers from the Secret Lair folks, and this year, we’re off to a more tepid start. Several days since it became available, and none of … Continue reading If A Lair Is Dropped, And No One Buys It, Does It Have A Value?
Fri, 27 Feb 2026
By: Cliff Daigle Welcome back to another installment of Mana Math, where I do my best to take the soup of information that Wizards throws at us and try to answer the core question of these packs: How many do I need to open to get the card/cards I want? They are legally required to give us a … Continue reading The Mana Math of Magic: The Gathering |Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles