Category: Finance

Magic: the Gathering’s Historic announcement, and why you should pay attention

Finance, Magic the Gathering

Hi everybody, and welcome back to Strictly Average MTG. I hope you all had a great weekend, and had excellent box openings with Core Set 2020. Today I want to take a look at an announcement that honestly I felt like many in the community glossed over due to it not being tied directly to competitive play. Today I’ll be talking about the reveal that “Standard Plus” will be called “Historic”. This past November I wrote my second article about my thoughts on a possible new format. While this did not turn out how I envisioned it, yet, the format

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[Something to Ponder] Why we were wrong about Ultimate Masters

Finance, Magic the Gathering, Modern

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Strictly Average MTG, as well as another article about Modern. Today I won’t necessarily be talking about decks, or how to play a deck; instead I’ll be talking about some things I think we all missed upon the initial announcement of a product coming soon. Yes, that’s right, we were wrong about Ultimate Masters. The community (collectively) was wrong about Ultimate Masters. However, before we get to that, let’s explain what it is. Ultimate Masters is a reprint set along the lines of the Modern Masters sets, and Iconic Masters. It is a set that is printed

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Strictly Short: Legally Buying Puca Points VS. Buying Cards

Finance, Magic the Gathering, PucaTrade, Self Help, Strictly Short

I recently realized how lucky I have been with PucaTrade. I have received a lot of the cards that I need from other PucaTraders. This has left me with very few valuable cards to trade away for points. Thus, I started thinking about new ways to get the most bang for my buck as I refilled my PP. I must acknowledge that, if you break the PucaTrade Terms of Service, you can purchase PucaPoints from other members. I do not condone this practice. It was clear to me that buying PP from another user would be a bad idea. It would

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Top 6 Cards in Modern Masters 2017 I Am Buying

Finance, Magic the Gathering

After getting beat up for the past week and a half with RL issues (Sick Kiddo and work project getting wrapped up) I am back just in time to share with you my super secret plan based around making a fortune on Modern Masters 2017.  The hype for Modern Masters 2017 is real.  There are a ton of high-value reprints that everyone seems excited about. Yes, I’m excited to be getting affordable Snapcaster Mage, Liliana, of the Veil, and Zendikar Fetch Lands, but I am even more psyched about some of the other much-needed reprints. So without any more hype,

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