Category: Strictly Short

Strictly Short – Sideboarding Tips

Level Up, Magic the Gathering, Self Help, Strictly Short

With the announcement that I will be hosting a Standard League starting in a few weeks, I felt it would be useful to share some lessons I’ve learned about creating a sideboard for an event. I started outlining a comprehensive sideboarding guide, but decided for the sake of the upcoming league, I would write this short covering just the highlights that could help players immediately, and then circle back to the comprehensive guide when there was more time for research and vetting of concepts and theories. Evaluate the sideboard of my decks prior to every event. I treat my sideboard as

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Announcement – New Web Site Launch

Announcement, Magic the Gathering, Strictly Short

I am super excited to announce the launch of our new website.  The new address for Strictly Average will now be strictlyaveragemtg.com.  Thanks to the support of this amazing community and my partners on the Patreon page, I was able to upgrade to a host that is controlled entirely by myself and the rest of the SA team.  This means we can do more for you, and have the flexibility to offer some really cool new features. All of the old article links that you may have had previously, or found on Social Media should automagically redirect here.  If something

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Strictly Short – Shipping Larger Items

Magic the Gathering, PucaTrade, Shipping, Strictly Short

Ever since sealed product was added to PucaTrade, I’ve been receiving many questions regarding how to ship larger, and weirdly shaped packages.  I’ve been selling odd sized boxes and sealed product on eBay for a while now and have found some economical shipping methods. These can be leveraged for shipping anything but I will only cover the most commonly sent Magic Product. Shipping Labels The first and most important piece of advice I can give is to use PayPal to ship. By using PayPal you’re able to save money on the cost of shipping, obtain your tracking number immediately, file customs paperwork,

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Strictly Short – Aether Revolt Planeswalker Decks

Magic the Gathering, Strictly Short

This strictly short was inspired by a phone call I received this morning. My good friend and one of my MTG mentors Steve called me to ask my advice.  Steve runs the LGS that I used to call home, The Dragon’s Lair.  Steve read Strictly’s Simple Prerelease Finance Primer and wanted to know my opinion on the new Planeswalker Decks. Well Steve, This one is for you buddy. The good folks over at MTG Goldfish have already posted the deck lists, with the current pricing of the decks on their site. At first glance, these decks seem to be a

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