Live long and profit… we had to. But for real the Magic: The Gathering’s Star Trek set drops on the 13th of November this year (2026), which puts us 59 days out as we write this. So we felt like now is the ideal time to have an honest conversation about whether or not there
Long ago, probably before you were even born, there was a set of nine cards in Magic: The Gathering that were so broken, they were banned from most formats before the first year of competitive play was even finished. Nine cards that have since spent more than three decades appreciating in value while being entirely
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Magic: The Gathering is thirty-three years old (chances are, if you’re reading this, you probably are too). In that time it has built one of the most complex and deep universes in the entire tabletop gaming world, a literal multiverse of planes before Marvel was doing it in movies. Bringing characters, ancient wars, and civilisational
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There is a format in Magic: The Gathering that Wizards of the Coast did not design, did not plan for, and for years barely acknowledged existed. A format invented by players, spread through community word of mouth, and eventually adopted so widely that it became the most-played format in the entire game. A format that,
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The final instalment in our Cardboard vs Crypto series, and in some ways the most fitting comparison of the four, because Magic: The Gathering is the oldest major TCG on the planet, and Bitcoin is one of the newest major alternative assets (the classic old vs new). Between them sits a genuinely interesting question: does
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The fourth and final instalment of our H1 2026, Cards vs Capital series, and appropriately the most layered. Magic: The Gathering is the oldest major TCG in the hobby, we are talking a game that has been running since 1993, (yes, before Pokémon Younglings), and its investment market reflects that complexity. Unlike Pokémon’s broadly shared
At some point last week, a small group of speculators bought Magic: The Gathering Lord of the Rings Special Edition Collector’s Boxes for somewhere between $7,000 and $9,000 USD each, then immediately sent emails to YouTuber Penguinz0 offering to flip those same boxes to him for $12,000 USD. Within 24 hours, he had publicly announced
In the intricate world of Magic: The Gathering, card values are typically influenced by a confluence of factors: competitive viability in formats like Modern or Legacy, scarcity, age, and iconic status. However, there’s a powerful, almost mystical force at play that can send card prices soaring by 500% overnight, seemingly out of nowhere: the “Commander Effect.” Here
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