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Danny doesn’t want to pay to play Magic, and he doesn’t think you should, either. By using common sense, applying basic truisms, and exercising a modicum of patience, he will show you how to maximize every dollar you spend on Magic: The Gathering. Even if you don’t have a huge budget for gaming, with some smart decision making and a little time, you too can afford to build top-tier decks or draft on a regular basis. Danny’s resume includes writing for Quiet Speculation and serving as editor-in-chief for Brainstorm Brewery. He’s a Limited enthusiast with a special fondness for Cube, and has an earnest belief in the inherent superiority of 40-card decks (it’s okay, Constructed players. You’re special, too). Have a question or comment? Reach out on Twitter at @dbro37.
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PROTRADER: Battle for Zendikar Set Review – Blue

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MTGPrice’s Travis Allen and Sigmund Ausfresser have both covered very well the common-sense idea that the Expeditions lands included in the rare Battle for Zendikar pack will lower prices, both by increasing the number of packs opened by gambling-minded players and adding pricey top-end cards that will put downward pressure on everything else in the set. I agree with their assessments, but you’ve already read all about those factors, so I’m not going to continue to harp on it. Cards in this set will be worth less than they would be should the Expeditions lands not exist. We get it.

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So Much Unlocked ProTrader

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Every so often, we here at MTGPrice unlock some older ProTrader articles for everyone to read. Well, lucky reader, have I got good news for you: today is one of those days! Here’s a plethora of content, now available to everyone:

DEATH OF A BINDER GRINDER

By Travis “Firsty Firsty” Allen

TRIBAL GAINS

By Jason Alt”ernative Humorist”

THE FALLOUT FROM VEGAS

By Corbin “Big Hoss” Hosler

BITS ‘N PIECES

By Ross “Not John” Lennon

LESSONS LEARNED FROM GP VEGAS

By Sigmund “Freud” Ausfresser

IS MODERN MASTERS 2015 BOTTOMING OUT?

By Travis All”i”en “Encounter”

GODS AND GENERALS, PART 1

By Jason Alt “Key”

ONE LAST LOOK AT MODERN MASTERS 2015

By “Shut Up” Corbin Hosler

MY BETS FOR GP CHARLOTTE

By Guo “I’ve Heard of a Hang Nail but Never a” Heng Chin

HOMO MAGICONIMUS AND DARKSTEEL

By Ross “The Boss” Lennon

TWO MORE MODERN CARDS

By Guo Heng Chin “Up”

THE CHICKEN LITTLE OF MTG FINANCE

By Sigmund “Yeah, We’re Going Back There” Aus”Freud”er

DREGS OF TARKIR

By Danny “Not Dan” Brown

GODS AND GENERALS, PART 2

By Jason “E. (Thanks, Marcel) S”Alt

RETROSPECTIVE: GP RICHMO…ER, CHARLOTTE. WHATEVER.

By Travis “Name Not Well Suited to Puns or Nicnames” Allen

MODERN WATCH I

By Guo Heng Chin, “The Notorious GHC”

PLAYER FINANCE – TOURNAMENT FINANCE 101

By Ross “Dress for Less” Lennon

A NEW WORLD OF ARBITRAGE

By Sigmund “Never Met Him in Person and Always Wonder If He Has an Accent” Ausfresser

TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT DEMAND SOURCES

By Danny “Whitest Guy in the Room but Still Named” Brown

GODS AND GENERALS, PART 3

By Jason “Mr. So-Prolific-That-I’m-Running-Out-of-Puns” Alt

TRANSACTION ETIQUETTE

By Travis Allen “Ant Farm?”

COMMONS AND PLANESWALKERS

By Ross “Not Lenin” Lennon

ELVES, MERFOLK, AND GOBLINS (OH MY!)

By Sigmund “Mr. Wall Street” Ausfresser

BUYLISTING EFFICIENTLY

By Danny “Still Not Dan” Brown

That’s, count ’em, twenty-four articles that you previously couldn’t access that you now can. You can thank us later. You’ve got some reading to do.

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PROTRADER: Rotation Picks for the Cheap-Ass Casual Player

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I don’t make any secret of my disdain for spending more than I have to for Magic cards. Immediate tournament needs aside, I am more than happy to wait a year or two to acquire a copy of a card for my cube or Commander deck if it will save me a few bucks.

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With everyone’s attention focused on Battle for Zendikar and Theros block prices at all-time lows, now is the time for casual-format acquisitions we’ve been putting off in the face of not-quite-bottomed-out prices. We’ll be touching mostly on Theros block today, but a few other cards and sets will get a call out, as well.

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PROTRADER: The Mythics of Dragons of Tarkir

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After hitting Khans of Tarkir and Fate Reforged in the last two weeks, we have inevitably arrived here. There are a few reasons why Dragons of Tarkir looks like the shortest in supply of the three sets in this block. Let me explain.

No, there is too much. Let me sum up: in a world where the same number of drafts fired every day of a set’s life cycle, there would be the same amount of Fate Reforged and Dragons of Tarkir in existence, each with about 40 percent of what exists for Khans of Tarkir. In our world, though, Modern Masters 2015 was released while we were still in the honeymoon phase with Dragons. The cards are in the shortest supply of the block, which means buying in cheap could result in the largest percentage gains of the cards discussed in this series.

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