We have finalized a deal to be acquired by EDHREC parent company Spacecow Media.
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We have finalized a deal to be acquired by EDHREC parent company Spacecow Media.
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Cardsphere will be acquired by a major player in the Magic: the Gathering community, more details inside!
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Today Efren, Michael, and Ted finalized the sale of Cardsphere Inc. to Space Cow Media, whom you know from EDHREC, Archidekt, Commander's Herald, Commander Spellbook, and other fine CCG products.
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Please read for important information about mail timelines over the holiday season.
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How do you know if you've received a counterfeit card when print variance is higher than ever? Ted discusses this and the ways Cardsphere helps protect you.
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Ted, Frank's MTG, Pixie and Zuby name their favorite cards in Innistrad: Midnight Hunt.
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After a long year and half things are getting back to normal. For Cardsphere users, this means finally returning to our original shipping timelines.
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Cardsphere staff and community pick their favorite cards in Strixhaven. This time around, we invited sponsored creator Mythic Mikaela and longtime user B Ray / David Rincon Ksido to share their thoughts.
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Greg from Shipping Shield is under the glaring spotlight to discuss his innovative solution to replace the plastic toploader.
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Doug Lopes stands in for Joseph, battling Lynch, Evan Ferrante and Jeremy Garcia. Which Commander wins -- Ur-Dragon, Syr Konrad, Moldrotha or The Gitrog Monster?
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Chad Williams and Daniel Sigeunza join hosts Joseph and Lynch going head to head playing Gadrak vs. Obuun vs. Samut vs. Marchesa.
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Cardsphere invites Lynch and Joseph from I Hate Your Deck and community member PrettyPrincessKitty to join them choosing some picks from Kaldheim.
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This time around we point the Glaring Spotlight at Laura Makes Magic, whose stunning art nouveau treaments of planeswalkers are turning heads.
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Welcoming the amazing new Commander show I Hate Your Deck to the Cardsphere team of creators. The most fun you can have without being there yourself!
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Welcoming in the new year by shining the Glaring Spotlight on Shivam Bhatt, Magic podcaster and Commander Advisory Group member.
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Technical notice regarding recent updates to the Chrome borowser and its interaction with Cardsphere.
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We cast the Glaring Spotlight on Inklin Customs, whose distinct style you see all over Twitter and fine magic tokens everywhere!
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Brian from Cure for the Common Game is put under the glaring spotlight, answering questions from Cardsphere's Discord.
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It's that time again, a new set and new picks from Cardsphere staff and friends. Skybilz and Zuby join Efren and Ted in picking their favorites from MTGM21.
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Ted reviews Cardsphere's third year, sharing some data as always, and ruminates on challenges faced and plans for the future.
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Efren and Ted invite Guillaume Robert and JD McKeehan to join them in naming their favorite cards in Ikoria.
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Ted shares information on the impact of Covid-19 on the Cardsphere community.
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Members of the Cardsphere community pick their favorite cards from #MTGTHB. Joining Efren & Ted are Josh Moore and Elizabeth Rice.
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If you've ever received a trade from Paper Tiger, you remember the packaging! He takes us through how he came to make such beautiful things.
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Ted asked the Cardsphere community to share their stories. Here they are.
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Cardsphere staff and friends provide their picks from Throne of ELdraine.
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If you know her, you love her. If you don't, start watching.
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Just in time for the release of Modern Horizons, the Cardsphere Draft Simulator has been upgraded with a powerful synergy system, greatly improving bot performance.
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Before each set launches, the Cardsphere team and friends pick a few notable cards and share their thoughts. For War of the Spark, Efren and Ted are joined by Pixie Kitten Plays and Joe Dyer, The Eternalist.
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Ted describes the latest feature available to Premium subscribers: Private Trade Mode.
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Ted takes a moment to have a discussion with a long-time Cardsphere user about his new service, MTGMeta.io.
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Ted's got the backstage pass for all you Rix Maadi Revelers out here. Please use the receptacles by the door to extinguish your skulls.
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Ted explains adding inventory to Cardsphere, including some tips and tricks you should be using!
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Ted provides advice on how to navigate the dispute process, providing traders and admins with the best possible information.
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Cardsphere's got a new year, a new draft simulator, a new million dollars in cards sent, and big plans for 2019.
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Quick picks for cards of interest from the Cardsphere team and community members. Special guests Matt Bodensteiner and AlbyMTG.
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Ted Rodney introduces a new monthly column focused on Arena weekend formats, and the decks that love them.
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Jon Dunning's The Hive Mind is the best talk Magic show on the Internet. Here are Ted's favorite episodes this year, along with Jon's thoughts on them.
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Ted returns to provide all the current Cardsphere news: Holiday timelines, Cardsphere's draft simulator, and the community being fantastic!
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Introducing our Draft Simulator. Ad-free, feature-rich and community-minded, just like Cardsphere itself.
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MTG_YoungMage and his family need some help. In the spirit of this giving season, we ask that you consider making a contribution to this GoFundMe.
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In which we compare Black Friday pricing from major online vendors against Cardsphere's every day prices.
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This time around, we're going to do a straight up data dump because we're operationally at the mid year point.
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Monthly update for October covering changes to the Cardsphere team, development updates, GP Montreal, and much more.
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Community member Scourge Alters lets us behind the curtain by explaining his process, and shows off some of his work.
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Cardsphere has a great community. Take part and make it even better!
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Cardsphere now supports trading Arena promo codes. Read all about it!
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Ted talks about some changes to Trading Posts, recent and upcoming development, and community news.
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Our first look at an LGS that uses Cardsphere. Meet The Geekery, out of Shawnee, Kansas.
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Today's update brings several improvements to Cardsphere's advanced package editor, as requested by the community.
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Our favorite roving reporter interviewing our favorite cosplayer!
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Special guest correspondent and roving reporter extraordinaire, Rhino the Young Mage, sits down for a chat with Mark Rosewater.
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Wedge from the Mana Source needs help! All proceeds from Premium memberships signed up until June 23rd will be donated to help with his medical bills.
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Happy Birthday, Cardsphere. What have you been doing all year? Loads of stats, including data sets you can download!
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We've had a lot of great coverage in our first year of operations. This article looks back at all our friends who have tried to promote the growth of our community.
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Before we get to our Year One anniversary article on the weekend, let's take a look at some early Cardsphere artifacts.
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Ted's got some notes from behind the Disputes desk. Read up on how to navigate disputes to the best possible outcomes.
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Hi Spheroids and prospectives, I go by the stage name of BrevKicks. I've been lurking around Cardsphere’s top senders list ever since I joined the platform in May 2017. I even spent a good deal of time in the top spot until some rich Doug guy came around. I'm…
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What is a Ghost Trade? What do they mean for Cardsphere?
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At GP Toronto we met Charles Lapointe, an extraordinary talent who makes high quality alters. We invited him on to tell us about it.
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Cardsphere is happy to announce a new money-back guarrantee for new users.
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A closer look at the stats around Cardsphere's growth over its first 9 months of operations.
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Hello you sexy traders, I'm Chris Pinotti (AKA Dogon Siereht) and I'm here to talk about what I do on Cardsphere. I hope you find my journey interesting and get some entertainment out of it. Setting the Stage I'm a collector and player that leans more toward the collecting…
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A data dump of all the send times between countries, based on all existing Cardsphere trades to date.
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I'm going a bit off-topic for Trading Posts here, so this might not be the article for you. But if Wizards has taught me anything, it's that you have to try new stuff every so often. In that spirit, this one's a (gasp) book review. Fair warning. I'm always…
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Ted introduces Cardsphere's new badges, the first component of the reputation system. How many will you earn?
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In our first feature looking at top traders on Cardsphere, we hand the mic to Doug Montalvo ("Rich Doug"), who sits at the top of our leaderboards.
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This one's for everyone not able to enter WotC's Great Designer Search for one reason or another. Because we should be able to have fun, too.
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The cards that the Cardsphere team are most interested in from the upcoming Rivals of Ixalan.
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The Site Cardsphere was only an idea in 2016, so there's an awful lot of ground to cover when reviewing 2017. This was the year everything became real. It's been busy. All-consuming at times, but most of all very rewarding. Not only because we did what many people…
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If you're not familiar with Mark Rosewater's seminal Making Magic story Timmy, Johnny, and Spike, go read it now. Seriously, you need to know this stuff. This post will be here when you get back. All right. I'm a classic Johnny, I love the jank. I…
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Greetings Spheroids, This is the first time I've sat down to write something for Trading Posts specifically. We just launched the blog today, so I spent much of the weekend backfilling the content from Facebook, Youtube, and our support site. Sure, there's lots of room to evolve but…
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Cardsphere has always offered users a way to protect themselves against price spikes. Given the volatility of card prices, we knew that being able to limit offers was something that all traders deserved. That’s why it was available when we launched, and remains a feature available to all users.
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Cardsphere partners with Stripe for payment processing. Stripe allows Cardsphere to accept payment with: Visa Mastercard American Express Some debit cards Payment with a Discover card or crypto currencies such as Bitcoin are not yet available to Canadian Stripe partners. As soon as these options become…
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Cardsphere was proud to sponsor this fine young man as he helps raise funds for epilepsy research. Please like and subscribe to all of Rhino's amazing Youtube content!…
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Here we follow along with Exotic MTG as he starts learning about Cardsphere. Part 1: November 7, 2017 Part 2: November 8, 2017 Part 3: November 9, 2017 Part 4: November 17, 2017…
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If you prefer the podcast version, check it out on MTGcast.
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Our friends over at Life... Successfully interviewed us as part of the ongoing MTG Community Spotlight series. Read the article here. After you do that, why not check their CS profile to see if there are any cards you can send them?…
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Thanks to ExoticMTG’s new videos and some conversations with new users, I’ve gained a lot of insight this week into what Cardsphere is like for noobs. I’m mostly happy with the results. I think most aspects of how to use the platform are self-explanatory, and the new tutorials…
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Hello Everyone! In our first six months, the thing that has stood out as most amazing about Cardsphere is the fantastic community. Our users have proven time and time again that we're not just trading cards online. We're making good friends, helping those who need help, and just being…
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Greetings Spheroids, Today we’ve deployed one of the most highly demanded features to be released since we launched: Window Shopping (Part 1). This helps users who have not entered their inventory as Haves find trades. The way the feature has been designed also helps users find great opportunities to…
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You may have heard by now that Magic Card Market are opening up to the international community. A number of our users have had the same question for us: what does this mean for Cardsphere? Well, we think it's great. Magic Card Market is loved and praised by their…
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Cardsphere requires both senders and receivers to understand their responsibilities, as outlined in the Terms & Conditions. Where one or both traders believe that something has gone wrong, they can open a dispute, which notifies a Cardsphere admin to come and help sort things out. Which…
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Once again Cardsphere celebrates a new set by suspending the 1% transaction fee for the first two weeks they are available! Starting midnight (UTC) Sept. 22nd and lasting for 14 days, every card published in Ixalan can be traded without incurring the fee. This includes pre-release promos and sealed…
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Gary's been on the leaderboards many times. Check out his profile to see if you can send him a nice package.
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Grasley Games takes us through some incoming Cardsphere packages.
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Today, Michael and Ted spoke with Cardsphere user Igor on his Elder Dragon Durdle podcast series, Fact or Fiction.
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This week, we spoke with Correy and Daryl from the Card Knock Life podcast.
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The Rogue Deckbuilder's take on the CS market, and offers.
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It's been well known for some time that due to advancements in copier and printer technology, the quality of counterfeit magic cards has been improving. If you think you have received a counterfeit card, please contact the trader who sent it to you immediately and let…
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Kevin the Rogue Dekcbuilder provides and update after using Cardsphere for one month.
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Xemit and the Aristocrats disccuss their first impressions.
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Cardsphere is OPEN! At 0:00 5/27/2017, Cardsphere opened to the public. It has been a long 8 months to wait and there's lots more work to do, but our closed beta has been more successful than we expected. Cards are flowing, traders are happy. Most people who have put…
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