Introducing Markus Leben as our monthly columnist looking at card design and Magic theory.
Ted talks about some changes to Trading Posts, recent and upcoming development, and community news.
This week we are taking a glance at one of the most powerful cards printed for Modern in the last few years, `Collected Company`, and its place in two of Magic's most iconic tribes (and maybe a bonus "Tribe" at the end).
Ethan Saks' commentary on the five mechanics of Guilds of Ravnica, and their expected power levels in limited.
Joe Dyer and his amazing "loose 'goose". Taking a look at RUG Delver in Legacy/
Darrin Keener returns, but now as our monthly Standard columnist. Out of the gate, he starts of with... Cat tribal?
Is there more to Commander 2018 than you think? Kicking off a monthly column, John Humphries looks to other recent releases for answers.
Coach from The Card Bazaar stops in to explain how he amassed his list of the Top 100 Performing Cards from throughout Magic's history.
Welcoming Cliff Daigle as our new finance writer. Cliff starts things off with a bang by discussing a hot topic: counterfeiting Magic cards.
Ethan Saks provides a draft primer for the upcoming MTGO flashback draft: Khans of Tarkir!
Our first look at an LGS that uses Cardsphere. Meet The Geekery, out of Shawnee, Kansas.
Join Ethan Saks as he puzzles out the best line of play while hellbent, by paying careful attention to the board state.
Kicking off his new regular column, Andrew from Tier Fun takes a look at some spicey Modern lists.
Today's update brings several improvements to Cardsphere's advanced package editor, as requested by the community.
Tom50 makes a case for waiting longer than conventional wisdom dictates to start buying post-rotation Standard cards.
Today, Ted talks about navigating the challenges of being a small MTG content creator.. Wait a second, that's not Ted, it's one of those damn HOOLIGANS again!
How did Dragon Stompy get its name? The Eternalist, Joe Dyer, lets us know in this month's installment.
Kris Beverly gives us a look at the most useful combo deck ever: the one that pays for your beers.
Ethan Saks talks us through his gameplay decision making processes from a recent Core 2019 draft.
So you've got your pet deck. You LOVE this deck. It's your baby...you created it from the ground up. You invested the money to buy it and the time and effort to practice it, tune it, and play it. What if it sucks?
Will and Kevin from It Resolves throwing down. Izzet Delver vs Naya Toolbox.
Joe Dyer finishes off his coverage of TVSL 2018 with this look at the finals between Channel Fireball and Snapcardster!
Phil Morris returns to tell us about how he and Rhino, with a little help from WotC, introduced Magic to a whole camp full of Scouts!
The Eternalist is back to provide the blow by blow of TVSL Semifinals Round 2.
Our favorite roving reporter interviewing our favorite cosplayer!
Howdy folks, it's Joe again and we're here with more sweet sweet Team Vintage Super League recap! It's the big time folks! It's the TOP FOUR. That's right. Four teams will enter this round, but only TWO will emerge to the finals. And this semifinals round…
Joe Dyer continues his coverage of the bread and butter of the Legacy Metagame.
How fast is Core Set 2019 Limited? Let's run the numbers and try to find out!
Special guest correspondent and roving reporter extraordinaire, Rhino the Young Mage, sits down for a chat with Mark Rosewater.
Round 2 playoffs on Team Vintage Super League! Joe Dyer's recap gives you the blow by blow of all the action.
Another list from Steve Horton, this time looking at successes from Core sets passed.
The Eternalist, Joe Dyer, gives us the blow by blow action in round one playoffs of Team Vintage Super League.
Welcoming Ethan Saks from Lords of Limited to Trading Posts, this article speculates on the speed of the new format.
Igor tries to ruffle some feathers with his opinion on Taxes in EDH/Commander.
Michael takes us through Cardsphere's new tagging feature, and how you can use it to manage your inventory or your finance game.
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.
Joe Dyer gives us the blow by blow of Team Vintage Super League Week 8, wherein Reid Duke of Team Cardsphere destroys the world.
Josh Connelly introduces us to token collecting and investigates the reasons for the highest value tokens around.
Steve Horton takes a look at some of the most well-liked cards from both of the previous Ravnica blocks as we prepare to visit again.
Joe Dyer examines the contentious 4-color control list otherwise known as Czech Pile.
Sean Knowlden runs out a BG Blessing Control list in this video article.
MrLuBuFu tales a look at some complaints about coverage. Is there any basis for the upset?
Once again we're back with Joe Dyer, the Eternalist, to look at the Week 7 results of the TVSL.
Happy Birthday, Cardsphere. What have you been doing all year? Loads of stats, including data sets you can download!
Joe Dyer recaps Team Vintage Super League: Week 6.
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.
Before we get to our Year One anniversary article on the weekend, let's take a look at some early Cardsphere artifacts.
This week's TVSL review is a double header. As if Joe wasn't already the busiest guy in eternal coverage!
Ted's got some notes from behind the Disputes desk. Read up on how to navigate disputes to the best possible outcomes.
Joe Dyer provides a recap of Team Vintage Super League week three, and how Rich Shay and a badass Esper deck took the night.
Phil Morris, Papa Mage, returns to speak more about some of the challenges in Magic for young players.
Joe Dyer takes us through TSVL Week 2 with his usual enthusiasm for all things Eternal.
MrLubuFu takes a second look at the Magic: Arena economy. How do the updates affect the player base?
Darin Keener takes us through a solid Standard deck to build pre-Dominaria.
Joe Dyer runs down the action from Week 1 of the Team Vintage Super League.
Steve Horton joins us to look ahead to a Brawl deck he's building that depends on many new cards from Dominaria.
How fast is Dominaria Limited? Let's run the numbers and try to find out!
Joe Dyer introduces Team Cardsphere.com, our personal favorites to win this season of Team Vintage Super League.
Steve Horton lays out a Brawl deck based on Nissa, Steward of Elements.
Everyone knows that tempo is important. Here Matt talks about why it's a key concept in detail.
Tom from The Pauper Metagame on Youtube talks about the finance potential in Pauper's best little sweeper on a stick.
Joe Dyer looks at one of the best decks in Legacy: Grixis Delver.
Lucas, better known as Mr. LubuFu, takes a look at the MTG Arena economy.
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…
Stephen Biston takes a closer look at 5 cards he feels aren't getting the Commander play they should. Do you agree?
At GP Toronto we met Charles Lapointe, an extraordinary talent who makes high quality alters. We invited him on to tell us about it.
Darin takes us through some thoughts about the Dominaria leak. Is Magic dead? Or is this something new for the hardcore to fuss over?
Cardsphere is happy to announce a new money-back guarrantee for new users.
So, you've just finished a prerelease and opened a cool new Legendary creature, or you stumbled on an obscure Legend from your LGS' dollar bin, and now you want to build a Commander deck? Worry not, hypothetical reader, I am here to help you build that deck quicker than…
(First a quick introduction: I'm thrilled to be joining Cardsphere as a resident blogger. I have been streaming MTG on Twitch every weekday for almost eighteen months and have participated in two Streamer Showdowns on that platform. My first game of MTGO was my first stream, and I've streamed…
Howdy folks! This is Joe Dyer here, and last time if you'll recall, we talked about the current state of the Legacy format in early 2018. Now we're shifting gears for a moment to talk about the current state of the Vintage metagame! Vintage is at its core…
Matt Sickmeier takes a look at Goblin Rabblemaster, and whether it has a place in Modern Jund.
A closer look at the stats around Cardsphere's growth over its first 9 months of operations.
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…
So, it’s no secret that in Ixalan the fish didn’t quite have what it took to be a thing; there seemed like plenty of support and options to build around, but there was just no pay off. So I eagerly awaited the Rivals…
A data dump of all the send times between countries, based on all existing Cardsphere trades to date.
More news on the Momir pile front from Josh -- this time talking about his emergent banlist.
Jeremy walks you through a deck tech for the deck that helped him qualify for an RPTQ last season, with some exciting updates from Rivals of Ixalan.
Saihaan breaks down Mono Black Devotion with this latest deck tech. Come read all about it and watch him run it out, too!
Hello everyone, my name is Tim Tscheppe and I’m here to write about my favorite format: modern! First, I’ll give a brief background about myself - I have been playing magic since M14, and was first introduced to the format via modern. I started playing competitively…
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…
Ted introduces Cardsphere's new badges, the first component of the reputation system. How many will you earn?
Joe Dyer looks ahead at the shape of Legacy in 2018.
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.
Matt Sickmeier takes a closer look at a great card that maybe hasn't hit its stride in Modern yet.
Do you want your opponent to play Magic? If you answered "Yes", keep scrolling. This article's not for you.
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.
As I write this it’s been about 24 hours since the banning of Attune with Aether, Rogue Refiner, Rampaging Ferocidon and Ramunap Ruins.
Many of you remember the SCG Deck Tech just after Hour of Devastation's release of Hollow One that skyrocketed Gruul Vengevine to popularity. I had always thought of Vengevine as a fun card, but unfortunately had…
How fast is Rivals of Ixalan Limited? Let's run the numbers and try to find out!
The cards that the Cardsphere team are most interested in from the upcoming Rivals of Ixalan.
“Normal” Games What games do “normal” families play? If you watch commercials, you get a sense that you should have a family game night each week and pull out a trusty board game. One of those all time favorites that lack strategy, challenge and have more randomness than the…
Howdy folks! For those of you who don’t know who I am, allow me a moment to introduce myself. My name’s Joe Dyer, and my favorite formats in all of Magic: the Gathering are Legacy and Vintage! These eternal formats resonate with what I love about the game…
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…