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Episode 206 - What Serialization Does for the Value of Regular Cards Oct 17, 2022

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Here we are. A time which we never thought we'd see: serialized Magic cards in non-specialty products. With The Brothers War looming and most of the important details laid out, we break down what has been announced about the retro frame artifacts, the schematic art treatment, and their serialized brethren. What does this mean for the LGS, for vendors, players, WotC and Hasbro, and who are these even aimed at?

Episode 205 - Set Release Schedule For 2022/3 pt2 Oct 10, 2022

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With the the release of the product slate for the rest of 2022 and first half of 2023 it's time we dive in and take a look at what eat set represents and discuss what we believe will be the outcome. Will Standard fall apart? How many artifacts need to be banned? Are there dinosaurs INSIDE Ixalan? And what about the Balrog? Join us as we finish this journey into the center of the earth.

Episode 204 - Set Release Schedule For 2022/3 pt1 Oct 03, 2022

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Episode 203 - The Death of Salesman: Closing an LGS Sep 26, 2022

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LGSs open and LGSs close; and that could be for any number of reasons. This week we discuss what it's like shuttering an LGS, from the months ahead of closing up to day the doors finally close. What happens to inventory, stock, everything down to your player base and how to care for them.

Episode 202 - Setting and Tuning Buylist Numbers Sep 19, 2022

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With last weeks discussion about the return of format based "seasons" in the books, we turn our focus this week to another important element of "seasonality": buylist curation A viewer pointed out that we haven't covered how buylists are handled at the LGS and vendor level so we decided to break things down and discuss a lot of the "whys" and a number of the "hows", covering drivers and utility along the way.

Episode 201 - The Return of Format Seasons Sep 12, 2022

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After casting off the idea of a "season" of events where Grad Prix, Magic Fests and local events no longer paralleled one another in terms of format nor paralleled the Pro Tour or Mythic Championship that capped the current quarter, WotC brought us some interesting news. Currently scheduled, after the Pioneer Regionals and Pro Tour, the next capstone events will be Standard. And thus we seem to be returning back to format seasonality. This week we discuss the kind of foundation this sets for both vendors and LGS alike, event scheduling for both, and what we hope for moving forward as WotC continues to announce "end of season" events.

Episode 200 - eBay Acquires TCG Player pt1: Review Sep 05, 2022

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In a stunning turn of events, eBay acquires the combined TCGPlayer and ChannelFireball Market place entity. An entity so new that the ink is barely dry on the aquisition contracts. With the comparison out of the way, we break down the public knowledge about the acquisition and give our thoughts on the details and a bit of a presecriptive view of what we believe both the timeline and driving force behind this was. There's some good, some bad, and some ugly so strap in. July 11, 2022 - TCGP Acquires CFB and BinderPoS https://seller.tcgplayer.com/about/press-center/tcgplayer-to-acquire-channelfireball-and-binderpos/ Aug 22, 2022 - eBay acquired TCGP https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/ebay-has-entered-into-an-agreement-to-acquire-tcgplayer/

Episode 199 - eBay Acquires TCG Player pt1: Comparison Aug 29, 2022

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In a stunning turn of events, eBay acquires the combined TCGPlayer and ChannelFireball Market place entity. An entity so new that the ink is barely dry on the aquisition contracts. Surprisingly, the illustrious Halt_I_m_Reptar has lived through an extremely similar merger of tech corporations and is here to walk you through an eerily similar situation, give you the insights and reasonings behind the merger, and then a timeline of what happened afterward. There's some good, some bad, and some ugly so strap in. July 11, 2022 - TCGP Acquires CFB and BinderPoS https://seller.tcgplayer.com/about/press-center/tcgplayer-to-acquire-channelfireball-and-binderpos/ Aug 22, 2022 - eBay acquired TCGP https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/ebay-has-entered-into-an-agreement-to-acquire-tcgplayer/

Episode 198 - The Economy and Magic pt3 - Related Industry Moves Aug 22, 2022

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Pushing off as long as possible, we're finally ready to start talking about the current and future state of the US economy as well as a bit about the global economy. In the third and finaly episode of this series, we discuss the odss and ends events, market indicators, and curiosities that we have seen within the last quarter and their impact on the playerbase, LGS, and vendors. Everything from the shrinking number of events and vendors at them all the way to the sale of a BGS 5 Timetwister! https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/inflation.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/recession.asp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBo4GViDxzc https://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/09/how-interest-rates-affect-markets.asp#:~:text=The%20Federal%20Reserve%20influences%20the,money%20more%20expensive%20to%20obtain. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/8/5/what-the-blowout-us-jobs-numbers-actually-mean https://finance.yahoo.com/news/berkshire-hathaway-posts-huge-quarterly-123149331.html

Episode 197 - The Economy and Magic pt2. - The LGS Aug 15, 2022

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Pushing off as long as possible, we're finally ready to start talking about the current and future state of the US economy as well as a bit about the global economy. In the second episode, Argus takes us through inflation and recession proofing from the LGS perspective. We've seen a lot of churn in the LGS ecosystem and that tells us that a lot of people aren't prepared for the long term, the ups and the downs. We dig in this week and go deep on what an LGS can do to protect itself. While a lot of what we discuss is surface level economics, there's a lot to learn and we encourage you to keep up with the coversation as best as possible and empower yourself by reading/watching the following: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/inflation.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/recession.asp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBo4GViDxzc https://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/09/how-interest-rates-affect-markets.asp#:~:text=The%20Federal%20Reserve%20influences%20the,money%20more%20expensive%20to%20obtain. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/8/5/what-the-blowout-us-jobs-numbers-actually-mean https://finance.yahoo.com/news/berkshire-hathaway-posts-huge-quarterly-123149331.html

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