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Collecting guides, market analysis, and buying tips for Magic: The Gathering.
How Cardboard Deals finds below-market MTG deals
A plain-English tour of the pipeline: how we track eBay listings, work out exactly which card and printing each one is, compare the asking price against real market data, and decide what counts as a genuine deal, plus the honest limits of the system.
The best times to buy MTG singles
MTG prices move in patterns: spoiler-season hype, post-release decay, reprint announcements, rotation and ban-list shake-ups. Learn the recurring moments when singles tend to get cheaper, and how patient buyers use them.