MtG Cabal Cast

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Episodes: 250

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Welcome to the Cabal. It's not all fun and games and there's not always infinite profit. We hustle, we grind, we're data driven and honest about what we do.

Episode Date
Episode 284 - Outlaws of Thunder Junction Hype Preview
Apr 22, 2024
Episode 283 - Murders at Karlov Manor Set Review
Apr 15, 2024
Episode 282 - Identifying Trusted Vendors
Apr 08, 2024
Episode 281 - Is WotC Running Out of Reprint Equity?
Apr 01, 2024
Episode 280 - Fallout Set Discussion
Mar 25, 2024
Episode 278 - Earnings Call pt2: The Review
Mar 18, 2024
Episode 278 - Earning Call pt1: The Breakdown
Mar 11, 2024
Episode 277 - What are the Hardknock Lessons you Learned as a Financier
Mar 04, 2024
Episode 276 - Murders at Karlov Manor Hype Preview
Feb 26, 2024
Episode 275 - Lost Cavers of Ixalan: Hype Review
Feb 19, 2024
Episode 274 - Keeping Your Players Engaged and Returning
Feb 12, 2024
Episode 273 - Adding a New Vertical: What Do We Look For
Feb 05, 2024
Episode 272 - Honest Review of Rav Remastered
Jan 26, 2024
Episode 271 - How's WotC's Recent String of Good Decisions Impacts Vendors and LGS's
Jan 22, 2024
Episode 270 - If we ran Hasbro (2024) pt2
Jan 15, 2024
Episode 269 - If we ran Hasbro (2024) pt1
Jan 08, 2024
Episode 268 - 2024 Look Ahead
Jan 01, 2024
Episode 267 - 2023 Annual Over Under
Dec 25, 2023
Episode 266 - Eternal Weekend Rundown
Dec 15, 2023
Episode 265 - What Are Some of the Biggest Mistakes That Cause Shops to Fail
Dec 11, 2023
Episode 264 - WHO and LTC Scene Box Discussion
Dec 04, 2023
Episode 263 - Lost Cavers of Ixalan: Hype Review
Nov 27, 2023
Episode 262 - Wilds of Eldraine Set Review
Nov 20, 2023
Episode 261 - Year 5 Pick Review
Nov 13, 2023
Episode 260 - Year 5 Retrospective
Nov 06, 2023
Episode 259- 2023-24 Product Releases
Oct 30, 2023
Episode 258 - Play Boosters
Oct 23, 2023
Episode 257 - The Whale Bail
Oct 16, 2023
Episode 256 - The Next Steps in Standard Play Announcement
Oct 09, 2023
Episode 255 - MagicCon Vegas 2023 Recap
Oct 02, 2023
Episode 254 - The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth Review
Sep 25, 2023
Episode 253 - Wilds of Eldraine Hype Review
Sep 18, 2023
Episode 252 - 2023Q2 Earnings Call pt2
Sep 11, 2023
Episode 251 - 2023Q2 Earnings Call pt1
Sep 04, 2023
Episode 250 - GenCon Over the Years
Aug 28, 2023
Episode 249 - GenCon Rundown pt2: The Show
Aug 21, 2023
Episode 248 - GenCon Rundown pt1: Preshow
Aug 14, 2023
Episode 247 - The National pt2: Wrapup
Aug 14, 2023
Episode 246 - The National pt1: Preshow
Jul 31, 2023
Episode 245 - Vintage Rotisserie Draft
Jul 20, 2023
Episode 244 - Origins 2023 Rundown
Jul 17, 2023
Episode 243 - LotR: Philosophically
Jul 10, 2023
Episode 242 - Retracing of Unlimited Prices and the Boom of Beta
Jul 03, 2023
Episode 241 - The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth Aftermath
Jun 26, 2023
Episode 240 - The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth Preview
Jun 19, 2023
Episode 239 - Pulling Out of the Junk Wax Era or, How Can WotC Learn to Stop Caring and Love the Game Again?
Jun 12, 2023
Episode 238 - Are We in MtGs Junk Wax Era and How Did We Get Here?
Jun 05, 2023
Episode 237 - Another Year of Standard: Adding One Year to Rotation
May 29, 2023
Episode 236 - MOM: Aftermath and Epilogue Sets
May 22, 2023
Episode 235 - MagicCon: Minneapolis
May 15, 2023
Episode 234 - Behind the Curtain
May 08, 2023
Episode 233- Phyrexia: All Will Be One Hype Review
May 01, 2023
Episode 232 - March of the Machine Review
Apr 24, 2023
Episode 231 - D&D Movie Review and the Sadness That is the Silent Death of the Netflix MtG Series
Apr 17, 2023
Episode 230 - HAS Stock Review Coming Out of D&D Release Weekend
Apr 07, 2023
Episode 229 - How Gene Cook Changed Things for eBay
Apr 03, 2023
Episode 228 - So You Want to Start Vending Sports Card Shows - A Q&A
Mar 27, 2023
Episode 227 - What Were our Favorite Formats: How Did They Look Financially
Mar 20, 2023
Episode 226 - 5 Things Every One Needs in Inventory pt2 - The LGS
Mar 13, 2023
Episode 225 - 5 Things Every One Needs in Inventory pt1 - The Backpacker and the Vendor
Mar 06, 2023
Episode 224 - Post OP Announcement: How Have Things Changed?
Feb 27, 2023
Episode 223 - Fast Fire Ep: Looking Ahead to 2023
Feb 20, 2023
Episode 222 - BRO Pick Reviews
Feb 13, 2023
Episode 221 - Phyrexia: All Will Be One Review
Feb 06, 2023
Episode 220 - "How are ya now?" Dissecting the Current Con Climate
Jan 30, 2023
Episode 219 - Dominaria Remastered and the LGS Perspective
Jan 23, 2023
Episode 218 - 2023: A Look Forward
Jan 16, 2023
Episode 217 - "Everything is fine." -Wotc. 2022 in review.
Jan 09, 2023
Episode 216 - How Does Legality Date Change the Market?
Jan 02, 2023
Episode 215 - Remastering the Plan: How we Feel about Dominaria Remastered
Dec 19, 2022
Episode 214 - What Non-Magic Based TCG Would we Pivot to
Dec 12, 2022
Episode 213 - The Season of Sales or: How an LGS/Vendor Stops Caring & Loves Bargains
Dec 05, 2022
Episode 212 - If we ran Hasbro (2023)
Nov 28, 2022
Episode 211 - The Brothers' War Review
Nov 14, 2022
Episode 210 - 2022-10-18 Investor Call Review
Nov 14, 2022
Episode 209 - Interview with Nick C. of MtGMate.com.au
Nov 07, 2022
Episode 208 - Year 4 in Review: Podcast Picks
Oct 31, 2022
Episode 207 - Year 4 in Review: Personal Picks
Oct 24, 2022
Episode 206 - What Serialization Does for the Value of Regular Cards
Oct 17, 2022
Episode 205 - Set Release Schedule For 2022/3 pt2
Oct 10, 2022
Episode 204 - Set Release Schedule For 2022/3 pt1
Oct 03, 2022
Episode 203 - The Death of Salesman: Closing an LGS
Sep 26, 2022
Episode 202 - Setting and Tuning Buylist Numbers
Sep 19, 2022
Episode 201 - The Return of Format Seasons
Sep 12, 2022
Episode 200 - eBay Acquires TCG Player pt1: Review
Sep 05, 2022
Episode 199 - eBay Acquires TCG Player pt1: Comparison
Aug 29, 2022
Episode 198 - The Economy and Magic pt3 - Related Industry Moves
Aug 22, 2022
Episode 197 - The Economy and Magic pt2. - The LGS
Aug 15, 2022
Episode 196 - The Economy and Magic pt1.
Aug 08, 2022
Episode 195 - State of the Union: What is Going on at the LGS?
Aug 01, 2022
Episode 194 - WotC and the Ssecondary Market: Are They Doing it Right?
Jul 25, 2022
Episode 193 - TCGplayer Acquires CFB and BinderPoS
Jul 18, 2022
Episode 192 - Long Term Financial Impacts of 2X2 and the Release Cycle We Are In
Jul 08, 2022
Episode 191 - Do we still love the industry?
Jul 04, 2022
Episode 190 - CommandFest and Magic Fest: What are we seeing? (pt2)
Jun 27, 2022
Episode 189 - CommandFest and Magic Fest: What are we seeing? (pt1)
Jun 20, 2022
Episode 188 - Reserved List vs The [Financial] World pt2: Who Needs Context, Anyway?!
Jun 13, 2022
Episode 187 - Reserved List vs The [Financial] World pt1: Historics
Jun 06, 2022
Episode 186 - Variations All the Way Down pt. 2
May 30, 2022
Episode 185 - Variations All the Way Down pt. 1
May 23, 2022
Episode 184 - The Split Between Modern and Pioneer
May 16, 2022
Episode 183 - Kamigawa Neon Dynasty Finance Lookback
May 10, 2022
Episode 182 - New Cappena Set Discussion with ChiStyleGaming
May 02, 2022
Episode 181 - Post OP Announcement: Has Anything Changed in Terms of Spec Style?
Apr 25, 2022
Episode 180 - The LGS: Getting Ready for in Person Pre-Releases
Apr 18, 2022
Episode 179 - The Return of OP
Apr 11, 2022
Episode 178 - SCG-Con Rundown
Apr 04, 2022
Episode 177 - Pack Cracking Math
Mar 28, 2022
Episode 176 - Showcase Theory: Card Stock Selection, Display, and Case Layout
Mar 20, 2022
Episode 175 - Alta Fox - Deep Diving the Proposal pt. 2
Mar 14, 2022
Episode 174 - Alta Fox - Deep Diving the Proposal pt. 1
Mar 07, 2022
Episode 173 - Alta Fox - Free the Wizards Discussion: A High Level Overview
Feb 28, 2022
Episode 172 - Kamigawa Two: Cyberpunk Boogaloo, A Financial Trend Review
Feb 21, 2022
Episode 171 - How Coverage Changed Finance
Feb 14, 2022
Episode 170 - The Fall of the Foreign Singles Market
Feb 07, 2022
Episode 169 - How the Recent PayPal Changes Impact MtG Finance
Jan 31, 2022
Episode 168 - Will Alchemy Impact Standard and Standard Card Sales?
Jan 24, 2022
Episode 167 - What if We Ran Hasbro pt2
Jan 17, 2022
Episode 166 - What if We Ran Hasbro pt1
Jan 11, 2022
Episode 165 - How Leaks and Spoilers Impact Buylists
Jan 04, 2022
Episode 164 - Alternate Formats and Where They Are Now. Pt 2
Dec 27, 2021
Episode 163 - Alternate Formats and Where They Are Now. Pt 1
Dec 20, 2021
Episode 162 - Holidays at the LGS
Dec 14, 2021
Episode 161 - 2021 Holiday Strategies
Dec 07, 2021
Episode 160 - Innistrad Double Feature
Nov 30, 2021
Episode 159 - Manufactured Misprints and Serialization in Magic
Nov 23, 2021
Episode 158 - Automation Within the CCG Industry
Nov 15, 2021
Episode 157 - The SCG Invitational and the Hasbro Earnings Call
Nov 09, 2021
Episode 156 - The Impact of Coupons Across Marketplaces
Nov 02, 2021
Episode 155 - Brand and Reputation Management
Oct 25, 2021
Episode 154 - The Invisibles
Oct 18, 2021
Episode 153 - The Return of Paper Play and Changing Strategies
Oct 12, 2021
Episode 152 - Interview: Ryan Bushard
Oct 05, 2021
Episode 151 - Changes at Distro
Sep 27, 2021
Episode 150 - Updates to the CFB Marketplace
Sep 20, 2021
Episode 149 - Handling a Two Part Standard Set Part 2: The Logistical Response
Sep 14, 2021
Episode 148 - Handling a Two Part Standard Set Part 1: The Emotional Response
Sep 06, 2021
Episode 147 - What Does the Future of Our Pod Hold?
Aug 23, 2021
Episode 146 - TCG-Con: Galveston Recap
Aug 17, 2021
Episode 145 - Operating within the Summer Lull
Aug 10, 2021
Episode 144 - What is in Standard and Where are we Looking?
Aug 02, 2021
Episode 143 - Sitting on Sealed from 2020
Jul 27, 2021
Episode 142 - Price Expectations for Modern Staples
Jul 19, 2021
Episode 141 - The Importance of Tracking Your Collection
Jul 13, 2021
Episode 140 - With So Many Variations and Releases, Is Speccing a Dying Art?
Jul 06, 2021
Episode 139 - TCG-Con Tampa Discussion
Jun 29, 2021
Episode 138 - When to Slow Burn and When to Pump and Dump: A Two Sided Discussion
Jun 21, 2021
Episode 137 - Vending at Any Event: Understanding the Playerbase
Jun 14, 2021
Episode 136 - Vending at Shows: Stock and Diversification
Jun 09, 2021
Episode 135 - Vending at Local Events: Transitioning from Backpacking to Vending
May 31, 2021
Episode 134 - What Does a Magic Fest With Just "The Gathering" Look Like?
May 24, 2021
Episode 133 - How and When We Decide to Double Down on a Spec
May 18, 2021
Episode 132 - Looking Back at Some of our Fondest Memories as Vendors
May 10, 2021
Episode 131 - Choppa Style: Chopping a Booth and Consignment Sales
May 04, 2021
Episode 130 - Targeting OS/RL staples for EDH pt2.
Apr 27, 2021
Episode 129 - Targeting OS/RL staples for EDH pt1.
Apr 19, 2021
Episode 128 - When is it time for an LGS/vendor to call it quits, and what does that mean for the ecosystem?
Apr 14, 2021
Episode 127 - Why Does TCGPlayer Need Influencers?
Apr 06, 2021
Episode 126 - What Version of Reprints to Buy?
Mar 29, 2021
Episode 125 - Supplemental Products and their Impact on the Ecosystem
Mar 22, 2021
Episode 124 - How Covid has Changed the Marketplace
Mar 15, 2021
Episode 123 - Timespiral Remastered - The Vendor Perspective
Mar 07, 2021
Episode 122 - What Large Vendors do in Times of (Secondary) Market Volatility
Mar 02, 2021
Episode 121 - Factors Weighing on the Future of MtG Speculation pt2
Feb 23, 2021
Episode 120 - Factors Weighing on the Future of MtG Speculation pt1
Feb 15, 2021
Episode 119 - The Tools We Use to Get the Job Done
Feb 10, 2021
Episode 118 - Speculating on Foils Part 2: How, When, and Why we Spec on Foils
Feb 02, 2021
Episode 117 - Speculating on Foils Part 1: Allocation and Ratios Over Time
Jan 27, 2021
Episode 116 - Rapid Fire: State of MtG Finance
Jan 18, 2021
Episode 115 - The All-Access MODO Token Returns!
Jan 12, 2021
Episode 114 - A 2020 Personal Retrospective
Jan 04, 2021
Episode 113 - Onsite Vending pt2. - Types of Sellers and Front of House
Dec 30, 2020
Episode 112 - Onsite Vending pt1. - Types of Buyers
Dec 22, 2020
Episode 111 - Corporate Taxes and End of Year Sales
Dec 14, 2020
Episode 110 - A Day in the Life of a Large Scale Vendor
Dec 08, 2020
Episode 109 - Magical Thanksgiving Land
Dec 01, 2020
Episode 108 - The Vendor and the Backpacker Buylists pt2. - The Backpacker
Nov 21, 2020
Episode 107 - The Vendor and the Backpacker Buylists pt1. - The Vendor
Nov 16, 2020
Episode 106 - WotC Product Pipeline Changes
Nov 09, 2020
Episode 105 - Commander Legends First and Second Waves
Nov 03, 2020
Episode 104 - Year Two: A Retrospective
Oct 27, 2020
Episode 103 - IPs Across Magic's History and Trend Tracking
Oct 19, 2020
Episode 102 - Making Pioneer Happen!
Oct 14, 2020
Episode 101 - Secrete Lairs and Mechanically Unique Cards
Oct 06, 2020
Episode 100 - The 2021 Primary Set Review
Sep 29, 2020
Episode 99 - Vendor Updates! Finally!
Sep 22, 2020
Episode 98 - The Reserved List Cycle, 2020 edition (part 2)
Sep 17, 2020
Episode 97 - The Reserved List Cycle, 2020 edition (part 1)
Sep 07, 2020
Episode 96 - Movement from MtG Cards into MtG Art
Sep 01, 2020
Episode 95 - Lateral Movement from MtG into Other TCGs
Aug 25, 2020
Episode 94 - Marketplace Alternatives to TCGPlayer
Aug 17, 2020
Episode 93 - Double Masters Market Suppression
Aug 12, 2020
Episode 92 - When Chaff Becomes Premium
Aug 04, 2020
Episode 91 - TCGPlayer Infinite Split and Pipeline Delays
Jul 27, 2020
Episode 90 - July State of the MPL (Arena)
Jul 21, 2020
Episode 89 - B&R and Organized Play Delay
Jul 14, 2020
Episode 88 - The Vendor Perspective: What Drew us to Working for/as a Vendor?
Jul 07, 2020
Episode 87 - Paper Play in 2021 and the Vendor Perspective
Jun 29, 2020
Episode 86 - How We (Individually) Handle Spoiler Season
Jun 23, 2020
Episode 85 - The Vendor Perspective: Product Glut and Low Lead Time Announcements
Jun 17, 2020
Episode 84 - Price Suppression Wrought by Supplemental Sets
Jun 09, 2020
Episode 83 - (Secondary) Market Manipulation and You!
Jun 03, 2020
Episode 82 - Ikoria: Fnancially, What's Real and What's Fake
May 25, 2020
Episode 81 - Reserved List History pt. 3 - Current State
May 18, 2020
Episode 80 - Reserved List History pt. 2 - Early Iterations and Work Arounds
May 12, 2020
Episode 79 - Reserved List History pt. 1 - Institution
May 05, 2020
Episode 78 - MtG, Security, Commodities, and Regulation
Apr 27, 2020
Episode 77 - The Life Cycle of a Standard Set
Apr 21, 2020
Episode 76 - Ikoria Personal Picks
Apr 14, 2020
Episode 75 - Player Sentiment and Digital First Design of Ikoria
Apr 07, 2020
Episode 74 - Ikoria Release Delays and Card Il/liquidity
Mar 29, 2020
Episode 73 - Deep Dive into the Paper MtG Shutdown
Mar 23, 2020
Episode 72 - Secret Lairs and Cancellations
Mar 16, 2020
Episode 71 - Growth of the Game Through External Use of the the IP
Mar 10, 2020
Episode 70 - The Tools We Use to Get the Job Done
Mar 02, 2020
Episode 69 - Penny Stocks and You! But Instead of a Penny it's Twelve Cents
Feb 25, 2020
Episode 68 - How Small Meta, High Stakes Events Affect Finance
Feb 18, 2020
Episode 67 - Our Most Highly Anticipated Commander Reprints
Feb 12, 2020
Episode 66 - What Your Favorite Streamer Can Do For You!
Feb 05, 2020
Episode 65 - The Wake of a "Super Charged" Standard
Jan 29, 2020
Episode 64 - The Lack of Timelines and the Affect it has on Finance
Jan 21, 2020
Episode 63 - On the Rebound! What products and singles look to be ready to bounce back!
Jan 14, 2020
Episode 62 - 2019 Picks and Podcast Year in Review
Jan 07, 2020
Episode 61 - Interview: Player, Industry Regular, Vendor Wandering Wolf Games Owner Pt 2.
Dec 31, 2019
Episode 60 - Interview: Player, Industry Regular, Vendor Wandering Wolf Games Owner Pt 1.
Dec 24, 2019
Episode 59 - Financial Implications of the B&R Change
Dec 17, 2019
Episode 58 - The Holiday Stagnation that Never Ended
Dec 10, 2019
Episode 57 - Consumer Confidence and its Impact
Dec 04, 2019
Episode 56 - Mental Health in Magic; a Vending Perspective
Nov 27, 2019
Episode 55 - Investing, Speccing, and Flipping. How to Properly Apply These to Pioneer
Nov 12, 2019
Episode 54 - A Few Bs, but No Rs. Pioneer Banned and Restricted Announcement
Nov 05, 2019
Episode 53 - Our Anniversary! Better Late Than Never
Oct 30, 2019
Episode 52 - Yet Another B&R and Pioneering Pioneer
Oct 22, 2019
Episode 51- The Curious Case of a New Un-Product and Mystery Boosters. What Does it Mean?!
Oct 15, 2019
Episode 50 - Early Standard B&R, An Easy Day in the Office
Oct 08, 2019
Episode 49 - TCG Player Increases Their Commission Fees. Did the Sky Fall?
Sep 30, 2019
Episode 48 - The Great Winter Selloff and US Economic Recession
Sep 23, 2019
Episode 47 - Financial Landscape after the September B&R Announcement
Sep 17, 2019
Episode 46 - Financial Stances and Impacts of the Next Four Magic Sets
Sep 10, 2019
Episode 45 - SFM is Alive and Well in Modern!
Sep 02, 2019
Episode 44 - Vegas, Baby! What Happens There Doesn't Always Stay There.
Aug 29, 2019
Episode 43 - The Current Impact of C19 and Eldraine on Player Sentiment and Wallets
Aug 21, 2019
Episode 42 - GPs are a Dying Breed
Aug 14, 2019
Episode 41 - GenCon, Spoilers, Alternate Marketplaces, and Overnight Spikes and Crashes
Aug 06, 2019
Episode 40 - Time Saving Techniques and Etiquette for Trading and Selling
Jul 30, 2019
Episode 39 - Waning MF Attendance and Increased Arena Profits
Jul 24, 2019
B&R Edition: Reviewing the Financial Fallout of the 2019-07-08 B&R
Jul 09, 2019
Episode 38 - The Historic Format and You. Or, Our Hot Takes on Digital Frontier
Jul 08, 2019
Episode 37 - Much Ado about Pauper
Jul 02, 2019
Episode 36 - Failed Spec Recap. #NailedIt
Jun 23, 2019