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Cardboard Kingdom Chronicles: Crazy Commander or just Major Disaster?
CKC delves in the laborious diplomatic dance called Commander.
Cardboard Kingdom Chronicles: 77K Spoken Word
Look into the world of Magic: The Gathering card collecting, discussing the challenges and emotions involved in managing a large collection and the impact on gameplay and friendships.
Lost Caverns of Ixalands Release Top Pickups
Top early picks from the The Lost Caverns of Ixalan set releasing on November 17th 2023. The set is focused around Dinosaur and Lands with some impactful additions and reprints.
EchoMTG Launches new Website to celebrate its 10th year anniversary
In celebration of its remarkable 10-year journey, EchoMTG has unveiled a new website that promises to redefine the user
How to Prepare for the Upcoming Renewal on MTGA
Standard rotation for 2022 is coming up very soon with the release of Dominaria United. MTG Arena brings thousands of ne
My Monoph0nik 0nyx Deck (mono black control)
In this article I will explain the strategy behind my very odd but calculated mono deck. It is much like a dance and you
Fico Ossio from Spider-Man illustrates Magic:the Gathering art for an EchoMTG Playmat
The 2020 Covid-19 pandemic triggered a pencils down command to most of the artists in the comic book world, Fico Ossio
Hey! You Got Your Nightmare Beast All Over My Elemental Bird Cats! (Ikoria Early Impressions)
Where do we begin when assessing a set like this? No pun intended, but Ikoria really is a ‘monster’ and has
Custom-Altered Magic Foils
Hello, nice to meet you all. I own and operate Outlaw Custom Creations. It's a small company based out of Boise, Idaho s
Import Deckbox CSV File Export into EchoMTG
If importing from deckbox this is what you need to do. Step one: Deckbox puts a bunch of extra columns in. Deckbox
Importing From Deckbox
I have a deckbox.org .csv file of my entire collection. I edited the .csv formatting to match Echomtg's formatting. Afte
Watchlist
I am new to this site and built a watchlist that has about 50 cards but can only see 3. I can see the whole list on my
Legacy Darkest Stompy
Welcome, Today we're going to the dark end of Legacy to look at one of the many diferent flavors of Stompy. Stompy d
EchoMTG started as an idea. 17,000 Users later, we face new challenges
UPDATE August 2018: This issue was resolved.Holy crap, I can't believe I'm writing this article. I started EchoMTG as a
Pauper: BUG ValueTown
Welcome Reader, Today we're stepping into Pauper to look at an archtype that's normally disliked a lot, and that's th
Pauper : Feeding Time
Welcome Reader, We're going to go to the world of Pauper for a rather strange take on aggro. As you can see, unlike m
Pauper: A Spy in the Forest
Welcome reader, Today we're delving into Pauper, specifically a combo deck that is similar to a Legacy deck, named Oo
Legacy: Enchanted
Welcome readers, Today we're going to delve into some Legacy. This deck'll be for people who love to draw cards, and
Buying Boxes as an Investment
With my bank paying a tremendous one tenth of a percent interest, I've been wondering if buying an unopened booster box
Pauper Lantern Control (Thoughtpicker Combo)
Well, here we go, I've gone and got a list for Pauper that should never have seen the light of day, or atleast imaginati
Getting under the skin: A Pithing Needle guide to Modern
Welcome readers, This is not going to be a normal article. Rather than a deck article, this is solely about one ca
Potential Candidates for the March 2017 Bannings - Undead's Thoughts
Hello readers, I want to do another deck tech and all, but I'll be blunt, I'm both hesitent and lazy right now until
Are we in a magic bubble?
I wanted to share a very thought provocative statement from a redditor. Bonus: Are we in a Magic bubble? While it
6 Reasons Kobolds are better than Goblins
This article is dedicated to one of the most unique cards in all of Magic the Gathering: Kobolds of Kher Keep. To
The Shores of Imagination: MM3
Hello EchoMTG Friends, With the Modern Masters 2017 #MM3 set now fully revealed, it's become very apparent the set wi
Davey Cadaver Playmats: About the Artist
Davey Cadaver is a self-taught artist residing in the Pacific Northwest. He has many interests and talents but specializ
Atog's back on the menu boys!
Welcome back readers! Today we have an aggro deck based around an old idea of "One shot, One kill". The entire gamepl
A Hidden Stockpile before Prerelease
Hello Readers, Our last meeting we started our Revolt with the machines, now we bring our our Hidden Stockpiles. This
A Servo Revolt!
Welcome back readers! So here we are, getting close to our lovely release of Aether Revolt, and what does that mean?
Raising Money for Charity through the love of Magic: the Gathering
Have you ever fallen out of love with Magic? If you’re newer to the game, maybe that’s hard to believe. But
Masterpiece pricing
Does anyone have any guess or idea if the masterpiece from kaladesh is worth holding onto or should it be flipped ?
Modern UR Ascension Control
Hello again readers,Today we have a more interesting Control build for modern. Normally used as a combo piece, instead w
A Marvelous new way to play Emrakul
Welcome Readers,While Kaladesh is still newborn, I've decided to put together a few decks, they may serve no merit but
Finally We've Moved From All The MTG Darkness
I am loving Conspiracy: Take the Crown! I am tired of the dark zombies and vampires; encroaching evil upon all that is g
Temur Massault Formation
Welcome,Today we're looking at a Standard list, and boy is it comical. As a side note, I tend to keep Standard UNDER $10
Modern Belcher!
Welcome boys and girls,Today we're going to discuss our first Legac.... Wait, this is Modern Legal? No...Ok then...This
Molten Sensation Lands
Welcome Readers,Today's going to be nice and calm, we're simply going to play a land every turn, and let bygones be bygo
Something's abrew - Burn it to the Ground.
Welcome pyro's,Today I aim to make you people happy with a different style of aggro deck for standard. Not only are we b
Scaling down Modern
Today we're going to make Modern a simple format with some Hardened Scales Stompy. The deck, according to EchoMTG costs
A Promised End or a Liar's Beginning?
Welcome,Today we were blessed by the presence of our new Spag...Radish/Mushroom hybrid... Eldritc...Eldrazi overlord! N
Separate Binders for collection flips
Hi All Love the page and everything so far! I've been a "rare" member since a year or so and quite happy with
Through the Scrying Glass
Hello class, take your seats. Today we'll be talking about a new app for Android that you NEED to start using...Scryglas
We're All in this Together
An IntroductionI’ve been in some form of higher education for way too many years, but I can say with sure-fire honesty
Hot Vintage Specs for 2016
MTG Goldfish released a couple hot vintage decks that feature new cards that are still cheap pickups and could be great
An Advanced eBay Primer: How to buy Magic cards
The world of MTG finance is a complicated one, where buyers and sellers battle to get the best value out of their money
how is this deck? i need help
DeckOrnithopter x2Bonded Construct x2Titan's Strength x4Lightning BoltSigiled Starfish x2Turn to Frog x2Abbot of Keral K
Hey im new to Magic could somebody help
Hello i am new to the whole magic scene , my mate gave me a folder with a collection of cards I'm not
Investing in Reserve Staples
There are a couple alarms for me with eternal staples. 1. Fakes becoming unrecognizable to the real thing. I have some o
The number of Magic Players Worldwide by Year
I was doing research to compare the price of an alpha card against the growth of the magic community. In order to do thi
Collecting and Playing with "Weird" Cards
Everyone has a “gateway†story—how they got into playing Magic. Harder to explain is how you collect, if it can be
Community Blogging for Magic:the Gathering
Echo started as a project to help me make fast calculations when trading on magictraders.com. In 2013 I turned it i
Hypothetical Math to Calculate Trading Volume using EchoMTG
How big the the magic market, this article jump into it using anonymized user data and assumptions to derive market size.