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2 astrophysicists playing with data science techniques to see if we can predict MtG card prices and sharing the results. Love playing paper Magic (limited, pauper, EDH). Posts may use affiliate links in case you fancy supporting our data exploring.
I ran our home-built 'Future Sight AI' on the new Lorwyn spoiler High Perfect Morcant to see what it thinks could be the next Fluorishing Defenses card spikes. Here's what it thinks will spike if Morcant gets popular: www.tap-for-value.com/post/morcant...
Morcant's Blight Top 10: AI Predictions for -1/-1 Staples to Spike with Lorwyn
Lorwyn's only a month away and the spoiler season is kicking off! A few days ago we got to see High Perfect Morcant, who offers Golgari elves a -1/-1 AND proliferate engine. Check its price on TCGPlay...
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December 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I ran our home-built 'Future Sight AI' on the new Lorwyn spoiler High Perfect Morcant to see what it thinks could be the next Fluorishing Defenses card spikes. Here's what it thinks will spike if Morcant gets popular: www.tap-for-value.com/post/morcant...
Does this make the cut for pauper faeries?
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Does this make the cut for pauper faeries?
Popped together some thoughts on a Hulk commander deck after yesterday's #MtGMarvel spoilers.
Not just Caltrops...
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Not just Caltrops...
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Hulk SMASH! What else goes into the Hulk deck with Caltrops?
The Magic's Marvel set Spoilers have just begun with everyone from Galactus to Namor and the Fantastic Four included! Reddit in particular has gone a bit wild for a certain cheeky Hulk combo:Check its...
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December 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Popped together some thoughts on a Hulk commander deck after yesterday's #MtGMarvel spoilers.
Not just Caltrops...
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Not just Caltrops...
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Since Tophs's been doing some phenomenal commander metal (and earth) bending, we've had a quick data-science look at what other card prices she might impact : www.tap-for-value.com/post/unearth... #mtgfinance #mtgavatar
Unearthing Value: Analyzing the Cards Toph Turns into Price Spikes
The release of the Magic: The Gathering Avatar set has introduced several compelling new Commanders, but one is clearly dominating the conversation: Toph, the First Metalbender. Quickly rose to become...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Since Tophs's been doing some phenomenal commander metal (and earth) bending, we've had a quick data-science look at what other card prices she might impact : www.tap-for-value.com/post/unearth... #mtgfinance #mtgavatar
Fire Lord Azula was the highest trending commander on EDHrec this week, so what's she been doing (and might still do) to card prices: www.tap-for-value.com/post/the-fir...
The Fire Nation Rises: 9 Cards Exploding in Price Due to Fire Lord Azula
With the release of the Magic Avatar set there have been a bunch of new commanders that have hit the scene. Amongst them, Fire Lord Azula has been discussed across the content as a top new commander a...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Fire Lord Azula was the highest trending commander on EDHrec this week, so what's she been doing (and might still do) to card prices: www.tap-for-value.com/post/the-fir...
Seen a lot about how airbending is 'expensive/sorcery blink', but it also lets you *cast* them which gives lots of bonus triggers. Our list of commander cards that will be impacted by Airbending feels like it has a few different bits. Is it wrong? www.tap-for-value.com/post/bending...
#mtg #avatar
#mtg #avatar
Bending the Magic Secondary Market with Avatar: The Top 15 Cards that Airbending will Inflate in Price
We’ve taken a bespoke combo of AI and data science techniques to see what the new Avatar cards might do to bend Magic the Gathering card prices: So lets start with which cards are likely to float up i...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Seen a lot about how airbending is 'expensive/sorcery blink', but it also lets you *cast* them which gives lots of bonus triggers. Our list of commander cards that will be impacted by Airbending feels like it has a few different bits. Is it wrong? www.tap-for-value.com/post/bending...
#mtg #avatar
#mtg #avatar
We've done a review of how well our price rise prediction algorithms performed for spiderman and so here's a quick summary article on it:
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Spider-Man Price Predictions: How Did We Do?
Our aim is to find those cards that we think will go up in value over the following months. To do that, we’ve been looking at cards we expect to feature in decks built around some popular new releases...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We've done a review of how well our price rise prediction algorithms performed for spiderman and so here's a quick summary article on it:
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We ran some data science algorithms on Nathan Drake to find out which cards he might impact the price of:
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Uncharted Value: Which of Magic's Hidden Treasures will Nathan Drake Unearth?
Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter is coming to Commander, fresh from the new Uncharted PlayStation Secret Lair Superdrop! We’ve applied our data science algorithms to identify the top cards that will go u...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We ran some data science algorithms on Nathan Drake to find out which cards he might impact the price of:
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Hello #MtG Blue Sky! Kratos and Atreus are partnering up for commander! We’ve looked at how they might impact card prices: So what are the top 10 cards that will go up in value if folks want to build Kratos decks? #mtggodofwar #mtgsecretlair
October 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Hello #MtG Blue Sky! Kratos and Atreus are partnering up for commander! We’ve looked at how they might impact card prices: So what are the top 10 cards that will go up in value if folks want to build Kratos decks? #mtggodofwar #mtgsecretlair
Hello #MtG Blue Sky! We built data science tools to predict which cards will go up in price with the release of new cards. Over the next week, we’ll look at the new PS Secret Lairs. So let’s start with Red Kratos! What are the top 4 cards that will go up in value if folks build Kratos decks?
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October 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Hello #MtG Blue Sky! We built data science tools to predict which cards will go up in price with the release of new cards. Over the next week, we’ll look at the new PS Secret Lairs. So let’s start with Red Kratos! What are the top 4 cards that will go up in value if folks build Kratos decks?
5 reasons why spectacular spiderman is at least a $12 (€12) card currently at a median price point of $5.86 (€5).
#mtgfinance #mtgspidey #isthesetreallyasbadaseveryonethinks
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October 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
5 reasons why spectacular spiderman is at least a $12 (€12) card currently at a median price point of $5.86 (€5).
#mtgfinance #mtgspidey #isthesetreallyasbadaseveryonethinks
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We have a Commander Precon EV calculator that we've popped together. Given that the Bloomburrow precons are in todays Amazon deals, I thought I'd dive into their value so you can objectively judge. (By EV I mean expected value - the price of each individual card in them added up) amzn.to/3VZ4hGA
Magic: The Gathering Bloomburrow Commander Deck
Magic: The Gathering Bloomburrow Commander Deck
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October 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We have a Commander Precon EV calculator that we've popped together. Given that the Bloomburrow precons are in todays Amazon deals, I thought I'd dive into their value so you can objectively judge. (By EV I mean expected value - the price of each individual card in them added up) amzn.to/3VZ4hGA
Hello #MtG Blue Sky! We’ve been exploring what cards are due for price changes in the next few months due to spidey commanders? Today, Anti Venom: So here are the top 8 cards that Anti-Venom (if it becomes a popular commander) might drive price changes for
#mtgspiderman #mtgfinance #antivenom
#mtgspiderman #mtgfinance #antivenom
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October 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Hello #MtG Blue Sky! We’ve been exploring what cards are due for price changes in the next few months due to spidey commanders? Today, Anti Venom: So here are the top 8 cards that Anti-Venom (if it becomes a popular commander) might drive price changes for
#mtgspiderman #mtgfinance #antivenom
#mtgspiderman #mtgfinance #antivenom
Super excited that we’ll be getting a Hobbit set next year!! Stocking up on Dwarven Recruiters ready to tutor up all the Balins, Dwalins, Filis, Kilis, Doris, Noris, Oris, Oins, Gloins, Bifurs, Bofurs, and Bomburs.
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September 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Super excited that we’ll be getting a Hobbit set next year!! Stocking up on Dwarven Recruiters ready to tutor up all the Balins, Dwalins, Filis, Kilis, Doris, Noris, Oris, Oins, Gloins, Bifurs, Bofurs, and Bomburs.
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Hello #MtG Blue Sky! Spidey's out🕷️🥳!!Today’s card to explore with our card price data science toolkit was requested by Abbie B who asked us to run the toolkit on Mister Negative! So lets take a look at the top 12 cards he'll positively impact the price of:
#mtgspiderman #mtgfinance
#mtgspiderman #mtgfinance
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September 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Hello #MtG Blue Sky! Spidey's out🕷️🥳!!Today’s card to explore with our card price data science toolkit was requested by Abbie B who asked us to run the toolkit on Mister Negative! So lets take a look at the top 12 cards he'll positively impact the price of:
#mtgspiderman #mtgfinance
#mtgspiderman #mtgfinance
Happy prerelease weekend!!!
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September 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Happy prerelease weekend!!!
Hello #MtG Blue Sky! We built data science (AI) tools to predict which cards will go up because of Spidey cards. So, lets see which existing cards Norman Osborn/Green Goblin, might blow-up the price of #mtgspiderman #mtgfinance #gwenstacyneverforget
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September 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hello #MtG Blue Sky! We built data science (AI) tools to predict which cards will go up because of Spidey cards. So, lets see which existing cards Norman Osborn/Green Goblin, might blow-up the price of #mtgspiderman #mtgfinance #gwenstacyneverforget
Hello #MtG Blue Sky! We built data science (AI) tools to predict which cards will go up because of Spidey cards. So, lets see which existing cards Eddie Brock // Venom Lethal Protector, might be symbiotic with the price of #mtgspiderman #mtgfinance #mtgvenom
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September 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hello #MtG Blue Sky! We built data science (AI) tools to predict which cards will go up because of Spidey cards. So, lets see which existing cards Eddie Brock // Venom Lethal Protector, might be symbiotic with the price of #mtgspiderman #mtgfinance #mtgvenom
Hello #MtG Blue Sky! Here's our top 8 data science predictions for which cards will go up in price due to Cosmic Spider-Man. #mtgspiderman #mtgfinance #spacespidey (PS: as an astrophysicist in my other job obv Cosmic Spidey is the Best Spidey). Ok, the Top 8:
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September 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hello #MtG Blue Sky! Here's our top 8 data science predictions for which cards will go up in price due to Cosmic Spider-Man. #mtgspiderman #mtgfinance #spacespidey (PS: as an astrophysicist in my other job obv Cosmic Spidey is the Best Spidey). Ok, the Top 8:
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Hello #MtG BlueSky! We built some data science (AI) tools to predict which cards will go up in price because of new Spidey cards. Since she’s a top 10 best pre-seller, lets kick off with cards the data science suggests will be impacted by Gwen Stacy/Ghost Spider
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September 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hello #MtG BlueSky! We built some data science (AI) tools to predict which cards will go up in price because of new Spidey cards. Since she’s a top 10 best pre-seller, lets kick off with cards the data science suggests will be impacted by Gwen Stacy/Ghost Spider
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