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Cardboard by the Numbers
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Magic: the Gathering insights, infographics, and interests with a (cheeky) data-driven perspective.

World’s (self-appointed) leading basic land expert.
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Blake confirmed that they're experimenting a lot more with set sizes in 2026.

Ninja Turtles is about the same size as SPM (on purpose this time) but the 7 sets will only have 160 more cards than 2025.

With this, I suspect The Hobbit and/or Star trek will be smaller too, which is less than ideal.
October 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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The Most Popular Plains of 2025
October 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Reposted by Cardboard by the Numbers
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they don't seem to post them here but i always appreciate @cardboard.bsky.social's basic land breakdowns.

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pt eoe basic lands
September 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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A Brief History of Red's Two-Power One-Drops
August 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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What were the best basic lands of 2024? We did the math!
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The Best Basic Lands of 2024
What is the State of Basic Lands in 2024? What styles and specific art did players like best in the year? Find out all of that and more!
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January 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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What were your favorite basic lands of 2024? Share your thoughts in our community basic land survey here!!

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December 4, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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From an article I never ended up publishing about the Legends of OTJ.

Since I made this, one more character from an unknown plane was revealed (Akul the Unrepentant is apparently from Gastal!) but I still thought this was interesting enough to share!
May 14, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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The Basic Lands That Won Pro Tour Outlaws of Thunder Junction

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The Basic Lands That Won Pro Tour Outlaws of Thunder Junction
What basic lands took down the Pro Tour this weekend in Seattle? The Cardboard by the Numbers team is here to fill you in on the PT’s most critical details.
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April 29, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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MagicFest Chicago gave us an insight into three additional upcoming basic land styles - which one is your favorite?
February 25, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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What Hasbro's 2023 Annual Report Means for Magic: the Gathering cardboardbythenumbers.com/2024/02/14/w...
What Hasbro’s 2023 Annual Report Means for Magic: the Gathering
In brief, fantasy gaming vertical Wizards of the Coast was the saving grace of Hasbro in 2023, representing the only business unit with a positive fiscal year.
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February 14, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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Which piece of expensive cardboard would you want the most? 🤔
The Most Expensive Magic Cards Printed Since 2020 The One Ring (1 of 1 Edition) — $2.6M Sol Ring (Elven Serialized) — $4k Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer (Secret Lair Showdown Top 32 Prize) — $2.5k Sauron, the Dark Lord (Top finishers for Regional Champs) — $1.8k Sol Ring (Dwarven Serialized) — $1.6k
February 8, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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Secret Lair Update!

After 48 hours, not a single SKU of the Winter Superdrop has sold out. Considered a weak drop by fans, both financially and aesthetically, availability is not an issue as feared.

Perhaps the best way to avoid scalping is to make a less appealing product.
February 7, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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The Basic Lands That Won the European Championship #LECGhent

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The Basic Lands That Won the European Championship
Marco Del Pivo took home the trophy for the EMEA Regional Championship in Ghent, but based on Basic Land choice, who was the real winner?
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January 29, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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we got a new goblin token revealed today for #MTGKarlov, so we've updated our tier list of freaky little guys accordingly
January 25, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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📊 NEW #MTGCUBE ARTICLE 📊

We did the math: what are the 25 most interesting cards from #MTGKarlov for Cube?
Rating Murders at Karlov Manor’s 25 Most Interesting Cards for Cube
With the release of most new Magic: the Gathering expansions, the Cube community has plenty of great content to look forward to. Starting with MKM, we’re getting in the game.
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January 24, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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⚠️ New Article! ⚠️

Today, we explore the best cards Commander sets have brought us for Cube #MagicTCG #MtG #MtGCube

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Made for Commander? Secretly for Cube
With novel designs and power-level intended for eternal formats, commander sets have brought about many Cube staples
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January 18, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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Some sneak peeks of the standard basic lands in #MTGKarlov from the Debut Stream 👀
January 16, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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#MtGIxalan is the first premiere set with its top-end cards this heavily concentrated in the rare slot 📈
Who Needs Mythics? 3 of Ixalan's 5 Most Expensive Cards are Rare Cavern of Souls Roaming Throne Tishana's Tidebinder
January 16, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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Determining 2023’s Best Basic Lands – With Math (Kind of)

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Determining 2023’s Best Basic Lands – With Math
To start, we’re going to dig into the state of basic lands coming into 2024. Using that as a foundation, we’ll bring in various rankings and metrics for 2023’s 133 new pieces of art to start to ...
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January 11, 2024 at 8:44 PM
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We calculated the most underrated #MTGCube cards of 2023 -- what were your hidden gems of the year? cardboardbythenumbers.com/2024/01/03/t...
The Most Underrated Cube Cards of 2023 – By the Numbers
Today, we’ll go through some of 2023’s least-Cubed cards (sub-500 lists on Cube Cobra, as of January 1st) that I think are worth your while.
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January 3, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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📊 HUGE ARTICLE 📊

Survey Results: The State of Limited Magic in 2023
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Survey Results: The State of Limited Magic in 2023
We polled limited Magic: the Gathering players what they thought of the draft formats of 2023 – here’s what they said!
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December 18, 2023 at 10:42 PM
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Outside of the GURU cycle, this may end up as Magic's most-expensive basic land!
With extremely limited availability, the recently-announced “Year of the Dragon“ Mountain for the APAC region is anticipated to cost over $100.
December 18, 2023 at 7:21 PM
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📊 NEW ARTICLE 📊

The State of Boros in #MtGCube
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The State of Boros in Cube
I wanted to start with Boros because of the significant change the guild has seen this year. More than half of my own red & white cards have been swapped out this year for fresh cardboard, and…
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December 12, 2023 at 8:03 PM
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Which of this year's reprints have your favorite new art? 🤔
November 29, 2023 at 6:10 PM
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Maro candidly shares user research about Magic's first "epilogue" expansion.
"March of the Machine: The Aftermath has the lowest...score for a randomized booster product we've ever had. Ever! In the history of us tracking this metric, which is something like 25 years. And not even by a little. By a lot.“ - Mark Rosewater
November 27, 2023 at 5:52 PM