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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.
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
The Most Popular Plains of 2025
October 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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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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September 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A Brief History of Red's Two-Power One-Drops
August 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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
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
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
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
Which piece of expensive cardboard would you want the most? 🤔
February 8, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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
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
📊 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
⚠️ 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
Some sneak peeks of the standard basic lands in #MTGKarlov from the Debut Stream 👀
January 16, 2024 at 5:45 PM
#MtGIxalan is the first premiere set with its top-end cards this heavily concentrated in the rare slot 📈
January 16, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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
📊 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
Outside of the GURU cycle, this may end up as Magic's most-expensive basic land!
December 18, 2023 at 7:21 PM
Which of this year's reprints have your favorite new art? 🤔
November 29, 2023 at 6:10 PM
Maro candidly shares user research about Magic's first "epilogue" expansion.
November 27, 2023 at 5:52 PM