A short explanation
Like I promised in the Weekly Winners, in this short article I'll explain a little about our plans with Weekly Winners.
First of all, it is nice to be back and to write articles again. But before getting your hopes up, I'll need to explain a little.
Why Weekly Winners were gone
In 2016 I signed a book deal with a large publisher in The Netherlands, and the writing process took so much of my time I decided I could no longer write the Weekly Winners. Quality went down, readership was stable though, but the responses on the articles lessened. I had to make choices, this was a hard but necessary one.
Why 'This week in Magic' is gone
Jeremy Lichtenberger landed a sweet promotion at this work and for the same reason: time, he made the same choice as I did before: to stop writing and start focussing on his professional job. We all enjoyed Jeremy's articles and are sad he stopped writing. But I'm sure he will find his way back to us one day!
Why Weekly Winners is back
To be short: my good friend Arjen asked me to. MTGStocks.com is a hobby project. For him, for me, and also for other good friends in our Magic playgroup. I'm the only person who cannot write code, and the only one that is able to crash anything Arjen programs, accidentally, just by clicking the wrong thing. But I have other qualifications: I can write text. Stories. Articles. So here I am. I hope you enjoy them!
Trial Period
Like I wrote in the lead of the Weekly Winners. I'm back for now. My return with the Weekly Winners is a trial period. You see, after the publication of my book, I got so much response, my company is doing great! I'm a professional consultant, trainer and writer and I head my own (small) consultancy firm. This gives me the freedom to do whatever the heck I want. But mostly I want to work.
Arjen's (and my) wish is that when we start with the Weekly Winners we have a steady flow of content. An article you can depend upon. That you, as a reader can depend upon. And to be honest, I'm not sure if I can deliver. And I know that our readers to appreciate reliability.
Before, I sometimes skipped a week. This always resulted in disappointment. I got PM's on Reddit, DM's on Twitter or even e-mails from readers. One reaction really stood out, (and also made me a little bit proud to be honest) this one guy said: "please understand that the only thing that gets me trough my miserable friday at work, is finding a fresh Weekly Winners in the morning". Well, to that guy, and all (less miserable) other readers: Weekly Winners is back. I'm going to try to make it work.
More from Peter:
Just like last week, the Commander: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt spoilers are the main factor of influence on the markets this week. There are enough cards spoiled for the brewing to commence and we expect a lot more movement in the coming weeks!
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
This week we saw a lot of interesting movement. Most of it caused by Strixhaven spoilers, but the old frame fetchlands spiked as well.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
For the first time since the COVID pandemic hit, our interest page looks like normal for a change! Many (huge) spikes from different sets and eras. I choose to see this as an omen of better times ahead!
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
Somewhat of an odd week. Not really any spikes that has one really obvious or notable reason and of course still a lot of older cards moving up.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
The most interesting week in a long, long time! Maybe I'm a but biased due to my love for Legacy, but this week that format is the biggest driving factor behind the three weekly winners.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
An interesting week, again driven by old card speculation and EDH. But we also have a special edition of Cheap Pickups, with a new way to look at cards that are (still) cheap pickups, but might go up later.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
A strange and eventful week in the world of finance. Where you'd expect tons of cards to spike due to new brews, we mainly see a new hausse of reserved list cards being bought out. And also non-reserved list cards that happen to be MTG classics.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
Kaldheim is ready for release! The coming weeks will be filled with new brews, gameplay and strategy. This week marks the end of this spoiler season, with some interesting movers to report on.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
Kaldheim spoilers are full speed upon us! There has been no shortage of products or spoilers over the past months, but some good old Magic distraction is very welcome!
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
After the Kaldheim leaks, the official spoilers have now begun! And one spoiler in particular makes its mark on the Weekly Winners.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
