Battle of Tix pits Magic finance veterans in a 5-month competition to earn the most profit from trading on Magic Online. Each week we will publish articles from the competitors explaining their strategies, the cards they are holding, and the trades they're making to get ahead. We have bankrolled each competitor with 500 event tickets, and whoever has the most equity at the end of the competition will be the winner. Let the battle begin!

Timeline: The Battle of Tix is a five month event that will begin on April 1st.

Objective: Each participant will be given 500 Magic Online Tickets at the start of the competition. The winner will be the competitor with the most profit earned over the five months of the competition solely through buying, selling, and trading cards on Magic Online.

Competitors: The competition will include five participants, which you can read about above.

Prizes: At the end of the competition, participants keep any profit earned; losses, if any, will be covered by Cardhoarder. The winner of the event will also be given their choice of an additional 100 Tickets or a bi-weekly paid writing gig for Cardhoarder on MTG/O Finance.

Rules:

Participants may make as few or as many transactions as they wish, although using a bot to automatically purchase or sell cards on their behalf is prohibited. It is expected that participants will patronage bots to sell their cards to or to purchase new cards, and there is no restriction on which bots they may buy from or sell to. All trades must be tracked in a document visible to the competition organizers. All trades must be at arms' length (no special deals or promotions) For purposes of periodic updates, the Cardhoarder buylist price will be used to determine each portfolio value during the competition. At the end of the five month period, the winner of the competition will be whoever has the most Event Tickets (Participants are expected to sell/liquidate all positions for Event Tickets prior to the conclusion of the competition). Any losses sustained during the competition will be covered by Cardhoarder; otherwise, each participant will return the 500 tickets principal upon completion of the competition.

Competitors: During the competition, participants will write bi-weekly articles detailing which cards they have acquired, which they are speculating on, which they are selling, and why they made the decisions that they have regarding each card. Further, special care will be given to new set releases and Pro Tour results and how those items affect the Magic Online marketplace. The release of Shadows Over Innistrad, Eternal Masters, and Eldritch Moon will all be encompassed by the dates of this competition.

Organizers: Periodic articles will also be produced by the organizers of the event, which will attempt to quantify the value of each participant’s collection and determine who is in the lead and how effective their strategy has been.

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Drew Brantner Drew Brantner is helping organize the Battle of Tix. He is an avid Magic player and follower of tournament Magic from upstate New York. He has been playing Magic Online off-and-on under the username ‘WraithHunter’ for nearly ten years, and has been a casual observer of Magic online finance trends for much of that time. He loves following tournament Magic, and is currently in his 2nd year running a Magic Fantasy League that selects professional players and awards points based upon their finish at major tournaments such as Grand Prix and Pro Tours. As one of the organizers of this competition, his primary role will be to assist in tabulating the results and preparing standings and update articles.





