Greeting Spheroids,

This month we're going to go light on the rambling and heavy on the stats, in much the same way we have every 6 months or so. Data presented below are from all-time.

Number of active Haves in the community: 3,020,917

Number of these which are non-English: 38,594

Number of active Wants in the community: 202,809

Number of these which include non-English: 10,873

Largest single package by card count: 1,154

Number of messages sent via Cardsphere: 171,158

Number of business accounts: 150

Number of Premium accounts: 86

Number of users who have cashed in at least once: 1570

Number of users who have cashed in more than once: 994

Number of users created by referral links: 466

Most cash ins by a single user: 137

Largest cash out amount: $5,555.56

All time cash out total: $412,948.50

Amount of funds not currently in escrow: $161,634.95

Trades Per Price Bucket

Price Maximum 75th 50th 25th Minimum Count Under $1.00 1,013% 84% 71% 50% 1% 242,266 $1.01 - $5.00 1,000% 81% 75% 65% 1% 176,655 $5.01 - $10.00 393% 83% 77% 70% 5% 51,817 $10.01 - $25.00 266% 85% 80% 74% 10% 36,989 $25.01 - $50.00 857% 87% 81% 75% 19% 9,629 Above $50.01 512% 90% 84% 76% 3% 12,652

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Top 10 Trades By Value

Card Set Condition Index Offer Paid Ancestral Recall Unlimited SP $3,119.08 93% $2,600.00 Mox Pearl Unlimited SP $2,357.48 94% $1,994.42 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale Legends SP $2,500.79 84% $1,900.00 Mox Ruby Unlimited SP $2,093.00 96% $1,800.00 Mox Jet Unlimited SP $2,462.78 77% $1,700.00 Mox Emerald Unlimited SP $2,162.00 87% $1,700.00 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale Legends NM $1,274.99 96% $1,222.00 Forcefield Limited Edition Beta SP $1,361.35 82% $1,000.00 Time Walk Unlimited MP $1,456.92 91% $994.34 Timetwister Unlimited HP $1,655.17 99% $990.00

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Top Ten Most Traded Cards (Nonfoil)

Rat Colony (1,920) Lightning Bolt (1,396) Forest (Full Art) (1,128) Swamp (Full Art) (1,125) Island (Full Art) (1,109) Mountain (Full Art) (1,052) Plains (Full Art) (1,050) Fatal Push (918) Opt (786) Damping Sphere (765)

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Top Ten Most Traded Cards (Foil)

Fatal Push (331) Path to Exile (217) Swamp (206) Island (205) Plains (204) Spirit Token (Full Art) (202) Mountain (201) Opt (195) Forest (192) Nexus of Fate (178)

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Top Ten Traded Sets

Dominaria (22,756) Ixalan (18,956) Amonkhet (16,567) Kaladesh (16,154) Hour of Devastation (12,270) Battle for Zendikar (11,930) Aether Revolt (11,602) Unstable (11,549) Modern Masters 2017 (10,983) Shadows over Innistrad (10,924)

Least Ten Traded Sets

Mythic Edition (8) Pro Tour Promos (7) Nationals (6) TopDeck Magazine (3) Starter 2000 (3) International Edition (3) Mirrodin Pure Preview (2) Guru (2) DCI Legend Membership (1) Online Store Card (1)

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Top 10 Most Popular Haves

Evolving Wilds (2,905) Negate (2,519) Naturalize (2,133) Counterspell (2,106) Cancel (1,847) Duress (1,830) Dark Ritual (1,824) Pacifism (1,816) Mind Rot (1,778) Llanowar Elves (1,671)

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Top 10 Most Popular Wants

Polluted Delta (411) Scalding Tarn (408) Bloodstained Mire (395) Flooded Strand (381) Steam Vents (376) Misty Rainforest (375) Lightning Bolt (367) Verdant Catacombs (363) Watery Grave (359) Wooded Foothills (357)

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Top 10 Traders by Count

Brax (12,106) Doug Montalvo (10,034) DogonSiereht (8,396) Getting There Games (7,829) Green Sleeves (7,306) SA Cards (7,101) Krause94 (6,913) jkatz (6071) Merlin76 (5,890) Harmless Offering (5,793)

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Top 10 Traders by Value

Woadworks ($52,647.13) Doug Montalvo ($45,246.59) Peter Twieg ($36,817.48) FeedTheClan ($20,886.85) DogonSiereht ($20,632.14) GettingThereGames ($19,891.10) MTG Underground ($17,608.71) BrevKicks ($17,026.04) SA Cards ($16,262.88) MES ($15,145.32)

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Top 10 Countries By User Count

USA (12,353) Canada (1,230) Great Britain (373) Australia (369) Italy (354) Brazil (260) Germany (120) Portugal (105) Netherlands (70) France (65)

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Delivery Times By Country Pair

This table shows the 75th, 50th, and 25th percentile delivery time in days, broken down by our top ten country pairs. The all-time count of cards traded is also listed.

From To 75th 50th 25th Count US US 6.6 4.9 3.8 389,611 US CA 13.1 10.1 8.1 25,705 CA US 13.1 10 7.7 14,426 CA CA 8.9 6.9 5.1 9,154 PT US 12.4 10.3 8.4 6,017 US AU 18.5 14.7 12.3 5,105 US PT 12.1 9.1 7.4 3,698 US GB 10.4 7.8 6 3,584 PT US 13.9 11 8.2 2,440 US BE 14.6 9.8 7.2 1,793

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Top Ten Awarded Badges

Badge Description Count First Volley Received a card 2,795 Courier's Capsule Sent a card 2,580 Rise of Eagles Sent to USA 2,473 Foil Sent a foil 2,000 Thieving Magpie Received a foil 1,708 Gold Token Deposited Funds 1,569 Trade Caravan Sent a card over $25.00 1,404 Treasure Cruise Received 100 cards 1,040 Into the North Sent to Canada 883 Merchant Scroll Sent 100 cards 829

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One final note: Cardsphere Secret Santa members should have received your trade partner's information by now. If you haven't let us know. Make sure to get things out in the mail soon!

Next time, I'll be back to my chatty self. We're building something pretty neat right now.

/ted