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What's new on Mana Pool: May 21 - June 3
Here’s a look at what’s changed on manapool.com between May 21-June 3.
Stuff You Might Notice
🚚 For Sellers
Inventory Management
- Inventory edit page now shows Condition → Finish → Language in consistent order across all filter rows.
- Added a “Select all” button to inventory filters - instead of clicking every matching option one at a time (e.g. all “token” variants), you can now select them all in one click.
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May 2026 top-selling MTG singles and sealed products
Strixhaven dominated the top sellers across both singles and sealed products in May, which makes sense since WOTC says the set is its best-selling release yet.
Below, we break down the top cards by dollar volume, copies sold, as well as sealed products.
There are some good nuggets of info in here, for sellers looking at what to stock, collectors looking for what’s the rage, and players looking at deck trends.
Top-selling MTG singles in the $2-$30 price range (by dollar volume)
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Moxfield now integrates with Mana Pool - build and buy your favorite decks
Decks and cards on Moxfield now have a button to click through to purchase on manapool.com.
You can easily pipe any Moxfield decks through to Mana Pool, and either choose to buy the Exact Printings for the deck, generalize the deck to any printing to save money, and tweak your choices too.
The flow to buy a deck from Moxfield works something like this:
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Click the Mana Pool button for a deck on Moxfield, which will populate the Mass Entry interface on Mana Pool.
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In Mass Entry, choose either Any Printings or Exact Printings.
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Use Mana Pool’s Cart Optimizer to find the best way to get the deck, whether you want lowest price, fewest packages, or a cart that balances these concerns.
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You can also then use the “Replace/Modify” buttons at checkout to tweak specific cards.
Here’s a video demonstrating:
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🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Mana Pool now serving Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
We’re stoked to now be offering Mana Pool services to everyone in Canada.
We’ve had Canadian sellers on Mana Pool for a while now, and as of today, buyers can place orders to Canadian addresses as well.
Buyers and sellers can check out shipping rates here.
Sellers can choose which countries they will ship to by adjusting their shipping options here.
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Upgrading the Miracle Worker Precon from Duskmourn, on a small budget
Hey everybody! I’m BrewitCody, and today we’re taking a look at upgrading the Miracle Worker Precon.
Miracle worker focuses on enchantments and a returning mechanic called Miracle. Miracle lets us cast cards at a reduced rate if they’re the first card we draw in a turn.
The face commander of the deck, Aminatou, Veil Piercer, leans into this strategy perfectly.
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Upgrading the Endless Punishment Precon from Duskmourn, on a small budget
Endless Punshiment is a new Rakdos preconstructed Commander deck, helmed by Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls.
This commander has evasion and protection built-in and wants to bring the pain on your opponent’s turns. This deck is fast-paced and chaotic, keeping it truly in-line with its color identity.
Maxxing out Valgavoth
The key feature this guide wants to focus on is Valgavoth’s final ability, “Whenever...
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Upgrading the Jump Scare Precon from Duskmourn, on a small budget
Hey, it’s Brian from the Chaotic Commander YouTube channel. I’m a deck builder by trade, and since the new MTG Duskmourn precons are releasing soon, I’m sharing my picks for 20 cards to upgrade your new Jump Scare! deck, for well under $20.
But first let’s go over what this deck wants to do. The Jump Scare! Commander deck wins the game by out-valuing your opponents. It aims to cheat in big permanents (typically creatures) and take over the...
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Upgrading the Death Toll Precon from Duskmourn, on a small budget
Hey everybody! I’m BrewitCody and today we’re taking a look at upgrading the Death Toll Precon from Duskmourn. This is the first article of a series covering all the new Duskmourn Precons.
Death Toll focuses on the Delirium mechanic that gives us advantages for having four or more different card types in our graveyard. The Face commander Winter, Cynical Opportunist, lets us mill cards to fill our graveyard and then exile 4 card types...
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Video: The Best Way to Buy Cards for Your Commander Deck
I made a video today showing how Mana Pool connects to EDHRec, and how the flow from finding a deck, to cart optimizer, to fine-tune replace works!
If you want to see low prices on EDHRec, definitely set us as a price source over there!
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5 Commander Deck Ideas from Bloomburrow
Bloomburrow, the latest MTG expansion, introduces many cute and furry tools for EDH deck builders. Typal decks, both new and established, benefit most from Bloomburrow. In addition, some monocolored strategies now have powerful new commanders, and several staple archetypes got some helpful updates. Today’s article is about 5 new brews with Bloomburrow commanders.
Kastral Bird Typal
View on Moxfield | Check the price on Mana PoolAmong the...
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MH3 Eldrazi Spoilers
What’s that on the horizon? It looks like a writhing mass of nightmarish Lovecraftian tentacles! The Eldrazi, every Magic player’s favorite cosmic horror from beyond the void, is making a return in Modern Horizons III and we have a sneak peek of some of the latest spoilers to hit the internet.
There’s a huge number of blurry potato camera photos floating around right now as well, but let’s focus on the slightly more confirmed, and apocalyptically oriented, batch of Eldrazi...
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Seller Spotlight: Phil Allen of PunkOuter Games
Most people who find themselves in a sudden maelstrom of illness, covid, and long hours taking away from time with wife and children might batten down the hatches. Not Phil Allen. Phil decided it was time to start PunkOuter Games in Gainesville, FL.
From IT to Games
Phil studied many things when he was young, from agriculture, to game design, to computer crime scene analysis, but a common thread in that was Phil was always handy with computers....
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Magic Decks to Teach New Players
Teaching a new player Magic can be daunting, especially young kids or other people unfamiliar with intricate strategic games. Magic in the modern era has many keywords, rules, and interactions that can make the task gargantuan.
To make the task easier, here are a set of 5 kitchen table decks that provide rich gameplay, while limiting the number of ideas to learn. These decks are inexpensive, the sort of decks you can happily shuffle up, lend out, and even give...
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Standard Shipping on Mana Pool
Unlike other platforms, shipping rates on Mana Pool are standard across all sellers. You can read about the Mana Pool shipping rates in this help article.
Our idea is that shipping should correspond to the actual cost of the packaging and postage, and that the card prices themselves should reflect any differences among sellers related to strategy, underlying picking/packing costs, and other reasons to have a different price.
In addition, unlike other platforms, we don’t charge a marketplace fees...
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Mana Pool Video Updates #1 and #2
If you are interested to hear about what we’re building and shipping at Mana Pool, check out the videos I started posting talking about new features and work in progress.
These first two videos cover last week and the previous week, and go into about the new Make Deck feature, along with improvements we are making in the overall browsing experience, and all the work that has gotten Mana Pool to nearly 7M cards in stock across almost 70...
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Paste in Decks from Moxfield
The make deck feature is now live on Mana Pool. Paste in decks from Moxfield and other popular MTG sites to buy a deck in one go. Or type in the list brimming out of your mind.
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Outlaws of Thunder Junction is live on Mana Pool
Bad is riding into town starting today, and Oko’s crew of Multiverse miscreants are pulling off the greatest heist this side o’ the law. Tinybones, Rakdos, Vraska, and more have joined up and they’ve got their eyes on the ultimate score.
Outlaws of Thunder Junction has landed and it’s already making waves in multiple formats with powerful cards like Slickshot Show-Off and Terror of the Peaks showing promise in Standard and older competitive...
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The OTJ Commanders Have Been Revealed
The unveiling of the four Commander Decks from Outlaws of Thunder Junction has presented a blend of familiar faces and fresh characters to bring to the table.
These decks, inspired by the frontier spirit of Thunder Junction, explore various themes, ranging from “I like to steal things” to “Pew, pew everybody”. Let’s explore.
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw: The Treasure Monger
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw on Mana PoolLeading the “Most Wanted” deck, Olivia, Opulent...
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Decked Out with OTJ: Outlaws of Thunder Junction
Outlaws of Thunder Junction are dusting up the deserts, and we have some really interesting new tools for commander. Before we dig in, I just want to take a second and tip a cowboy hat to Wizards and point out that Karlov Manor and Outlaws are two sides of the same thematic coin.
In Karlov, we followed the story of investigative crime fighters trying to solve a multiversal mystery, and now we’re rolling with a...
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CardBot Emerges from the Castle
When CardCastle started, they saw the world through the lens of the iPhone. They built out a scanning app and a platform to manage cards, which grew popular among players, but stores pushed back on the idea of using an app to scan cards. So, CardCastle unleashed the CardBot, a mesmerizing machine that scans and sifts collectible cards at scale.
See...
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Mana Pool referral program is lit!
NOTE: This program is now ended as of 8/1/2024.
Mana Pool has an amazing referral program as we boot up the marketplace for Magic cards.
Refer your favorite local game store, or even a non-brick & mortar seller, and you can win a Black Lotus, and you can reward the seller with 0% marketplace fee for 6 months, along with tiered kickbacks on their first $1K, $5K, and $100K in sales.
Today, we have about...
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Drawers for stores! MTech Cave the maker
One of the sellers that recently joined Mana Pool, MTech Cave, is run by Mikah the maker, and their store is a cross between a game store and a maker space. Mikah had a wildly successful Kickstarter to manufacture these drawers to store collectible cards in sleeves, and I think this is really cool.
The drawers are a cost-effective option for storing cards for local game stores who don’t want to splurge...
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Ravnica Remastered: What You Need to Know
As we usher in 2024, Magic: The Gathering enthusiasts have a reason to empty those holiday gift cards – the arrival of Ravnica Remastered on January 12th. However, if you’re scratching your head wondering what exactly a “Remastered” set entails, you’re not alone. Let’s dive into Ravnica Remastered and unpack why this release should be on your radar.
What’s the Buzz about Ravnica Remastered?
The original meaning of...
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Commander Highlights Featuring Doctor Who!
On October 13th, Wizards newest universes beyond crossover Doctor Who (WHO) was released. It features 4 new Commander decks available as a bundle for $259.99, 12-pack Collector booster boxes for $240, and singles that you can shop for here, at Manapool.com!
One of the most exciting things the new Doctor Who set is bringing to Commander is the Doctor’s companion. This mechanic allows for decks to have two commanders, similar to the existing Partner mechanic. Commanders with Doctor’s companion can...
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Re-learning the Vintage Cube
Going over a draft pick by pick in the vintage cube. Here you can see the entire draft, pick by pick in the viewer. In this draft, we drafted a sick re-animator deck and actually took Entomb (the best card for our deck) 1st pick out of pack 2, over Sol Ring (the best card in the cube).
Pack 1
The opening pack was not great. For me, the first pick options...
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