Comments on: Insider: What’s Not Moving Lately https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:46:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mathieu Malecot https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-50610 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:52:10 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-50610 In reply to Sigmund Ausfresser.

i deny your reality and substitute my own.

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By: fosterstone https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44818 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:32:35 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44818 Thanks! I wanted cards to start playing modern so I missed out of some value for sure 🙁 I have a theory the friend color fetches will be reprinted in 2014. Lol

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By: Sigmund Ausfresser https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44750 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:37:46 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44750 In reply to fosterstone.

Sounds like you sold a good combination of expensive Standard cards. Thragtusk may see some Modern play, but being a core set rare in event decks I think even that sale was a sound choice.

Fetch lands are expensive. You could probably have done a little better by picking up stuff like Abrupt Decay and Scars of Mirrodin Dual Lands, but at least Fetch Lands are immune from Modern Masters reprints. But they make me nervous – Wizards has shown us what they can do to the price of Modern lands (Shock Lands), and I don’t doubt for a second they will reprint Fetches somehow.

Huntmaster is a tough call because it’s a strong card in a weak set. I’d keep them if you plan on using them in Modern. If not, trading them away now probably isn’t terrible.

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By: Sigmund Ausfresser https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44748 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:29:47 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44748 In reply to Tian Yi Wang.

Griselbrand, you think? Hmmmm….isn’t it just a reanimator target though? I don’t remember Iona ever hitting $30 and she was the premier reanimation target for a while. Is it strictly because he’s from a 3rd set?

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By: fosterstone https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44699 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:35:49 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44699 This last weekend I received the following from a dealer. 27 for thundermaw, 9 for Thragtusk, 14 for Tamiyo, 10 for Aurelia’s fury, and 6 for gideon (gatecrash). I proceded to pick up fetch lands. Do you think I received solid value for my trade in? I went with the thinking that these cards aside from the few gatecrash cards are at the height of their value and will soon depreciate post rotation. I would also like to hear your position on Huntmaster… I have a play set and I want to know what you think the best strategy is for the coming months with these. Can they maintain 30 + after rotation? THANKS!

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By: Tian Yi Wang https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44664 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:25:21 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44664 In reply to Lagoon.

and Griselbrand. I think that card will be the most expensive card in Avacyn Restored down the line, Probably 30$.

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By: Sigmund Ausfresser https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44652 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:10:14 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44652 In reply to David Hunt.

I’m afraid of DKA boxes, primarily because I don’t think there are many eternal cards in the set that are worth pursuing. You’re absolutely right that the set was opened little (just look at Worldwake) but I have little desire in opening packs of this set from an EV standpoint. Huntmaster is the all-star. But Sorin is in a Duel Deck as is Lingering Souls, and Falkenrath Aristocrat is mostly a Standard card so far. So I don’t know what Eternal cards will support DKA moving forward.

It could end out paying huge, and I couldn’t fault you for buying these. I just feel like AVR is a safer bet because the set has already broken through to Legacy and Modern in a meaningful way. Plus, I may be a tiny bit biased because I’m an Angel collector. 🙂

Great comment, I like these builds because they challenge me to think deeper on these subjects. If we put our minds together we can identify the optimal strategy!

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By: Sigmund Ausfresser https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44651 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:06:32 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44651 In reply to drackmorph.

Thanks, this means so much to me! I love writing about Magic and I love finance – this is the best of both worlds. 🙂 I also enjoy all the discussion in the comments on my articles, so please feel free to voice your thoughts each week.

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By: David Hunt https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44643 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:33:46 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44643 Wouldn’t DKA be the buy for investing in booster boxes in the current Standard? It was a short set that was only drafted as one of three packs (ISD-ISD-DKA) when it was the main limited format. The big three or five cards that in that set are starting to see play in Modern, and being a short set you’re going to get the same number of those money cards by opening fewer packs.

To tag on to that… I don’t dispute that AVR is a good buy. Lots of big cards in there, too, that are starting to see more Modern/Legacy play, along with a handful of legendary angels that the casuals love.

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By: drackmorph https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44633 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:17:18 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44633 In reply to Jose Gasque.

There are one or two writers i also read now and then…but his articles are the best ones by far

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By: Sigmund Ausfresser https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44620 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:27:44 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44620 In reply to Andrew Stout.

Interesting question. Perhaps WeQu can help us with this?

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By: Andrew Stout https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44607 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:47:53 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44607 I apologize if this is a double-post, but I can’t see what I thought I just posted.

With regards to sealed booster boxes: obviously the baseline for the price of a booster box is the EV of the opened cards; however, boosters are more expensive than that, so there is also obviously a “sealed premium”. Has anyone done any analysis into the sealed premiums for different old sets, above and beyond the EVs of those sets? What I’d be very curious about is whether sets with a good draft reputation, like Ravnica and Rise of the Eldrazi, have a high sealed premium, or whether they just have the same premium everything else has and it’s all based on EV. This would indicate who’s BUYING old booster boxes: casual players? Drafters with nostalgia? Surely not people just looking for competitive singles.

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By: Jose Gasque https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44597 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:22:32 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44597 you write the best articles.

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By: Sigmund Ausfresser https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44600 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:25:05 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44600 In reply to Jose Gasque.

Thank you 🙂 I always appreciate the feedback – let’s me know I’m writing about relevant things people enjoy.

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By: Sigmund Ausfresser https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44599 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:24:28 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44599 In reply to Lagoon.

Fair challenge. I love New Phyrexia too, and it’s probably not too late to buy a box to make a few bucks.

AVR has Restoration Angel, miracles, Cavern of Souls, probably a Planeswalker I’m forgetting, amazing EDH Angels…so I think there will be demand.

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By: Sigmund Ausfresser https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44598 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:22:55 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44598 In reply to pi.

Oh, I see! So I should buy more boxes of AVR then? 🙂

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By: Lagoon https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44593 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:32:42 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44593 The only factor that I would add to the New Phyrexia / Avacyn Restored discussion is that New Phyrexia might not be the best comparison due to the fact that New Phyrexia has multiple cards sought after in eternal formats at all rarities, such as Karn, Batterskull, phyrexian mana cards, infect pieces, etc.

Avacyn Restored will have Restoration Angel, possibly miracles, and a couple of casual pieces, buty so far I can’t imagine that it will have the same appeal after rotation.

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By: pi https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44587 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:45:09 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44587 In reply to WeQu.

Exactly what I was thinking when I read Mateusz’ comment.

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By: pi https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44586 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:43:47 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44586 In reply to Sigmund Ausfresser.

Sure, just saying that there is likely little connection to new players if you use Force as a sample. If new players would be getting into Legacy you might see something like Flame Rift go up (not that that is happening, but that card would be more likely to show it, I’m sure there are better examples).

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By: WeQu https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/03/insider-whats-not-moving-lately/#comment-44582 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:47:52 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36558#comment-44582 In reply to Sigmund Ausfresser.

A big set means that more packs need to be cracked to have the same amount of certain rares/mythics in the market… So it might even be “better” than New Phyrexia?

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