David Schumann looks back on some of his first articles and tries to judge how accurate his calls were.
Food Chain
Jason suggests keeping abreast of the metagame may provide a lot of insight into speculation targets, then (conveniently) covers decks from the weekend.
David describes his process for evaluating the Legacy potential of new cards, and applies it to several spoiled cards from Gatecrash.
The approaching Holiday Cube is set to inject Urza’s and Masques block boosters into the MTGO market. Matthew Lewis discusses the resulting financial opportunities.
Jason hails the arrival of a new Legacy deck developed by QS’s own, marvels at auction-goers’ utter ignorance of Magic value, and peruses the weekend’s tournament results with his characteristic wit.
Sigmund buys cards with the hope of profiting on them. But what some people may overlook is the fact that the majority of his purchases are not based solely on speculation. Learn more about the angle Sigmund has successfully pursued.
Sigmund takes a look at the reasons why investing in Magic is worth even more than the money it makes.
Tyler unveils his pet Food Chain/Misthollow Griffin deck and runs through all the neat interactions, including why it isn’t actually terrible.
Corbin Hosler breaks down what overlooked cards from the last two sets are actually casual gold!
Corbin Hosler responds to some reader comments from last week and breaks down how he did speculating on the Pro Tour!
Hasbro recently reported their earnings. Things look a little bleak, but Magic: the Gathering is one of their strongest performers. How does the stock market and the mothership’s results cater to your profit? Sigmund dives deeper into this relationship and unearths some careful observations.
Rise of the Eldrazi is the Timmy dream set. It’s what you’d get if you built a set with the premise of “no rush till turn 7” and packed mana accelerants in everything. The set is based around the Eldrazi, giant and evil old legends that awaken on Zendikar. There’s a little bit of plot to this set, but mostly people remember weird drafts and a couple really big monsters.
