Corbin Hosler examines the surprising decline of Modern staples as we move in season. This certainly doesn’t spell the end of Modern’s heyday, but it does merit a careful response.
Finance History
A controversial Tweet last Friday left Sigmund with self-doubt. This week he explores his overall investment strategy and explains how he allocatates his resources between the stock market and MTG investments.
Sigmund shares an outside-the-box speculation idea…from Homelands. Before you laugh take a look at the new combo–the idea isn’t half-bad, and it might make you money.
Sylvain Lehoux goes over his experiences speculating on Block from the last two years, and applies lessons to Journey Into Nyx.
Several months in advance of the Modern season, prices are already moving on MTGO. Sylvain Lehoux looks at the state of Modern in light of data from past years.
Danny examines the potential of fall set rares as speculation targets, breaking down when they should or should not be acquired.
The prices of fetchlands have dropped precipitously since the release of Theros. Matthew Lewis looks to the past for reasons and examines the prospect of buying in.
FTV: 20 will release a slew of reprints, including Jace the Mind Sculptor. David Schumann looks to past FTV sets to determine how prices will react.
Matthew Lewis examines the price history of mythic rare reprints to get insight into the future trajectory of the M14 planeswalkers.
Jace, the Mind Sculptor is slated for a reprint and Corbin asks how this will affect its price. He looks back to other high-profile reprints to orient his thoughts.
David Schumann continues his research on the impact of reprints on a card’s price. This time he looks at out-of-print cards reentering the Standard environment.
Lots of discussion has surfaced recently about price spikes in the MTG market. Jared Elick explains the important role speculators play in stabilizing artificially inflated prices.
Gervaise has compiled an exhaustive study of the path many of RtR’s chase singles have taken over the past three months, focusing much of his attention on the little Elf Shaman who could.