Comments on: Insider: Rotation Picks (Gatecrash & Dragon’s Maze) https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/07/insider-rotation-picks-gatecrash-dragons-maze/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:33:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brian Kreie https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/07/insider-rotation-picks-gatecrash-dragons-maze/#comment-121035 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 19:45:42 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=48953#comment-121035 I like your analysis of Aurelia, the Warleader FOIL. You point out some very good points on her versatile nature. I speculated and bought some foils to see how it pans out. Oh yeah, the artwork is phenomenal!

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By: zach https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/07/insider-rotation-picks-gatecrash-dragons-maze/#comment-120367 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 19:54:58 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=48953#comment-120367 stomping ground sees play in zoo, jund, twin, kikipod, living end, and scapeshift.

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By: QuestionsComments https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/07/insider-rotation-picks-gatecrash-dragons-maze/#comment-120184 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 03:50:17 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=48953#comment-120184 For an insider article, this approach “here’s the amount I am going to look to pay – by the way, it’s about 75% lower than retail” is a HUGE cop-out.

If you’re going to call picks, call them with your audience’s ins…not your own personal ins. While there are probably several people here who are dealers, or player-dealers, I would bet a majority of the people who are insiders are buying from ebay, retail, and TCG. So, why don’t you grow a pair and make some calls with prices that are realistic?

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By: Alexis Haro https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/07/insider-rotation-picks-gatecrash-dragons-maze/#comment-120154 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:50:19 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=48953#comment-120154 Agreed with all your pics. I writed about this topic one month ago here

*Spanish Website
*GTC and RTR are on another article

http://www.necrotower.com/articulos/binder-tutor-un-paso-adelante-segunda-parte

Glad you have points i missed it!

Too bad DGM is an awful set with few pickups 🙁

See you soon!

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By: David Schumann https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/07/insider-rotation-picks-gatecrash-dragons-maze/#comment-120083 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 17:16:50 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=48953#comment-120083 In reply to thehordling.

1.) Most of my sellers are local players or sometimes LGS’s that have a lot of stock and don’t think they can move it (often they don’t attend major events like I do). A lot of the players around here come to me when they want to unload cards because I use MTG.GG to price them out so they make more than just selling to many stores.
2) I am more aggressive at picking up cards that I think will go up faster and or will be more liquid when they do, typically this does mean the staples of the block not rotating (specifically the mana base). The problem I’m seeing is that with the explosive growth of MTG and the competitive market still being a smallish fraction of the total playerbase it means more of the competitive cards are being opened than ever before. The only time you have a real home run is when a card is both a casual all-star and a competitive juggernaut.
3.) As stated these are the prices I’d buy them on the day of rotation, while some players will have unloaded these cards, the cards I mentioned as likely to not drop are the same ones that will likely not have been unloaded due to their stability. It’s also important to remember that there are plenty of players with limited income and when new sets hit they are more willing to deal and unload to get the latest “hot new cards” so their is more demand for both the new cards and more importantly cash for acquiring them.

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By: thehordling https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/07/insider-rotation-picks-gatecrash-dragons-maze/#comment-120079 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:44:37 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=48953#comment-120079 Some questions for you:

1. Where do you find sellers for these cards? An online website, word of mouth?

2. Are you much more aggressive pursuing Theros block cards right now that will improve at rotation?

3. When do you intend to pursue these cards at these prices? If you wait until the day of rotation, most players will have already liquidated their copies.

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