Comments on: Insider: Five Underpriced Modern Specs https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/09/insider-five-underpriced-modern-specs/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:23:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: theuseless https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/09/insider-five-underpriced-modern-specs/#comment-1269768 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 07:20:57 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=65672#comment-1269768 Glad to see regular rares as specs. I think that paper speculators are too rigid in some rules. Especially the “Rares are the new uncommons.”

When it comes to foils, I like Mythics far better. But cheap rares (I’m looking at you Rest in Peace) seem like no brainers.

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By: phyrexian trader https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/09/insider-five-underpriced-modern-specs/#comment-1266254 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:12:00 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=65672#comment-1266254 where are the etched champions?

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By: James https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/09/insider-five-underpriced-modern-specs/#comment-1263813 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 02:34:35 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=65672#comment-1263813 It looks like you have been digging in my spec box. I cleaned out my local stores bulk box of these 6 months ago. I did messed up on the death’s Shadows, I cleaned out the local stores bulk box at .40 each and sold 7 playsets for 12.99 each.

Tasigur has been my favorite spec, I preorderer 20 playsets at $6 a playset when they first came out. Just about every financer wrote them of as to expensive to cast (it’s funny, that was the same thing they did with dig thru time and I got 25 playsets at $5 a playset). when the first big tournament hit I sold them for $45. I rolled that into the foils. I picked up 22 foils for between 20 and 25 each. Then when tasigur bottomed out I picked up 60 plus copies at around $5 each. Now I’m just waiting for them to get to my selling price. I may be holding them for quite a while because I see the foil as the next future tarmogoyf.

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By: Bobg https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/09/insider-five-underpriced-modern-specs/#comment-1263148 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 22:59:57 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=65672#comment-1263148 Hangarback Walker did not get played in the 1st place modern Affinity deck this weekend nor the 3rd, 5th, or 12 place Affinity. It appears none of the high ranked Affinity decks thought it was a good choice. Link the modern open Cinnci deck lists – http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/deck

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By: Brian DeMars https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/09/insider-five-underpriced-modern-specs/#comment-1262174 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 17:36:50 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=65672#comment-1262174 In reply to Jim.

I think the Walkers are insane in Affinity, so I’d say that if you want to play with them absolutely it’s ok to buy in now. I actually think they are going to go up again in the short term as people start using them more and more outside of Standard, and I have a inkling that Walker may be the “best” card in Standard post rotation — so wouldn’t be surprised to see it go up after BFZ Standard metagame settles in. Unless the card gets a reprint I don’t ever see it having less than a $12 price tag at any point and the upside is very high two or three years down the line.

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By: Jim https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/09/insider-five-underpriced-modern-specs/#comment-1261669 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 14:46:34 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=65672#comment-1261669 Null Rod flavor text win! Great bite-sized article Brian, so I missed the hangarback boat and just kinda resigned to never owning them as their price climbed. Problem is I play Affinity when I have the time, should I just bite the bullet and buy a foil playset now before their price gets truly absurd? Kicking myself for not buying a foil Russian copy on eBay for $15ish a while back…

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