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Insider: Across the Atlantic – Online Shopping

Gervaise delves into the techniques and reasons behind using the internet as a primary mode of card acquisition.

Insider: Vintage & Legacy Markets, Overmaster and More Crazy Picks

We’ve got a lot to go over this week! First, I want to talk to you about quirks of the collector market in Legacy and Vintage. I’ll also touch on a pop-up card and some out-there picks in anticipation of Return to Ravnica.

Insider: MTGO Standard Market Snapshot

The quantity of product opened is but one of several factors that determine the supply of cards in the MTGO market. In today’s article Matthew Lewis analyzes recent data from a number of online retailers to get an idea of where online Standard prices are headed next year.

Insider: Where Will All the Fatties Go?

Which Standard fatties from last year are poised to gain value as future casual staples? Chad looks at post-rotation and decides what to do with his titans and praetors.

Insider: New Product Hype

Twitter has recently been buzzing with MTG discussion. Sigmund touches upon each of the upcoming product releases and uses the facts to theorize how they will impact card prices in the coming months.

Insider: More Examples of Predictive Senses

It’s another week of examples today, selected to help hone some of your predictive senses on speculation. I’m going to share some cards today and I’ll be honest – sometimes, I still don’t know why these things act the way they do. Join me as we tease out the reasons why cards go up or fail to go up. You’ll get a sense of my thinking process and the questions that I’m asking myself along the way.

Ask Kelly – Snapcaster Mage, Restoration Angel and Fostering Healthy Trading Communities

In this new series, Quiet Speculation founder Kelly Reid dips into the reader mailbag and brings answers that come from his Magic expertise, business experience and
writing at Forbes. He answers questions on specific cards, general trends, the Magic lifestyle and more.

Insider: M13’s Impact on Card Values

There may only be a few financially relevant cards in M13. This does not imply that M13 won’t have impact on card values in other sets. Sigmund theorizes where the newest set may have the most financial influence.

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