The Magic Card Market

The Magic Card Market Changes Quickly.

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There are over 15,000 different Magic cards in existence.  How are you supposed to keep track of 15,000 prices?  There are major Magic tournaments almost every weekend.  How are you supposed to follow each one?  There are literally hundreds of card sellers online.  How are you supposed to find the best prices among all of those sellers?

We have contacts throughout the industry, on the floor of every Pro Tour, Grand Prix and Invitational event.  It’s our job to make sure that you know what’s happening in the Magic card market so you don’t lose money.

It’s our job to make you money. 

When was the last time you got an email worth $500?

QuietSpeculation.com Insider members got one during the most recent Pro Tour.

Here are some of the tips our members have received, verbatim, in their Inbox.  As you will see, each email we send is literally worth hundreds of dollars, if not more.

As an Insider member you can expect to get exclusive ‘Insider Alerts’ – up-to-the-minute reports from our highly informed coverage team, delivered  directly to your inbox.  (Click the chart to expand, prices quoted from tcgplayer.com)

02/10/2012 - “Brian Kibler is on the Channel-Fireball deck, as well as a number of other people. That deck is playing Huntmaster of the Fells, which was selling aggressively before the event began. Huntmaster is far from cheap, but if it’s a true 4-of in any of these top tier decks, $10 is dirt cheap.”  Our coverage team has eyes and ears everywhere.  We had Huntmaster of the Fells on our radar before Round 1 started and our Insiders were able to pick up as many as they wanted for $10 before this staple blew past the $20 mark.	Huntmaster of the Fells
11/17/2011 04:40 pm – “I’m getting reports that Olivia Voldaren and Devil’s Play are the big breakouts at Worlds right now. Patrick Chapin was using Olivia in his deck. Pay attention to what he plays! This is the guy who showed the world Punishing Fire + Grove and Thopter + Sword. They are already ticking up on MTGO, but there are doubtless copies to be had at local stores, even through this weekend.”  Olivia Voldaren shot past $10 within 48 hours, earning our subscribers over 100% gains.	Olivia Voldaren
04/19/2012 at 8:14 PM - [Misthollow Griffin] generates infinite mana with Food Chain…Food Chain is about $2-3 right now and I think it’s a fair card to speculate on for Legacy. I’d get a set or two. We saw what happened to Dream Halls when it took off, and Food Chain could easily climb to $8 or more in the next few days.  Food Chain did indeed spike, reaching $8 on May 1st 2012.	Food Chain
Our Insiders bought these alongside Huntmaster of the Fells. When was the last time you got an email worth that much money?	Dungeon Geists
May 11th 2012, 7:29 AM - “[Our sources] claimed that these were selling for $12 at the [Pro Tour Avacyn Restored] event site. The format doesn’t have great pinpoint creature kill and it’s got tons of creature-based mana acceleration, so a Silverheart that turns on a Borderland Ranger is a deal. It’s about $1.25 right now.”  Wolfir Silverheart’s retail price increased to almost $10 before the Pro Tour weekend was over.  Several subscribers saw gains of over $500 on that tip – one went deep and bought 300 copies.	Wolfir Silverheart

“Consecrated Sphinx needs to be bought by Insiders ASAP.  Multiple stores are sold out…and most stores now have them up to $5.   See what you can find, I tried to get in below $4 shipped….$10 is my hope, and $15+ is not entirely out of the question.”	Consecrated Sphinx
02/11/2012 3:25 PM – “We had a bit of discussion about Skirsdag High Priest in the QS forum and it turns out, it’s been seeing a bit of love in mono-black decks. Here’s a video deck tech featuring the card. The interviewee calls it a centerpiece of the deck and Sam Black said the card is “for real.”  They’re currently a quarter on TCGPlayer and other stores. At a dollar for a set, this card does not need to go up very much in value for the investment to pay off. This is the kind of cheap buy-in card everyone loves to look for.” Skirsdag High Priest steadily rose up to a dollar, 4 times our targeted purchase price.	Skirsdag High Priest
02/18/2012 04:41 PM - ”Kelly has told me that Vedalken Shackles is sold out all over the [Grand Prix Lincoln] event site and that many retailers are out online, too. This could be a real breakout card in Modern, so it’s worth trading for some and picking them up if you can get a good deal.” Turns out that paying full retail would have been a good deal; Vedalken Shackles shot up to $20 and has settled at $15.	Vedalken Shackles
04/09/2012 01:35 AM – “The new Miracle Time Walk is making Personal Tutor heat up…They are selling for $15 right now. This could be a very hot card to snag. I suggest lightly buying in at this point unless you feel gutsy. Huge swathes of these have sold in the last hour on Ebay and the pre-hype price was about $14. If you have the cash to buy deeply into this, you do not stand to lose much.”  You probably don’t have the time to scan Ebay every hour in the middle of the night.  We do, and we’ll do it for you too.  Flipping a playset of Personal Tutors would have bought you almost a full year of Insider membership.	Personal Tutor
05/20/2011 11:18 AM – “In case you missed the announcement last night. There’s no indication if this is a one-off format for the Community Cup, but it seems likely that this could become a real format. Speculation on MTGO has already begun, so tread carefully. The Ravnica shock-lands are mostly under 3 tix right now. If this becomes a real format, they’ll surely shoot way higher.” It’s not often that we get to call an entire format, but the biggest change in the last 10 years made our members tens of thousands of dollars.  Whether you invested in MTGO or Cardboard, you likely enjoyed a full order of magnitude gain across dozens of cards.	Steam Vents

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