MTG Fast Finance

MTG Fast Finance Podcast: Episode 46

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MTG Fast Finance is our weekly podcast covering the flurry of weekly financial activity in the world of Magic: The Gathering. MFF provides a fast, fun and useful sixty minute format. Follow along with our seasoned hosts as they walk you through this week’s big price movements, their picks of the week, metagame analysis and a rotating weekly topic.


Show Notes: Dec 16th, 2016

Segment 1: Top Movers of the Week

Note: Price movements reflect posted NM prices, and may not represent prices players have paid.

Spike Weaver (Exodus, Rare)
Start: $3.00
Finish: $16.00
Gain: +$13.00 (+433%)

Bastion Protector (C15, Rare)
Start: $2.00
Finish: $7.50
Gain: +$5.50 (+275%)

Krark-Clan Ironworks (Mirrodin, Foil Uncommon)
Start: $9.50
Finish: $22.00
Gain: +$12.50 (+132%)

Shapesharer (Lorwyn, Foil Rare)
Start: $5.00
Finish: $9.00
Gain: +$4.00 (+80%)

Repercussion Urza’s Destiny, Foil Rare)
Start: $12.00
Finish: $21.00
Gain: +$8.00 (+67%)

Master Transmuter (Conflux, Rare)
Start: $8.75
Finish: $13.00
Gain: +$4.25 (+49%)

Scourglass (SOA, Foil Rare)
Start: $9.00
Finish: $13.00
Gain: +$4.00 (+44%)
Segment 2: Cards to Watch

James Picks:

    1. Saheeli Rai (KLD, Mythic), Confidence Level 7: $5.00 to $10.00 (+5.00/100%, 0-12+ months)
    2. Khans of Tarkir Set (Via MTGO), Confidence Level 7: $80.00 to $130.00 (+$50/+63%, 12+ months)

Travis Picks:

  1. Scourglass, (Shards of Alara, Rare), Confidence Level 7: $3.00 to $10.00 (+$7.00/167%, 0-6+ months)
  2. Purphoros, God of the Forge, (Theros, Mythic Rare, Foil), Confidence Level 7: $20.00 to $30.00 (+$10.00/50%, 6-12+ months)

Disclosure: Travis and James may own speculative copies of the above cards.
Segment 3: Metagame Week in Review

The guys briefly touched on the results from the recent round of RTPQs on MTGO.

Segment 4: Topic of the Week

James & Travis discuss the ins and outs of ordering specs from overseas.

James Chillcott is the CEO of ShelfLife.net, The Future of Collecting, Senior Partner at Advoca, a designer, adventurer, toy fanatic and an avid Magic player and collector since 1994.

Accumulated Knowledge

PROTRADER: The Time To Buy

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Okay, so good news/bad news. The good news? THIS is the the historical best time to buy Magic cards. Right now! Pretty much now-ish until the first week or two of January. Now it’s worth mentioning that Aether Revolt releases on January 20th, but I don’t think that will hurt us now. The bad news, of course, is that for a lot of people this is the absolute worst time to be spending lots of money on Magic cards for yourself. That’s why we are going to have to be smart and make sure we are putting a lot of thought into our targets. We’re going to parse what we can from the spoiled cards we’ve seen so far, and then use the rest of the data at our disposal to make informed decisions from there.

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Brainstorm Brewery

Brainstorm Brewery #218 – Risk Assessment

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Corbin clearly wants to talk about his brew but he gets no-sir’d by the gang. If you want to watch it because you hate yourself, the link is here.

Just kidding, that was Corbin hitting a light pole. The real link is here.

That was Corbin hitting a light pole again. The real link is here.

http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=13671

We get into a pretty good discussion about risk assessment and how to find stuff that Commander 2016 hasn’t made spike yet. If you don’t pay attention to EDH, better start now because it’s making hella prices spike and nothing else is really doing much. Get into trouble with us.

Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
Mardu Eldrazi? No thanks!
Cards spiked? Why?
Reprint Risk? How do we assess what’s safe and what isn’t?
Breaking Bulk
Pick of the Week
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PROTRADER: PucaPicks for 12/15/16

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It’s the surprises that keep me coming back. As we travel further back in Magic’s history, raiding old draft boxes, we are at five and six and seven years ago. If you’ve been playing all this time, maybe you remember these formats. Maybe this is your first exposure to some of these cards. Remember, these are all commons and uncommons.

Our goal here is to mine for the cards of not just value, but demand. It doesn’t do as much good to have one $10 card that moves in a year, as compared to ten $1 cards that I can move right now.

I also want to note that I’ve seen some of the cards I highlight move in price. Last week, Galvanic Blast was nearly 100 points, now it’s under 80. I’m not blaming anyone, but it does seem that the faster you move, the better off you will be.

This week, we are covering the newer standard of core sets, as well as Zendikar block, widely given credit as leading a renaissance for Magic.

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