Angelic Overseer | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:58:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Angelic Overseer | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Case Against Power https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:00:20 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91686

Today's article subject spawned from a discussion that began in the QS Discord chat. One of our members was contemplating stepping away from the game for a while and wanted to know the best place to park his money and/or what to trade into. As expected, a lot of people immediately jumped to Power. The general […]

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The sequel to Guilds of Ravnica and the 80th expansion set in Magic: The Gathering's history is due to release on January 25, 2019.  Here's what we know about Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) so far, including any cards in the spoiler, the guilds represented, and cards to speculate on before the full spoiler is released.   The Guilds […]

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Ultimate Masters is still in full bounce back mode, and the last World Magic Cup has come to a finish. Plus, some sweet Ravnica Allegiance spoilers have hit the market so there’s gonna be a nice mix of things to talk about again in this piece. Owing to the spoilers, this might be a little […]

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Welcome back, folks. It's been a while since I last wrote an article, in large part because I've been unwilling to make any financial moves on MTGO before reading the December 6th announcement about competitive play on Arena. What is announced there could have major ramifications for investing on MTGO, and so I've been very […]

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Hello, everyone and welcome to a new edition of the Daily Stock Watch! Pre-release weekend is near and everyone's hyped for Assassin's Trophy Guilds of Ravnica. The return of fair decks in Modern is coming as they say, so everyone who will be trying to take care of their prized possessions from the hottest thing […]

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell.

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell.

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Vintage is coming to MTGO this summer by means of Vintage Masters. Sylvain Lehoux picks some Vintage staples that may rise as a result.

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Danny launches into a full assessment of the current state of his trade binder, analyzing the directions he sees many cards going in the coming weeks and months.

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David Schumann analyzes data on the price behavior of casual/EDH staples and explains the implications for picking up long-term specs at rotation.

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Casual players get excited by vastly different cards than competitive players. Jared Elick discusses what types of cards to stock in your trade binder for this crowd.

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Finding himself in a reflective mood this week, Matthew Lewis considers the ways in which he can improve as a speculator and offers up a few resolutions for the new year.

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Carlos develops a mono-white angels deck with Linvala at the helm. Read on to find out about Commander from a more casual bent than usual.

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Corbin Hosler reviews his financial predictions for Innistrad and breaks down how he did!

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Corbin Hosler explains why he targets Casual cards and why you should too!

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Matthew Lewis breaks down the year in terms of investments to be made on mtgo throughout the upcoming year.

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Corbin Hosler breaks down what Innistrad cards are casual hits that are being traded at bargain bin prices! Pad your margins with these sleepers.

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Corbin Hosler digs into both the Standard and Modern formats and advises you to pick up the most stable investments now!

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Commander decks don't have sideboards. So what do we do with the cards we'd normally put there? Jules has the answers!

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Ryan's back, and he's doing his thing reviewing the latest set for Commander and constructed goodies! Think you'll agree with everything?

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