Bad Moon | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 03:00:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Bad Moon | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Takeaways from MagicFest Indianapolis https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/takeaways-from-magicfest-indianapolis/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/takeaways-from-magicfest-indianapolis/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:00:23 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=93838

Last Friday Sig drove to MagicFest Indianapolis, where he experienced inconsistent results in trying to move some Old School cards. One vendor did come to the rescue, but Sig's strategy going forward is going to be a little different.

The post Takeaways from MagicFest Indianapolis first appeared on Quiet Speculation.

]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/takeaways-from-magicfest-indianapolis/feed/ 0 MTG Metagame Finance #24 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-24/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-24/#respond Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:05:52 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90841

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 […]

The post MTG Metagame Finance #24 first appeared on Quiet Speculation.

]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-24/feed/ 0 MTG Metagame Finance #23 (Free Giveaway #2!) https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-23-free-giveaway-2/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-23-free-giveaway-2/#respond Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:00:16 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90756

Ultimate Masters has hit the market and there’s already been a lot of movement. The prices of the reprints dropped as they usually do when a set first hits the market. But it seems like the prices have started to rebound a lot quicker this time around. There’s a slight possibility they could drop again […]

The post MTG Metagame Finance #23 (Free Giveaway #2!) first appeared on Quiet Speculation.

]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-23-free-giveaway-2/feed/ 0 Mtg Arena Has Been Framed! Who Is the Real MTGO Killer? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:00:44 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90705

Magic Online has a problem. A card value problem. In a recent Channel Fireball article, Florian Koch showed just how much card prices have fallen over the past few years: That's right. To own a playset of the cheapest version of every Magic card ever printed on MTGO would have cost you roughly $28,000 in […]

The post Mtg Arena Has Been Framed! Who Is the Real MTGO Killer? first appeared on Quiet Speculation.

]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/feed/ 4 Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #20 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/11/hold-em-fold-em-20/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/11/hold-em-fold-em-20/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:15:32 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90488

Many people have been saying there’s been a little less movement regarding Magic finance during the past few weeks or months. Some people are saying there’s a slowdown. Others are saying it’s normal because the holidays are around the corner and players have less money to spend on Magic cards. Regardless, Magic continues to move […]

The post Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #20 first appeared on Quiet Speculation.

]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/11/hold-em-fold-em-20/feed/ 7 Insider: Three Psychological Effects That Can Cause Bad Financial Decisions https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/10/insider-three-psychological-effects-that-can-cause-bad-financial-decisions/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/10/insider-three-psychological-effects-that-can-cause-bad-financial-decisions/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:22:49 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=77336

In Magic finance as elsewhere, people tend to fall into psychological traps involving emotions and bias. Sigmund highlights some of these tendencies to help improve your decision making.

The post Insider: Three Psychological Effects That Can Cause Bad Financial Decisions first appeared on Quiet Speculation.

]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/10/insider-three-psychological-effects-that-can-cause-bad-financial-decisions/feed/ 1 Soon-to-be-Reprinted: Examining Garruk vs. Liliana https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/08/soon-to-be-reprinted-examining-garruk-vs-liliana/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/08/soon-to-be-reprinted-examining-garruk-vs-liliana/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:50:00 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=51109

In this last of four installments, we review Garruk vs. Liliana, and discuss whether Duel Decks: Anthology is a buy at MSRP.

The post Soon-to-be-Reprinted: Examining Garruk vs. Liliana first appeared on Quiet Speculation.

]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/08/soon-to-be-reprinted-examining-garruk-vs-liliana/feed/ 1 Insider: Journey Into Nyx Top 10 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/04/insider-journey-into-nyx-top-10/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/04/insider-journey-into-nyx-top-10/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:00:41 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=46216

Mike Lanigan reviews Journey Into Nyx with his pick for the top ten cards most likely to impact Standard.

The post Insider: Journey Into Nyx Top 10 first appeared on Quiet Speculation.

]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/04/insider-journey-into-nyx-top-10/feed/ 16 Horde Magic 2.0 – Introducing The Raid https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/02/horde-magic-2-0-introducing-the-raid/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/02/horde-magic-2-0-introducing-the-raid/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:00:36 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=36323

Pete returns with an update to his popular Horde Magic format, introducing an element of story with The Raid.

The post Horde Magic 2.0 – Introducing The Raid first appeared on Quiet Speculation.

]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/02/horde-magic-2-0-introducing-the-raid/feed/ 8 Insider: Tallying Time Spiral, Pt. 2 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/10/insider-tallying-time-spiral-pt-2/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/10/insider-tallying-time-spiral-pt-2/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:59:05 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=22126

Welcome back to another week of financially-minded set reviews. This week, we are finishing our look at Time Spiral, an incredible set for players and collectors. Like I said before, Time Spiral was a set that rewarded long-time players.

The post Insider: Tallying Time Spiral, Pt. 2 first appeared on Quiet Speculation.

]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/10/insider-tallying-time-spiral-pt-2/feed/ 1 Horde Magic: A New Way to Play Magic and Survive Zombie Invasions https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/09/horde-magic-a-new-way-to-play-magic-and-survive-zombie-invasions/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/09/horde-magic-a-new-way-to-play-magic-and-survive-zombie-invasions/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:04:47 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=21427

Peter Knudson introduces a format to appease your Zombie apocalypse needs. Grab a deck and prepare to face off against the relentless Zombie Horde with Peter's new way to put your cards to use and outlive the undead.

The post Horde Magic: A New Way to Play Magic and Survive Zombie Invasions first appeared on Quiet Speculation.

]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/09/horde-magic-a-new-way-to-play-magic-and-survive-zombie-invasions/feed/ 83 Observing Odyssey https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/04/observing-odyssey/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/04/observing-odyssey/#respond Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:20:18 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=13063

Odyssey came off the heels of the fan-favorite Invasion Block. While Invasion's theme was gold cards, Odyssey's theme regarded the graveyard as a resource. Wizards R&D designed cards to exploit two previously-neglected ideas – benefits when one discards a card (the Madness mechanic) and the number of cards in the graveyard (Threshold). Although both mechanics […]

The post Observing Odyssey first appeared on Quiet Speculation.

]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/04/observing-odyssey/feed/ 0