Balefire Dragon | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:46:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Balefire Dragon | 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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The life cycle of UMA prices seems to be shorter than with other Masters sets, and David believes the time to pick up cards is now. He outlines the most appealing targets.

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Rob closes out his UMA Box Toppers review special on today's segment.

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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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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 […]

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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, everybody and welcome to a new week of the Daily Stock Watch! Standard cards are starting to move in the wake of new brews with cards from Guild of Ravnica, and we're all but ready to see which deck will be the new Black Red Midrange (arguably the best deck from last season) of […]

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Rob analyzes the future of this dragon from Shadowmoor. Learn more about it here.

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Rob doesn't like the idea of riding this dragon's financial rise. Find out why!

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Dragons have traditionally been steady gainers due to casual demand, but will the printing of a whole set full of them reduce their unique appeal? Jason Alt investigates.

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Corbin reviews some of his calls on casual cards from six months ago, discussing which to move and which to hold. He also has his eye on some new casual targets for mid- to long-term gains.

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In the holiday spirit, Danny Brown looks at some red and/or green cards that should be on your radar. These cards are recently rotated and likely at price floors, so they're primed for pickup.

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David Schumann explains how he determines which cards to target at rotation, and what his picks are for this year.

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Magic may be one of the best games ever made, but others are out there. Mike Lanigan talks about exploring some of them at the Origins Game Fair last weekend.

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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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Matthew Lewis examines some of the traps in online speculating that are easy to fall into, and how to avoid them. An important article for anyone serious about profiting on MTGO.

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Andy walks us through one of his more powerful Commander decks, based on library manipulation and headed by Maelstrom Wanderer. If you've ever longed to go nuts with Call of the Wild or Proteus Staff, read on.

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In his final article, Jules is, once again, Going in Blind.

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Jules Robins defeats Jon Finkel, 2-0. (And, yes, that really happened!)

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