Bump In The Night | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:46:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Bump In The Night | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 MTG Metagame Finance #30 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/mtg-metagame-finance-30/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/mtg-metagame-finance-30/#respond Thu, 07 Feb 2019 18:19:42 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91577

This week, Eddie takes a deeper look into how Ravnica Allegiance is starting to affect all formats, along with his resulting portfolio updates.

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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 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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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 […]

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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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Danny Brown has been using PucaTrade a lot since his last article on the subject. He explains how it can be an essential complement to buylisting, and covers the major benefits and concerns.

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Danny Brown has recently started to get his feet wet with PucaTrade. He breaks down his initial impressions, and evaluates the service from the standpoint of the serious speculator.

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Each week, we review what went on behind the QS Insider curtain. It's a great way to see what you might be missing if you're not a subscriber, and a great way to get caught up if you are!

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Legacy and Vintage have the highest return on investment on MTGO right now, and Ryan proposes a wallet friendly Burn list for you to put some virtual sleeves on and win some packs with.

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Ryan checks in with some initial thoughts on the directions Modern, Pauper, and Standard are heading.

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Modern PTQ seasons has impacted the price of many format staples in a huge way. Paul breaks down the cards he still thinks are prime targets.

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

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What's a Prerelease like when you have to debate whether to open booster packs in your own language or not? Neale shares a father-son outing of an epic adventure through Innistrad!

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Joshua Justice takes a closer look at rares mythics and playable commons and uncommons with his set review of Innistrad.

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