Daretti Scrap Savant | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 23 Feb 2023 23:13:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Daretti Scrap Savant | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 No Myr Coincidence: Speculating on Urtet https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/02/no-myr-coincidence-speculating-on-urtet/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/02/no-myr-coincidence-speculating-on-urtet/#respond Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=127070

David S. discusses the recent spike in cards for Urtet decks, as well as some juicy targets the speculators may have missed. Is it still early enough to strike?

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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 holidays are in full swing and the new year is right around the corner. And as some of you may know, the stock market has been a bit shaky in the last month or so. But it seems Magic is still doing pretty well during this slightly volatile time. I think a good portion […]

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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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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 […]

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Did you ever think that maybe you should be getting paid for some of the Magic busy work you do for free? Morgan's got some tips for just that issue.

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Statistical tools like regression lines can be of enormous help to isolate and make sense of trends in Magic prices. David lays out the basics and illustrates with an example.

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Many families share Christmas on not just one day, but over many days throughout the holiday season. My family has our Christmas normally on the 25th at our own homes, but everyone knows that the 26th is the day we all get together at my mom’s house. Today, just like the 26th for my family, […]

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Mike's here to break down the Commander 2016 decks. Which will be most powerful and which will be most valuable?

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Julian Biondillo goes off the beaten path with a mono-red Reanimator deck built around Feldon of the Third Path.

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Jason Alt looks at the trajectory of Kuldotha Forgemaster after its Top 8 in GP Edison, which surprised many by being so lackluster. Why did it break the mold, and what does that tell us about other cards?

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Grand Prix New Jersey is right around the corner and it promises to be one of the biggest GP's yet. Jason Alt breaks down the relevant factors to get a picture of its likely impact on Legacy prices.

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