Destructive Force | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:58:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Destructive Force | 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 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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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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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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Corbin looks back at trades he made years ago and finds out how those trades look today and what lessons can be learned from them!

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Bash bashed, but for how much and how well? Neale takes a reader submission and works with magic, discovering that planning must be proper to avert the dangers ahead!

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Everyone seems to collect something in Magic. This week Jay Kirkman sets his sights on a collection other than preconstructed decks!.

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Gregory gives you a full-set card by card design review of Mirrodin Besieged.

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I am an Aggro player at heart. Since this is my first article, I thought I'd start things off with an Aggro deck that seems like it can float under the radar with your current meta. It's a Green and Red Aggro deck... I was working on a similar list, but since that was put on the shelf for now, I will work within what I call a “development list phase.”

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/11/on-the-hunt-gruuling-it-out/feed/ 9 She’ll Be Riding a Frost Titan When She Comes https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/10/shell-be-riding-a-frost-titan-when-she-comes/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/10/shell-be-riding-a-frost-titan-when-she-comes/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:01:51 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=2675 Hey everybody, and welcome back to Whinston’s Whisdom. Let me start by addressing the comments from last week’s article. Having gone back and reread my article in response to the comments, I have to say I wholeheartedly agree with them. There was too much “here’s what I did” and not enough “here’s why/how I did […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/10/shell-be-riding-a-frost-titan-when-she-comes/feed/ 7 The State of Your Wallet https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/10/the-state-of-your-wallet/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/10/the-state-of-your-wallet/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:01:11 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=2359 Hey everyone, and welcome to another edition of Whinston’s Whisdom on Quietspeculation.com. Today, I’m going to look ahead to the States and Champs tournaments on September 9th, and what cards you should be looking for. Also, we have the first installment of Pack to Power. No trades yet, but I’ll list out the pack and […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/10/the-state-of-your-wallet/feed/ 19 The Revenue Review – 5 ways to kill a trade https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/09/the-revenue-review-5-ways-to-kill-a-trade/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/09/the-revenue-review-5-ways-to-kill-a-trade/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:52:37 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1897 Everyone knows “that guy.” You avoid him, but he’s always at your FNM trading with the new players and trying to take them for all they’re worth, quoting imaginary card prices or just otherwise being generally annoying. No one wants to trade with that guy. In an attempt to help you avoid ever resembling that […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/09/the-revenue-review-5-ways-to-kill-a-trade/feed/ 3 The Revenue Review – Makes and Misses https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/the-revenue-review-makes-and-misses/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/the-revenue-review-makes-and-misses/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:21:11 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1605 I know the last few weeks I haven’t had many trades for you guys, so last week I set out to remedy that. My plan was to hit up a Friday Night Magic with higher stakes than most. A store on the other side of town where I don’t go often was having a special […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/examining-digital-trading/feed/ 17 Whinston’s Whisdom – Customer Service https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/whinstons-whisdom-customer-service/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/whinstons-whisdom-customer-service/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:27:27 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1402 Hi everyone, and welcome to Whinston’s Whisdom. I hope you all enjoyed my last article on Quiet Speculation, and I’m glad to be back writing again. While last week’s prediction about Aluren becoming the runaway success story of Columbus wasn’t on the mark, it still put up a solid showing, so I wouldn’t be selling […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/whinstons-whisdom-customer-service/feed/ 2 The Revenue Review – The power of uncommons https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/the-revenue-review-%e2%80%93-the-power-of-uncommons/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/the-revenue-review-%e2%80%93-the-power-of-uncommons/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:59:56 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1433 Quick quiz – Name the three most expensive cards from the following list: Lavaclaw Reaches Sensei's Divining Top Spell Snare Malakir Bloodwitch Aether Vial Sunpetal Grove Mistbind Clique Celestial Purge Destructive Force Siege-Gang Commander All right, finished? An astute trader would immediately recognize that the three most valuable cards on the list are Sensei's Divining […]

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