Divinity of Pride | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:58:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Divinity of Pride | 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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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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When similar cards have different prices, one of them is often ripe for a correction. Jason Alt discusses how to look for these discrepancies and get ahead of the market.

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Corbin has his eye on several cards that may benefit from the rash of reprints in Modern Masters. He advises picking up these cards in anticipation of next Modern season.

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Modern Masters has been hyped as a value-laden set, and many people are cracking it for singles. Carl Szalich crunches the numbers to see if such a practice yields positive EV.

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It was a big weekend for tournament Magic, from a SCG Open in Nashville all the way up to the Pro Tour itself. Jason Alt brings you all the results fit to print.

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Corbin Hosler explains why he targets Casual cards and why you should too!

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Corbin Hosler breaks down the best Prerelease trading methods just in time for your local Dark Ascension Prerelease!

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Eventide is packed with some expensive casual and tournament cards. The set contains many enemy-colored cards, from Lieges to filter-lands. The power of the lands, along with Reflecting Pool and the Vivid cycle, let people play essentially anything they wanted in decks.

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Corbin Hosler breaks down 10 cards or cycles you didn't know were worth as much as they are! Use this knowledge to get a leg up trading at States.

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With Extended season nearing the finish line, Corbin Hosler tell you why now is the time to sell part of your collection and searches for unexpected cards to make you money!

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