Dracogenius | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:01:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Dracogenius | 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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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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This is the first article from my new series, MTG Questions. You might be familiar with the Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em series (rebranded as MTG Metagame Finance), which takes a tournament-oriented perspective. I decided to start this series to focus on more general aspects of MTG finance. The two series will work together, as when […]

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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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Niels is here to give us his take on every card in the Commander 2017 Dragon deck, Draconic Domination!

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This week, some cards from Commander 2017 were leaked three months ahead of the release, and Adam's here to cover what we know and what it means.

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In this new chapter of his Nine Months of Portfolio Management, Sylvain discusses the poor decisions he made with Return to Ravnica block cards--the losing category of his portfolio--and explain what not to do with Standard positions.

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Sylvain unveils the groundwork to his recent MTGO portfolio management experiment. What did he do with thousands of tix?

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Danny shares tips on how he approaches spoiler season smartly.

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Check out the Journey Into Nyx Spoilers on our official [JOU] Mini-Site!   We've now seen another of the gods from Journey into Nyx, and again we aren't disappointed. Much like his R/W buddy, Keranos is extremely powerful. There's no that all the gods have delivered so far (okay, maybe not Ephara), and Keranos is no […]

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Check out the Journey Into Nyx Spoilers on our official [JOU] Mini-Site! This cycle of Gods is really shaping up. In a vacuum I really like Keranos an awful lot. But I feel like this is a card like Phenax and it probably will suffer due to a lack of a deck to go in. […]

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Standard is a wide open format right now, which means lots of people are inventing sweet brews. Mike surveys the field for some strategies you may have overlooked.

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Can one devise a Commander tournament that abides by the format's spirit of sportsmanship and social play? Andy Martin has a few ideas for possible solutions.

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