Dragon Whisperer | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:26:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Dragon Whisperer | 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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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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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-23-free-giveaway-2/feed/ 0 Mtg Arena Has Been Framed! Who Is the Real MTGO Killer? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:00:44 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90705

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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Sylvain is out for a few weeks, but he’s keeping us updated on all the movements in the High Stakes MTGO portfolio. Read on for this week’s buys and sells.

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Sylvain is out for a few weeks, but he’s keeping us updated on all the movements in the High Stakes MTGO portfolio. Read on for this week’s buys and sells.

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On the cusp of the Spring rotation Mike covers the cards you'll want to stock up on. These cards are sure to make waves in Constructed moving forward.

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Breaking the slump from September and October, November has been much more productive for the "100 Tix, 1 Year" bankroll. Sylvain discusses how he aims to conclude the adventure.

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David Schumann covers the MTG Stock Watch, with an analysis of the biggest gainers and losers in the recent weeks.

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell.

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Halfway through his 100 Tix 1 Year project, Sylvain presents a summary of the first six months, during which the account tripled. See for yourself and congratulate the winner of the six-month guess.

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Red Devotion is dead. Long live Red Devotion.

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Dragons of Tarkir has been fully spoiled and it's time for the Top 8. Mike Lanigan picks the cards most likely to impact Constructed and discusses what roles they may play.

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Ryan takes a look at pre-order prices of the Dragons of Tarkir. Find out which cards are hits and which are hype!

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Derek takes a look at the remainder of Dragons of Tarkir's mythics, and isn't terribly excited about what he's found.

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Mike Lanigan is less than enthused about the eponymous dragons themselves in Dragons of Tarkir, but there's no shortage of exciting spoiled cards. He covers the ones that have caught his eye so far.

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Kolaghan's Command This card is really polarizing people, which is very interesting. Some have called it the best of the cycle, some the worst. This certainly feels a lot like the others to me - a card with sideboard modes but enough maindeck modes that you can feel confident slotting this in the main. I […]

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Kolaghan's Command This card is really polarizing people, which is very interesting. Some have called it the best of the cycle, some the worst. This certainly feels a lot like the others to me - a card with sideboard modes but enough maindeck modes that you can feel confident slotting this in the main. I […]

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