Earthshaker Khenra | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 01:49:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Earthshaker Khenra | 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 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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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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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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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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Eddie presents the latest price movements and advises on what to hold, what to get rid of, and the reasoning behind it.

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Rob ends the week with an unlikely featured card on the Daily Stock Watch!

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Pro Tour Dominaria is fast approaching. With the Standard metagame taking form, Adrian provides his picks for MTGO speculation targets before the event.

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Dominaria is here, and Adam explains how is impacting the market. He also shares some specs from the hottest new deck in Modern.

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Kyle's here today to give us the rundown on how the new Flashback Drafts on MTGO will work – and how we can profit off of them. Bonus: a portfolio review after a very active month!

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Building on the success of Ixalan speculation, Kyle's here to share his approach to Rivals of Ixalan rares. What's likely to make us the most money?

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Welcome back. Our deep dive into mythics on MTGO continues! For these next two weeks, we will be focused on mythics with converted mana costs of four and five (hereafter referred to as "midsize" mythics). This article is especially important because a plurality of mythics are printed in this range. How will they differ from […]

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This week, David breaks down a few format staples for five major formats, compares their buylist prices from five top stores, and draws a number of conclusions from the data. If you like getting deep into the numbers, this article is for you.

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Today, Kyle explores the impact the Standard bannings and changes to Treasure Chests are having on MTGO.

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Kyle's got some nice opportunities and plans you should know about as we approach the end of the year.

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Adrian breaks down a couple emerging decks that are impacting the market, one in Modern and the other in Standard.

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