End Hostilities | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:21:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png End Hostilities | 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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Eddie takes a look at some cards to pick up during the winter lull, and prepares us for more Ravnica Allegiance spoiler speculation.

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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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Welcome back, folks. Today we're going to plunge forward and go over the best rares for you to invest in from Core 19. In case you missed last week's mythic article, check it out here. With the rares, I will only rank the top 10. These rankings are intended for Magic Online, but the analyses […]

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One of the great things about mistakes is that we can learn from them, thereby not repeating them. To that end, today Kyle is walking us through his learning process this year.

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David continues the "Strong Foundation" series with a discussion on value. He explains how investors use the term and how it applies to Magic finance.

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Standard continues to deliver on the innovation front with GP Kobe last weekend. Mike picks apart some of the interesting decks from the event and presents his own build of B/W.

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The Top 8 at Pro Tour BFZ was full of established decks. Mike Lanigan digs into the Top 16 to discuss some more interesting decks that nearly made the cut.

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Chaz revisits his pre-rotation targets to see how they're faring in the new Standard. There were some hits and some duds, but in both cases much to learn for future rotations.

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In a format with absurd mana, it's important to push limits. Could Mantis Rider and Crackling Doom combine to be a pillar of new Standard?

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I'm going to the Pro Tour.  No, don't worry, I didn't suddenly discover how to play Magic better than a 12 year old.  I'm going because I want to see, first-hand, how this new Standard metagame shakes out.  I'm going because our Insiders deserve better than to have someone regurgitating what they see on Twitch all […]

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The new set is fully spoiled and Mike Lanigan is ready with his Top 10. These are the cards that will impact Standard the most, so don't miss out on the action!

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