Ephara | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:37:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Ephara | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Insider: The Effect of Secret Lairs https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/03/insider-the-effect-of-secret-lairs/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/03/insider-the-effect-of-secret-lairs/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:00:29 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=94818

David does a deep dive on Secret Lair series, with a focus how these reprints have affected overall prices of the reprinted cards.

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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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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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Rob ends the week with the usual freaky Friday pick! Check out what it is this time here.

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For speculators, the new core set release is often a sign of good opportunity. Sylvain reviews what he thinks might be worth picking up in Theros block, Modern and Vintage during the upcoming M15 release events.

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Alexander Carl takes on the volatile Vintage Masters market. Where is the value? When should you buy Power? And what other opportunities are presenting themselves?

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Dylan shines a light on the under-explored market for foils.

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Matthew Lewis reviews all the mythic rares from Born of the Gods and rates them for speculative potential based on current prices.

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Born of the Gods is here and it definitely brought some eyebrow raising treasures along with it. Most sets come with a mailbag full of goodies, but Born of the Gods has done us a solid favor by making our options very obvious. Almost everyone has tossed their two cents into the hat about what […]

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Corbin Hosler presents his prerelease primer for Born of the Gods. Read on for an analysis of the good pickups and overpriced cards alike.

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It's time for the set review! Mike Lanigan discusses the best Standard cards in Born of the Gods and how they will impact the format.

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