Fated Retribution | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:37:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Fated Retribution | 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 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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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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Origins Standard is here, and some cards have already broken out. Find out which cards Ryan is bullish on for the near future of Standard!

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Results from SCG Chicago are in, and a plethora of interesting new decks seem to have cropped up! Mike Lanigan looks over the ones that caught his eye.

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Sliver Hivelord Not a 7/7? Is his ability that good that it meant needing to shrink him? We'll have to see. This is obviously a solid Commander, although people are learning to play removal spells like Terminus and Hallowed Burial, this will hose decks that can't play white and will allow you to run those […]

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Corbin Hosler takes one last look at Theros Block Constructed, going a little beyond the PT top eight to find possible gems.

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Worldknit Sweet baby Heliod. This card is all-in, isn't it? You're drafting 5 color goodstuff with this guy in your first pack. Those poop 23rd cards? Well, they're in the deck. The good thing is, we haven't seen any way to remove Conspiracies (yet) so you're reasonably safe pretending you have a Chromatic Lantern all […]

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Which bulk rares now are tomorrow's casual all-stars? Corbin Hosler continues his series on casual picks with a review of Theros block.

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Today Corbin Hosler looks back at his predictions about Born of the Gods to gauge their accuracy.

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With spiking dual lands and record-breaking Modern events, it's easy to overlook Standard. This week Sig looks at a few targets based on previously proven strategies.

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Jason Alt covers the best from the world of MTG podcasting and the results from GP Melbourne and SCG Atlanta.

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Jason Alt looks at the out-of-control hype that followed close on the heals of the PT, the Pro Tour itself, and results from SCG St. Louis.

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Casual cards may not be glamorous but they make money all the same. Corbin Hosler looks at the current batch of promising casual staples that stand to gain in coming years.

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