Goblin Dark Dwellers | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Goblin Dark Dwellers | 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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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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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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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/10/daily-stock-watch-vivien-reid/feed/ 0 Jund’s Ugly Cousins: Hot Tech, Pt. 2 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/05/junds-ugly-cousins-hot-tech-pt-2/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/05/junds-ugly-cousins-hot-tech-pt-2/#comments Fri, 11 May 2018 16:00:51 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=17978 I wasn't kidding last week when I revealed needing to halve my tech article. Modern's been a brewer's paradise ever since the Jace and Bloodbraid unbans, and the last couple weeks of 5-0s have proven especially fruitful. This past week adds another smattering of interesting candidates to the fray. A Whole New Jund(s) First, let's […]

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Mike surveys some new decks that made an appearance in recent major events and considers some cards still flying under the radar for Standard play.

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Last week Brian explained his overall strategy for speculating around Modern Masters 2017. Now with the full spoiler out, it's time to apply the theory to some concrete picks.

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Mike breaks down a few of the under-the-radar decks that saw success at the Pro Tour. Don't want to play one of the big three decks in Standard? Check this one out!

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The Kaladesh spoilers have started rolling in and Brian is already considering what to acquire for rotation. Here are eight Standard cards to pick up.

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Ryan has been working on finding a deck for SCG Regionals, and through this labor he's come across some cards to watch out for at the Pro Tour.

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Mike looks over the more interesting decks to come out of SCG Columbus (read: not Bant Company) and shares his financial takeaways.

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Matthew Lewis presents the MTGO Market Report for this week, evaluating important events in the online market and highlighting a "trade of the week."

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Adam makes sense of last weekend's Standard Grand Prix double-header and identifies the specs he's picking up in their wake.

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Don't you hate how Magic Online only deals in full integers while bots eat fractions of your tix? Ryan offers advice on putting those dimes to work.

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Tired of white cards dominating Standard? Tomoharu Saito might have brewed just what you were looking for.

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