History of Benalia | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:14:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png History of Benalia | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Tales from the Buylist #7 – The Challenger Decks and Rotation https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/tales-from-the-buylist-7-the-challenger-decks-and-rotation/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/tales-from-the-buylist-7-the-challenger-decks-and-rotation/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:18:21 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91997

Chris is back today to break down the Challenger Decks and how they will impact card prices, especially surrounding rotation.

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David does a cross-store comparison of retail prices for three formats to see where the best trade-in values lie.

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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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In light of an important announcement from Wizards coming later this month, Eddie makes a bold prediction about Magic's future. Plus, more metagame finance insight.

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This week, Eddie takes a deeper look into how Ravnica Allegiance is starting to affect all formats, along with his resulting portfolio updates.

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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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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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Let's rewind the clock this week: back to April 2014. Sig wrote a popular article about spending less time on MTG finance. Many of those concepts still apply today!

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Ravnica Allegiance may still seem far away, but now is the time to start considering which cards may benefit from the addition of the missing five guilds. Brian shares his picks.

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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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Right on the heels of the Pro Tour, Eddie covers the latest movements in his portfolio. Some breakout cards from the PT are worth selling into hype now, for starters.

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Rob talks about a card that he thinks is still primed for a good run in the future on today's segment.

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Brian has been playing a ton of Standard on Arena, and that means he has a bead on cards waiting to be discovered. Today he shares his picks for Standard cards to watch.

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Rob talks about another Standard star on the Halloween segment of the Daily Stock Watch!

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Brian always looks to pick up the cards others are overlooking. Today he considers some important roleplayers likely to define the new Standard that are still flying under the radar.

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