Kessig Cagebreakers | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:58:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Kessig Cagebreakers | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Ravnica Allegiance: Spoilers, Facts, Specs & More https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:00:24 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90531

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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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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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/feed/ 4 Preparing for the December 6th Announcement https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:37:50 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90668

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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Sylvain Lehoux goes over his experiences speculating on Block from the last two years, and applies lessons to Journey Into Nyx.

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As new sets are released and PTQ seasons change, speculators need to reevaluate their portfolio. Sigmund discusses his newest buy, sell, and hold strategies in light of Dark Ascension and Modern.

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Corbin Hosler offers an up-to-the-minute analysis of Dark Ascension Spoilers, both financially and competitively!

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Corbin Hosler examines some recently-spoiled Dark Ascension images and breaks down what we can expect from the set!

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Feeling lucky? I hope so, because this week's article is all about the Cascade lottery!

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A new card out of Dark Ascension called "Faithless Looting" confirms some of our earlier assumption about the set, so let dig into speculator land and look at the Standard cards showing potential!

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Carl presents a helpful guide to recognizing rares that still have potential to gain based on what will be released in future sets. We then explore the rares in Innistrad that have not yet been discovered and why you may soon catch them in top decks, ready to expand your wallet.

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So, here is the third part of Ryan's review of Innistrad. That is a SWEET review you might say. THE END.

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Joshua Justice takes a closer look at rares mythics and playable commons and uncommons with his set review of Innistrad.

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