Kira, Great Glass-Spinner | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:29:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Kira, Great Glass-Spinner | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Misprints, Signatures, and Crimps https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/05/misprints-signatures-and-crimps/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/05/misprints-signatures-and-crimps/#respond Mon, 18 May 2020 11:00:10 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=95407

Sig has a saved eBay search for the words "MTG Below Good"--this search catches Card Kingdom's listings. Recently, they posted a collection of misprints and signed cards. Sig made an offer, bought the cards, and got to work!

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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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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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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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David continues with his analysis of undervalued cards in Standard in anticipation of rotation. This time he covers Rivals of Ixalan, along with some notable rares in Ixalan block.

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Adrian continues his treatment of staples to watch in order to snap them up as cyclical investments when they drop in price. This week on the docket: Kamigawa block.

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Mike covers his Top 10 picks from Ixalan most likely to make an impact in Constructed, and offers his financial observations along the way.

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Join Mike for Part 2 of Ixalan spoilers, in which he covers more notable cards for Standard playability and considers where prices will go from here.

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David returns to the Ixalan sheet leak to see which spoiled cards may have promise in Modern and Legacy.

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Modern Masters 2017 is sure to cause price drops, but that's no reason to panic. Trends from past all-reprint sets can tell us much about how to react smartly.

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Adam identifies trends behind the upward movement of some MTGO Modern cards, and discusses what that might mean for their paper versions.

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell.

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Derek covers a variety of topics straight from the trade floors of SCG Indianapolis, including the disturbing appearance of fake dual lands on the trade floor.

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux introduce a new series, the MTGO Market Report. In these articles, the authors will cover recent trends in paper and online prices, as well as recommend specific positions.

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