Loxodon Hierarch | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:56:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Loxodon Hierarch | 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 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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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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Rob ends the week with a freaky Friday post that's a bit different from the previous ones.

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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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Oath of the Gatewatch brings many exciting additions to the Danger Room, or Battle Box. Brian discusses which cards are interesting for the format and provides an updated list.

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Ryan expects a wide open field for PT Battle for Zendikar, an environment Four-Color Control is uniquely positioned to capitalize on. He shares his thoughts and a rough sketch of the deck.

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Brian DeMars introduces his brainchild Magic variant, the Danger Room. He shares his current list and the philosophy behind it, before looking at Origins for new additions.

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Liliana of the Veil: After Delver and Pod got neutered, Modern's premiere Planeswalker has seen a steady rise in value along with a plummeting spread.  It's interesting to see how the average retail price lags behind buylists.  Look carefully at the 2YR graph; buy prices started increasing well before retail prices did.  In fact, retail […]

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Come see all our Fate Reforged spoiler coverage We got a lot of updates over the weekend, so let's dive right in. Kolaghan the Storm's Fury Kologhan, the Storm's Fury is how Wizards chose to spoil the "Dash" mechanic. The mechanic may very well be fine on a smaller creature or one whose dash cost […]

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Miss me? Don't answer that. Someone cast Desert Twister on the state of Michigan and I was without power for a while. While I wanted to grab my laptop and head to a Panera bread so I could pretend to be working on a novel instead of writing daily posts, the 90 second storm generated […]

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Adam continues his journey through the history of transformational sideboards. Today's article features two landmark aggressive decks. Learn how to leverage the past for success in the future.

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Adam explains the art and science behind transformational sideboards using two historic combo decks, and discusses how the strategy applies today. Don't miss this article!

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Jason relates his first experience buying behind the tables at a large event, before diving into the results from the SCG Invitational and TCG 5K.

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With an eye for Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO), Matthew has his sight set on some land. When's the best time to invest? And what plots are worth the investment, and which aren't?

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