Master of the Wild Hunt | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:43:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Master of the Wild Hunt | 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 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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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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For investors, the majority of the last 18 months has been a magical ride. Picking stocks on Wall Street in 2017 was easier than picking ripe avocados at the supermarket, and economic optimism was as high as I have ever seen in my lifetime. There was growth across nearly every sector and the major Wall […]

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Masters 25 is flooding us with supply, and card prices have already dropped. David considers the lessons to learn so far and which reprints are best suited as speculation targets.

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Danny provides a comprehensive review of Cube-worthy cards from Ixalan, along with suggestions for the best time to pick each one up cheaply.

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Magic Origins is brimming with exciting designs that riff on old cards. Mike Lanigan continues his discussion from last week of the latest spoilers.

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Julian Biondillo shares another Commander deck, this time a green-white Trostani deck built around tokens.

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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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Ryan takes a look at the cards with the highest preorder prices from Fate Reforged and evaluates how reasonable these prices are. Find out which cards he thinks are hits and which are all hype!

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Adam shares a Standard brew that abuses Manifest in its full capacity!

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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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This week Jason Alt looks at TCG buyouts, the defection of entire pro teams, and the (lackluster) mythics spoiled from Born of the Gods.

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Casual staples are low-risk specs that almost always jump a bit. Corbin Hosler examines his picks from last year to see how they fared and offers similar picks from M14.

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Uriah of CMDRDecks has a submitted a sweet Goblins Wort deck for suggestions. Can Carlos find some ways to push the themes and make the deck go bigger?

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