Mystic Retrieval | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:05:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Mystic Retrieval | 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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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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Rob starts the week with a Commander card as his feature!

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DJ's here to discuss some of the worst moves he made in MTG finance this year – learning from our mistakes is a great way to improve!

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/12/insider-biggest-losses-of-2016-mtgfinance-edition/feed/ 2 What’s the most (non-infinite) combat damage you can deal on Turn 1? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/04/whats-the-most-non-infinite-combat-damage-you-can-deal-on-turn-1/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/04/whats-the-most-non-infinite-combat-damage-you-can-deal-on-turn-1/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:00:38 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=46400

Now we know the answer, and it's a doozy. So much so, in fact, that the number itself is too big to write. Suffice to say, it's three billion (yes, Billion) digits of damage. So how do we make it happen? Besides the usual suspects (Black Lotus, Channel, Recurring Nightmare), it's all thanks to a […]

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Mike takes a break from his usual constructed brewing and walks us through his X-2 sealed pool at Grand Prix Nashville.

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If you don't have an Insider account, get a glimpse at what you missed out on this past weekend in Ryan's overview of the QS calls. On top of that, Ryan delivers a Dark Ascension set review with an eye toward Commander applications.

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