Narset Enlightened Master | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:29:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Narset Enlightened Master | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Insider: The Effect of Secret Lairs https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/03/insider-the-effect-of-secret-lairs/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/03/insider-the-effect-of-secret-lairs/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:00:29 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=94818

David does a deep dive on Secret Lair series, with a focus how these reprints have affected overall prices of the reprinted cards.

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With the Mythic Championship is this weekend and Modern Horizons around the corner, Adam examines Modern trends and the specs he's identified from them.

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The market is heating up, but how do you determine the best cards to target? Today Adam shares some techniques he uses and the specs they've led to.

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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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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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Last week David covered Rivals of Ixalan cards for Vintage and Legacy play. Today he dives into the set's much more numerous contributions to Commander.

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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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David continues his discussion about colorless mana-producers in light of the new <> mechanic, covering the Commander and Legacy cards that could benefit from the release of OGW.

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Today Sylvain discusses short sales in the context of the quick flip. He explains the situations that lend themselves to such a move and the time frame involved.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/12/insider-mtgo-short-selling-part-3-short-term-short-sales/feed/ 3 [MTGO] 1 Year, 100 Tix May Report https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/06/mtgo-1-year-100-tix-may-report/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/06/mtgo-1-year-100-tix-may-report/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2015 11:30:12 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=60267

The May report for Sylvain's 100 Tix 1 Year project is here. Modern propelled the account over 200 Tix this month and is a format every speculator on MTGO should pay attention to. See what Sylvain has to say about it.

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Derek introduces the concept of the Compost Box and digs through a box of bets to see which have panned out and which haven't.

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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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This week Derek evaluates the challenges of spoiler seasons and offers some advice on how you can be a responsible speculator.

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