Phylactery Lich | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 03:00:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Phylactery Lich | 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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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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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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Casual players get excited by vastly different cards than competitive players. Jared Elick discusses what types of cards to stock in your trade binder for this crowd.

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Corbin Hosler looks back at some past trades and re-runs the numbers to discover if those same trades hold up today!

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Hello everyone! First off, I'd like to apologize for lack of new articles since school and job hunting has been taking over my life. So, where the heck are we in the standard environment? After the banning of two of the most dominant cards in Standard, Stoneforge Mystic and Jace, the Mind Sculptor, almost every […]

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Corbin Hosler has an exciting announcement for Insiders this week that will give them a huge advantage when trading! He also checks in on the Standard and Legacy metagames and has a few tips for the cards you should be selling now.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/05/announcing-the-prediction-tracker-and-making-some-predictions/feed/ 15 The Revenue Review – 5 ways to kill a trade https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/09/the-revenue-review-5-ways-to-kill-a-trade/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/09/the-revenue-review-5-ways-to-kill-a-trade/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:52:37 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1897 Everyone knows “that guy.” You avoid him, but he’s always at your FNM trading with the new players and trying to take them for all they’re worth, quoting imaginary card prices or just otherwise being generally annoying. No one wants to trade with that guy. In an attempt to help you avoid ever resembling that […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/09/the-revenue-review-5-ways-to-kill-a-trade/feed/ 3 The Revenue Review – Aug 6th 2010 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/the-revenue-review-aug-6th-2010/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/08/the-revenue-review-aug-6th-2010/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:59:21 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1345 This week’s column has a bit of required reading before we jump in. I’ll give you a few minutes to read (it’s short). Today I’ll be referring liberally to topics discussed in this article. All right, finished? Glad you’re back. Just like Magic R&D designs cards for the different psychographics, you must learn to trade […]

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