Purphoros | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:27:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Purphoros | 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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Kyle goes through Theros Beyond Death's setlist and shows us what cards we'll want to target for the upcoming metagame and MTGO Redemption season.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/02/mtgo-theros-financial-power-rankings-mythic-edition/feed/ 0 Heroes Arise: Theros Beyond Death Spoilers https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/01/heroes-arise-theros-beyond-death-spoilers/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/01/heroes-arise-theros-beyond-death-spoilers/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2020 17:00:21 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21150 Happy New Year! I'll be kicking off 2020 by leaping into spoiler season. Spoilers for Theros: Beyond Death began trickling in while everyone was on holiday break. Now, with our holiday hangovers but a painful memory, the flood has begun. There appears to be considerable potential for Modern cards, and given how 2019 went, I'm […]

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Welcome back to the QS Cast! Join Chris Martin, Chris O’Berry, and Sam Lowe as they close out the year and look ahead to Theros: Beyond Death. This cast was originally broadcasted live to Insiders in the QS Insider Discord, December 30th, 2019.

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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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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 sets his sights on a tutor on today's segment of the Daily Stock Watch!

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Rob ends the week with the usual freaky Friday pick! Check out what it is this time here.

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David believes The Locust God could be the next Commander card to drive up demand for synergistic cards from the past. He looks at some cards that may benefit.

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DJ breaks down some of the top selling and buying experiences he had at 2017's GP Vegas.

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DJ walks us through a recent buylist sent to Card Kingdom consisting of lots of bulk. This is a great way to monetize your hobby.

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Trying to capitalize on Standard-based spikes can be unreliable. Brian explains how a strong understanding of Standard demand can inform more long-term speculation.

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Julian Biondillo goes off the beaten path with a mono-red Reanimator deck built around Feldon of the Third Path.

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Chaz covers things to come in October, analyzing Theros block and M15 and looking to the future of rotation--plus another handy Trader Tools list!

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Derek talks about why now is the time to sell, and why waiting will cost you money.

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