rapid fire | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:07:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png rapid fire | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Top Ten Valuable, Terrible Cards https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/03/the-top-ten-valuable-terrible-cards/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/03/the-top-ten-valuable-terrible-cards/#respond Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=112001

Sig enjoyed reading Ben Bleiweiss' column detailing the 100 worst cards of all time. Did you know some of these terrible cards have surprisingly high values?

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In September 2017, Sig wrote an Insider piece highlighting the financial benefits of participating in the QS Insider Discord. This week Sig returns to the article with updated commentary.

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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 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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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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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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This week Sig shares his thoughts on the QS Discord, a new resource he's been using daily that has led to profit. Here's the beauty of it: Insiders already have access to it!

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Reserved List hype is getting old, but we haven't seen the last of the buyouts. Sig shares his strategy from the past couple weeks to get ahead of the buyouts and sell at a profit.

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Hi QS readers!   I'm writing to let you know that we've fixed the server issues that had been plaguing the site for the past few days.  Many of you experienced delays and disruptions while the site was undergoing some routine upgrades and maintenance.   For some of you, the site was brought to an outright standstill. […]

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