Rattleclaw Mystic | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:17:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Rattleclaw Mystic | 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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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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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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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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Kyle's here today to give a rundown on some of his favorite cards to keep an eye on for inexpensive MTGO speculation.

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It's time for the Top 10 set review of Shadows over Innistrad! Mike breaks down his picks for the most important Constructed cards from the new set.

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Chaz continues his SOI set review with a treatment of the rares. As always, he breaks them into tiers to explain which will hold the most value and why.

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With the full spoiler out it's time to roll up our sleeves and try to identify the undervalued cards. Brian highlights several cards from SOI that are flying under the radar.

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Luca covers the new Standard rotation and what kinds of MTGO specs you can expect to cash in on when Shadows over Innistrad finally arrives.

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Mike considers how the latest news about Eternal Masters and Conspiracy might affect sales this summer, before checking in with the Standard metagame.

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The MOCS presented a number of innovative decks, and Mike is here to show them off! It appears Standard is nowhere near solved, and these newcomers are shaking things up.

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Does attacking with an unblockable 20/20 with haste sound like what you want to be dong in Standard? Well, this deck does just that. Sometimes.

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Chaz begins his financial set review of Oath of the Gatewatch with the mythics. He breaks them down into tiers, explaining his reasoning behind each card.

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Chaz is eyeing a few more cards for his April stock that he neglected to mention before. He's also considering what cards may benefit from the new ✧ mechanic. Read on for his thoughts.

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