Regisaur Alpha | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 01:58:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Regisaur Alpha | 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 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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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 weekend is the Pro Tour, which means big things for the Standard market. Adam has some insight on which cards might due for a spike given their recent rise on MTGO.

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David continues with his analysis of undervalued cards in Standard in anticipation of rotation. This time he covers Rivals of Ixalan, along with some notable rares in Ixalan block.

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This week's bannings and the release of Rivals of Ixalan promise to bring about big changes to the Standard metagame and the market.

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We've got the full RIX spoiler now, and Adrian's got some ideas of how the metagame might evolve around a few of the new cards.

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The market is beginning to react to Rivals of Ixalan spoilers, so Adam explains what cards are moving...

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Kyle has a few more MTGO cards from Ixalan to call out. What do you like from this group?

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In stock market investing, "Alpha" and "Beta" are concepts used to describe risk. Sig explains the terms and how they can be applied towards smarter investing in MTG finance.

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Mike has been brewing in the new Standard format. He shares his current works-in-progress and discusses some cards that are still flying under the radar.

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Mike provides a classic "pics" article with his ten selections for underrated Standard cards as we move into the new post-Ixalan environment.

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Mike details the value in several real-life cracked boxes in the Ixalan Box Report, before covering gainers from the SCG Open weekend in Dallas.

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After seeing Ixalan in action at the prerelease, Mike has a better idea of how the new cards will fit into Standard and which strategies are worth targeting.

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Adrian's back to revisit his rotation discussion from last month. Things are falling into place, and it's time to start making some moves.

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Mike covers his Top 10 picks from Ixalan most likely to make an impact in Constructed, and offers his financial observations along the way.

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Chaz discusses early trends and observations from testing with Ixalan Standard.

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