Slash Panther | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:35:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Slash Panther | 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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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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As someone who's been playing Magic for about five years, you may not have expected that I played much Vintage. After all, who really does? And, to be fair, it's not like I'm slinging Moxes all over. I've never owned a piece of power (closest I've come is a Bazaar of Baghdad in my personal […]

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Last week Jason Alt walked through the easy way to out bulk. Today he discusses some more time-intensive options that yield much higher profits.

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Jason Alt covers the best from the world of MTG podcasting and the results from GP Melbourne and SCG Atlanta.

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Witness the unveiling of Ryan's pauper cube list and see if it inspires you to join in the awesomeness.

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Dragon*Con is a convention in Atlanta over Labor Day weekend. This year's Gaming Guest of Honor is Magic's very own Richard Garfield, Ph.D. This year, for the first time that I know of, there will be a proxy Vintage event at Dragon*Con, one of the few Vintage events in the South. We're all hoping this […]

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Tired of the same silly peanut butter spread for your Commander sandwich? Try the velvety Nutella that is an underused commander!

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New Phyrexia just hit Magic Online! If you're gearing up for a Pauper Daily take-down, Geoff Matteson has the scoop on the 10 best Pauper commons in the set!

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It's the second part of the New Phyrexia design review. This episode features Gregory's unique design analysis on the Red in Black cards in the newest set.

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