the Murder King | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:40:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png the Murder King | 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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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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Do you like Cube? Do you want to have one of your own? Card Kingdom has provided a new way to get started, and Danny breaks it down for us.

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The planeswalker cycle in Origins offers some very unique new cards. Find out Ryan's thoughts on the cycle's viability in Constructed!

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Check out Ryan's take on one of the most graveyard-centric decks in Tiny Leaders!

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Mike Lanigan presents a swath of interesting and powerful decks in Tiny Leaders as an introduction to the format. You'll have to be prepared to face these staple generals.

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After a few weeks of playing with the new cards, Mike Lanigan believes a few gems are still flying under the radar. He reveals what they are and provides some thoughts on the metagame.

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Mike Lanigan looks at the leading contenders in the brand new Khans Standard. You can expect to face off against these decks in the early weeks, so don't come unprepared.

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Danny looks at the inexpensive rares of Theros block in search of potential speculation home runs.

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After two months of columns, Sylvain looks back to see how his specs have fared and how PT Valencia has affected Modern prices.

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Danny makes the jump away from Insider with his Zero to Draft series. If you haven't had the chance to check out this great content before, now is the time to get started!

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There are myriad ways to convert cash into tix on MTGO, at different rates. Sylvain Lehoux examines each in turn to understand its advantages and disadvantages.

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Who doesn't love Magical Xmasland? Mike Lanigan shares several deck ideas that almost got there, but turned out to be a little too cute.

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