Tooth and Nail | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:29:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Tooth and Nail | 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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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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Rob is back with another mythic rare from Battlebond.

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Masters 25 is flooding us with supply, and card prices have already dropped. David considers the lessons to learn so far and which reprints are best suited as speculation targets.

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Modern isn't the only format targeted by Modern Masters 2017 reprints. David shares his thoughts on the landscape for casual specs in 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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Modern season has begun in earnest with a familiar rash of seemingly random spikes. Chaz examines the cards in question to see if the new prices will stick and what's in store next.

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Julian shares the latest version of his first Commander deck, based around Karador, Ghost Chieftain.

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How hard do you have to push Cranial Extraction to make it playable?

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux go over the weekly MTGO Market Report, covering overall set prices and changes coming due to the recently announced changes to Daily Events.

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux introduce a new series, the MTGO Market Report. In these articles, the authors will cover recent trends in paper and online prices, as well as recommend specific positions.

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For the new year, Mike Lanigan offers his take on the reasons Cube draft is so great--and some of the tangential benefits that come from playing it regularly.

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