Douglas Linn | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:17:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Douglas Linn | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Old Friends and New Faces at QS https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/old-friends-and-new-faces-at-qs/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/old-friends-and-new-faces-at-qs/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:00:41 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=75120

Welcome back Corbin Hosler and Sigmund Ausfresser to the QS Team, and introducing Jim Casale & Douglas (DJ) Johnson.

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Eldritch Moon Price Cheatsheets Are Here https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/07/eldritch-moon-price-cheatsheets-are-here/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/07/eldritch-moon-price-cheatsheets-are-here/#respond Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:41:17 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=74626

Our famous price guides are back! Each card worth more than $1 is listed in the following sheets.

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Eternal Masters Price Guides For This Weekend https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/06/eternal-masters-price-guides-for-this-weekend/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/06/eternal-masters-price-guides-for-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:40:08 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=73724

Your price guides are here!

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Insider: QS Cast #31: The New Standard https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/insider-qs-cast-31-the-new-standard/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/insider-qs-cast-31-the-new-standard/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2016 19:13:38 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=72694

This week, the cast talks about the phenomenal results from the Pro Tour and the face of new Standard!

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Insider: [Ongoing] Live On-Site Pro Tour SOI Coverage https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/insider-pt-shadows-over-innistrad-coverage/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/insider-pt-shadows-over-innistrad-coverage/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:59:40 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=72098

We've already located a potential breakout deck and some unexpected key cards.

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Insider: QS Cast 30 – Decoding the Unbanning Hype https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/insider-qs-cast-30-decoding-the-unbanning-hype/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/insider-qs-cast-30-decoding-the-unbanning-hype/#respond Fri, 08 Apr 2016 19:57:45 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=72005

Between a hyped-up prerelease and some big bannings and unbannings in Modern, we’ve got a lot to talk about this week!

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Insider: QS Cast #29: Our First SOI Testing Results https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/03/insider-qs-cast-29-our-first-soi-testing-results/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/03/insider-qs-cast-29-our-first-soi-testing-results/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:06:16 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=71695

The cast gets together and pores over the full spoiler. We’ve already got some early testing results and we’re eager to share them.

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Insider: QS Cast 28: Flipping Heirlooms https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/03/71545/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/03/71545/#respond Fri, 25 Mar 2016 19:14:20 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=71545

This week, the cast talks about the remaining Shadows of Innistrad spoiler. There’s a lot going on with the flip cards, as well as a bunch of other interesting (if not good) spells.

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Insider: QS Cast 27: Mad Vampires https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/03/insider-qs-cast-27-mad-vampires/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/03/insider-qs-cast-27-mad-vampires/#respond Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:22:03 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=71345

This week, the cast talks ideal aggro curves and the emerging B/R Vampires deck

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QS Cast 26: The Reflector Mage Summer https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/03/qs-cast-26-the-reflector-mage-summer/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/03/qs-cast-26-the-reflector-mage-summer/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:16:10 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=71103

Is a Thing in the Ice better than everyone’s hated U/W uncommon? Do you want to be Reflecting or breaking out a Thing in the Ice?

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Insider – QS Cast 25: Brains in Jars and Eyes of Ugin https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/03/insider-qs-cast-25-brains-in-jars-and-eyes-of-ugin/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/03/insider-qs-cast-25-brains-in-jars-and-eyes-of-ugin/#respond Thu, 03 Mar 2016 22:05:33 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=70875

This week, the cast talks about recent news in the Magic finance world

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Insider – QS Cast 24: Eternal Masters and Conspiracy https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-qs-cast-24-eternal-masters-and-conspiracy/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-qs-cast-24-eternal-masters-and-conspiracy/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:56:52 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=70717

This week, the cast talks about the effect of two premium sets on the summer’s Magic market. Can this be too much of a good thing? How does this affect future reprint predicting?

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Insider: QS Cast 23 – Eternal Masters, what’s in and out https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-qs-cast-23-eternal-masters-whats-in-and-out/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-qs-cast-23-eternal-masters-whats-in-and-out/#respond Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:02:00 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=70497

This week, the cast takes a good shot at figuring out the cards that will and won’t be in Eternal Masters. No, there’s no leaked list here, just a trio of vets talking about cards.

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Insider: QS Cast 22 – Our Trip To The Pro Tour https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-qs-cast-22-our-trip-to-the-pro-tour/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-qs-cast-22-our-trip-to-the-pro-tour/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:51:34 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=70208

This week, Kelly and Doug talk about their experiences at the Pro Tour. They talked about doing coverage, watching the Eldrazi decks rise, and how the rest of the decks got mostly ignored.

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Insider: PT: Oath of the Gatewatch Coverage! https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-pt-oath-of-the-gatewatch-coverage/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-pt-oath-of-the-gatewatch-coverage/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:11:58 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=69956

Kelly Reid and I (Doug Linn) are here in Atlanta, covering the Pro Tour for our Insiders! We're going to send you the financial news that you need as it's unfolding on the floor of the PT.

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Insider: QS Cast #21 – The Amazing Growth Potential of OGW https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/insider-qs-cast-21-the-amazing-growth-potential-of-ogw/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/insider-qs-cast-21-the-amazing-growth-potential-of-ogw/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2016 20:26:43 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=69783

There’s this saying among Italians that they choose a “fat Pope” and then a “skinny Pope” – that is, one sits in the Throne for decades and the following one serves only a few years. Allow the cast to borrow that analogy today as they talk about the bounty of OGW as compared to the Eldrazi-related desolation of BFZ. This week, you’ll hear about cards with the hottest growth potential in both Standard and Modern.

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Insider: QS Cast 20 – A Strange New Modern World https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/insider-qs-cast-20-a-strange-new-modern-world/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/insider-qs-cast-20-a-strange-new-modern-world/#respond Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:47:19 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=69573

Podcast: Download (Duration: 46:11 — 42.3MB) Subscribe: iTunes | RSS This week, the group talks about the unexpected banning of Splinter Twin in Modern. Don’t worry, they also talk about a solid and secret Standard strategy that might explode soon.

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Insider: The Winners of BFZ (But mostly, the losers) https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/insider-the-winners-of-bfz-but-mostly-the-losers/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/insider-the-winners-of-bfz-but-mostly-the-losers/#respond Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:00:12 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=69470

As part of compiling our OGW cheatsheet, I computed the cards in BFZ that gained and lost value since the prerelease. Shocking nobody, the prices fell a lot. Here's the data on the set.

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Our OGW Price Guide Cheatsheets Are Out https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/our-ogw-price-guide-cheatsheets-are-out/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/our-ogw-price-guide-cheatsheets-are-out/#respond Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:57:38 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=69476

Oath of the Gatewatch is finally here! With prereleases starting up later today, we've released our ever-popular price guide. Everything listed in them is $1 or more. Nothing unlisted is worth anything (except the Expeditions, obviously). OGW is shaping up to be a much more interesting set than BFZ. I'm excited to see playable colorless […]

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Insider: QS Cast 19 – Two Huge Events & Modern Spikes https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/insider-qs-cast-19-two-huge-events-modern-spikes/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/insider-qs-cast-19-two-huge-events-modern-spikes/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2016 16:30:56 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=69434

This week, the cast talks about the positively massive events in Standard (Oakland) and Modern (Charlotte). You’ll find the cast’s best picks for financial hits in both formats. Doug and Chaz discuss the new rotation schedule and how it might not bring about the lower card prices that we all hoped for.

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