Experiment Kraj | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:03:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Experiment Kraj | 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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Ravnica Allegiance: Spoilers, Facts, Specs & More https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:00:24 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90531

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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MTG Metagame Finance #24 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-24/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-24/#respond Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:05:52 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90841

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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Mtg Arena Has Been Framed! Who Is the Real MTGO Killer? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:00:44 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90705

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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Preparing for the December 6th Announcement https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:37:50 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90668

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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Insider: Into the Realm of Foils https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/02/insider-into-the-realm-of-foils/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/02/insider-into-the-realm-of-foils/#comments Sat, 24 Feb 2018 01:02:04 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=86148

David noticed some unexpected foils posting gains last week. He looks over some notable ones to see what formats or factors may be driving their prices up.

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Insider: Second-Level Sealed Product https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/05/insider-second-level-sealed-product/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/05/insider-second-level-sealed-product/#respond Thu, 04 May 2017 13:33:13 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=80709

DJ's here to explain another way to get a recently spiked card – maybe at a discount.

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Khans of Tarkir – Full Spoiler https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/09/khans-of-tarkir-full-spoiler/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/09/khans-of-tarkir-full-spoiler/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2014 20:00:20 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=51542

Well, the full spoiler is here, and while there may not be a ton of financial gems in the last wave of cards, there are some relevant cards, and a few uncommons that may be worth an uncommonly high amount of money. Let's dive in. Timely Hordemate This is absolutely cube-playable. It's a great effect […]

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A Ph.D. in Fun https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/a-ph-d-in-fun/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/06/a-ph-d-in-fun/#respond Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:05:09 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=15429

What do Richard Garfield, the Unhinged set, and the Social Contract of the Commander format have in common? Jules breaks breaks down some Mental Magic and social interactions!

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Hybridizing Commander https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/05/hybridizing-commader/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/05/hybridizing-commader/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 04:05:58 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=13280

Hybrid cards and the "color identity" problem. Jules argues for another paradigm shift in Commander decks!

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From the Vault: Soothsaying https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/02/from-the-vault-soothsaying/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/02/from-the-vault-soothsaying/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:45:32 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=10062

Speculating on the contents of From the Vault: Legends, Dr Jeebus shares his perspective on what's going into it, and why.

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Flash of Hindsight – Making the Rounds https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/07/flash-of-hindsight-making-the-rounds/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/07/flash-of-hindsight-making-the-rounds/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:59:11 +0000 http://doublingseason.com/?p=1018 In my last column, I discussed some of the resources you should have to being making short-swing trades on cards, using the power of real-time social media instead of the snail's pace of "real life". Today, I’m going to discuss how to identify the stores that may have advantageous pricing, and how to "make the […]

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