Precinct Captain | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:40:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Precinct Captain | 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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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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Many people have been saying there’s been a little less movement regarding Magic finance during the past few weeks or months. Some people are saying there’s a slowdown. Others are saying it’s normal because the holidays are around the corner and players have less money to spend on Magic cards. Regardless, Magic continues to move […]

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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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Danny analyzes the progression of Event Decks throughout their relatively short life span, in an attempt to gain insight regarding their financial significance.

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Mike Lanigan shares his build of an aggressive Orzhov deck sporting Brimaz, along with a local tournament report.

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Today Corbin looks back on his set review of Theros to see how accurate his predictions turned out.

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It's time for the set review! Mike Lanigan discusses the best Standard cards in Born of the Gods and how they will impact the format.

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Ryan delves into the spoiler in search of new gems.

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Mike Lanigan covers a series of topics today, including counterfeiting, beating Mono-Black & the financial state of Standard.

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Mike Lanigan looks to iterate a successful deck from the current Standard format before it's all swept away with Born of the Gods. Check out B/W Humans!

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Mike Lanigan discusses the development of his own bulk box before taking a look at the newest Standard decks to hit the metagame.

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Corbin Hosler looks at cards that benefited from break-out decks last weekend, as well as some criminally-undervalued Modern cards.

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Corbin looks at some cards that keep going up after their post-Pro Tour spike, and discusses where specs from last year stand.

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Jason Alt discusses his tendency to plagiarize himself, the consequences of issuing orders, and the recent decklists from around the world.

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Danny reacts to the action from this past weekend in Dublin.

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Is it profitable to crack booster boxes at set release for trading purposes? David Schumann breaks down the price data for Theros to find out.

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