Adventurous Impulse | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:38:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Adventurous Impulse | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Budget-Focused: Cheating Out Cards And Discarding As Win Cons!? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/09/budget-focused-cheating-out-cards-and-discarding-as-win-cons/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/09/budget-focused-cheating-out-cards-and-discarding-as-win-cons/#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2020 11:00:38 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=95973

UndyingMTG returns with the next part of his Budget-Focused series, this time bringing us combo-oriented Pioneer and Commander picks.

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This week, Eddie takes a deeper look into how Ravnica Allegiance is starting to affect all formats, along with his resulting portfolio updates.

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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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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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The SCG Dallas Open showcased some interesting developments in several formats. Eddie takes stock of new technology and logs the changes to his portfolio in response.

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Rob returns with another Standard card that he thinks would be gaining ground soon on today's segment!

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Cards spiking creates opportunity to quickly flip cards for a profit, and today Adam explains how he does it.

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Dominaria is here, and Adam explains how is impacting the market. He also shares some specs from the hottest new deck in Modern.

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