Ajani Unyielding | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:06:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Ajani Unyielding | 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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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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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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Kyle evaluates and ranks each of the mythics in Core 2019 for its speculative value, considering the potential upside, past precedent, and current risk.

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Chaz leaves no stone un-turned in pursuit of valuable information prior to PTXLN!

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This week, we're continuing the series on rotation finance. See part one here. Part two will begin with a focus on the rotating planeswalkers. The loss of most of Standard's best planeswalkers will dramatically affect the Standard Magic landscape. I feel it is best left up to professional players to tell us what changes to expect from […]

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Today, Mike breaks down some of the most successful and innovative decks of Pro Tour Amonkhet and their implications for the marketplace.

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Join Chaz and Tarkan as they discuss Amonkhet, and more info on MM2017!

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Mike breaks down a few of the under-the-radar decks that saw success at the Pro Tour. Don't want to play one of the big three decks in Standard? Check this one out!

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Matthew Lewis presents the MTGO Market Report for this week, evaluating important events in the online market and highlighting a “trade of the week.”

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What's seeing play in the first big Standard tournaments after a new set and some bannings? Mike is here to give you the rundown!

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After playing 18 rounds of Magic across two formats in SCG Columbus, Brian has a good idea of where Standard and Modern are headed. He shares his picks for this week.

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We got a glimpse of the new Standard in Columbus this weekend, but Sigmund suspects the format is far from solved. He explains why this is the best week to buy Aether Revolt cards for PT speculation.

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Mike's here today to cover his Top 10 for Aether Revolt!

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Christmas and Aether Revolt are just around the corner. While we have a little more time to wait until our newest addition to the Kaladesh block is released, we have some spoilers to tide us over until then. My main question so far is what are we revolting from? Also, what threat is so great that […]

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