Anointed Procession | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:05:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Anointed Procession | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Follow These 10 Rules For Choosing The Right Commander https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/03/follow-these-10-rules-for-choosing-the-right-commander/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/03/follow-these-10-rules-for-choosing-the-right-commander/#respond Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=112647

Joe AKA Beardy takes a look at some key rules to follow when choosing a Commander.

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Chris lays out his investment plan for key Commander staples from the Ixalan block, starting with the namesake set. Some of these picks may surprise you!

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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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Chris reflects on the new year with a new scale for evaluating Commander specs. He lays out the approach he'll be using moving forward and applies it to several cards.

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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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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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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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Hello, everybody and welcome to a new week of the Daily Stock Watch! Standard cards are starting to move in the wake of new brews with cards from Guild of Ravnica, and we're all but ready to see which deck will be the new Black Red Midrange (arguably the best deck from last season) of […]

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David begins the task of breaking down the non-rotating mythics to see where we might want to park some money leading into the fall rotation. The first stop: Ixalan.

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Chris is back to identify some cards with real potential for short- and long-term gains as we approach rotation.

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With the Banned and Restricted announcement coming on Monday, Kyle considers what a Chainwhirler ban could do to Standard, and considers the risk of taking positions.

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Getting into a new format can be expensive, but a tournament deck doesn't have to break the bank. Pete covers some budget options for both Standard and Modern.

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Guillaume breaks down both Standard and Modern over the last week. Spoiler: both metagames are pretty diverse right now!

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Today, Kyle explores the impact the Standard bannings and changes to Treasure Chests are having on MTGO.

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This week's bannings and the release of Rivals of Ixalan promise to bring about big changes to the Standard metagame and the market.

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Welcome back, folks. This is an important week for MTGO finance. One need only look at Standard card prices to see that there is an abundance of optimism about Rivals of Ixalan Standard. Preview season showed that Rivals of Ixalan offers many exciting toys for brewers to test with, and at a high enough clip […]

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There's been plenty of action in Standard and Modern this week, so Adam explains the trends and shares some potential specs that could cash in on them.

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