Arbor Elf | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:31:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Arbor Elf | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Little Goyf That Couldn’t: Ponza vs. GRx Moon https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/the-little-goyf-that-couldnt-ponza-vs-grx-moon/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/the-little-goyf-that-couldnt-ponza-vs-grx-moon/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2020 16:00:55 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21923 Earlier this week, David dissected RG Ponza, the format's sleeper centralizer that may well overtake other Modern decks in the numbers soon. The deck exploits a peculiar vulnerability of Modern manabases: their softness to turn two Blood Moon. Of course, reliably powering out Moon effects isn't something any old deck can do with great consistency. […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/the-little-goyf-that-couldnt-ponza-vs-grx-moon/feed/ 2 Blood Moon’s Zenith: The New Police https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/blood-moons-zenith-the-new-police/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/blood-moons-zenith-the-new-police/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:00:38 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21904 Tracking events and collecting and then presenting data is all well and good. It's how observations are turned into good science and how we analyze Magic's metagame ecosystem. However, saying that Bant Snow and Eldrazi Tron are tied for most played deck is only half the story. Why this is happening is a far harder, […]

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It's time for an update to QS's review of the latest iteration of the Card Kingdom Starter Cube! Is the product still worth it for prospective cube builders?

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/so-you-want-to-build-a-cube-a-card-kingdom-starter-cube-review-for-2019/feed/ 0 ‘Walk Your Pets: Re-Introducing TURBOGOYF https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/05/walk-your-pets-re-introducing-turbogoyf/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/05/walk-your-pets-re-introducing-turbogoyf/#comments Fri, 31 May 2019 16:00:46 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=20169 Attempting to home new cards in new decks is an exciting section of spoiler season, sure. But my favorite part of the process occurs when spells are spoiled that might slot into my current and past experiments. Certain Modern Horizons reveals have done just that, and revitalized TURBOGOYF, a deck I've been building on-and-off for […]

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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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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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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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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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Magic news culminated last week with the announcement of Ultimate Masters and the Box Toppers. Eddie surveys the developments and offers recommendations.

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It's time for another Hold 'Em & Fold 'Em! With a recent rotation, what's on Eddie's mind this week?

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Rob goes penny hunting on today's edition of the Daily Stock Watch!

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Rob talks about his first pick for 2018. Find out more about it here!

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Rob loves the idea of picking up copies of this card now. Check out why!

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Cloudstone Curio was bought out this week, but you can barely profit when you compare last week's prices to today's buylist prices. Beware the deck tech buyout.

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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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Ryan missed the boat on Treasure Cruise, but now's the time to explore the full potential of the delve mechanic. Find out his thoughts on why delve will impact every constructed format!

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