Clone | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:02:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Clone | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Commander Cards I Am Most Excited About From Streets of New Capenna https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/04/the-commander-cards-i-am-most-excited-about-from-streets-of-new-capenna/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/04/the-commander-cards-i-am-most-excited-about-from-streets-of-new-capenna/#respond Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=113457

Joe aka "Beardy" takes a look at Streets of New Capenna and sees some interesting and exciting new cards.

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This week Andrew looks at replacement effects. What are they and how do they work? He dives into the basics and then explores some weird dark corners.

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This week Andrew begins a series on Layers and continuous effects. What are layers? How do they work? Let's find out by exploring the first layer: Copy effects!

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Nearly two months have passed since the release of Zendikar Rising, but Adam feels there are still cards that are undervalued in the marketplace.

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The COVID-19 government checks are providing cash to players itching to buy Magic cards. But Sig believes Ikoria may the greatest catalysts for MTG finance in quite some time. This week he touches on the numerous formats impacted by this set.

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Ikoria has changed Magic as we know it with its Companion cards - and it's importance for the market can not be understated.

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Chris closes out his series on soon-to-rotate sets, ending with Core Set 2019. Check out his top picks for the very near future.

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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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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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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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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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Sometimes odd cards like Eye of Ugin get seeded in sets to indicate something coming down the line. David explains the phenomenon and does a brief search of Standard.

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Niels is here to give us his take on every card in the Commander 2017 Dragon deck, Draconic Domination!

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Niels offers another glimpse into the casual mindset with a number of card evaluation case studies.

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