Cranial Plating | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 21 Sep 2022 18:56:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Cranial Plating | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Magical Creatures: Vedalken, Blinkmoth, and Bringer https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/09/magical-creatures-vedalken-blinkmoth-and-bringer/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/09/magical-creatures-vedalken-blinkmoth-and-bringer/#respond Wed, 21 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=120602

Francesco wraps up his analysis of Mirrodin block creatures. He tackles Vedalken and Blinkmoths, from both design and tournament perspectives.

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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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With UMA lowering prices, cards not reprinted are suddenly more attractive. Adam shares his picks, which are seeing increased demand from a dynamic metagame.

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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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Rob starts the week with one of the key pieces of Modern's hottest deck right now.

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DJ's back with another iteration of Breaking Bulk, making sure you know which cards not to leave behind.

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Mike's here today to break down the many options you have available for when you want to sell an entire deck.

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Mike breaks down the Modern-playable Masterpieces and some of the decks that excel with them!

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Today Mike reviews the basic principles of Modern finance, before covering some of the new decks that have popped up of late and suggesting pick-ups.

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Wizards has shown a willingness to take risks unbanning powerful cards in Modern. David asks which cards on the banned list may be the next candidate for release.

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Standard and Modern alike experienced a recent shake-up, to the benefit of the prepared. Brian scours both formats for the well- and poorly-positioned cards to be aware of.

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Adam describes how to make the most of the Eldrazi invasion and explains his approach to the post-ban future of Modern.

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