Doomsday | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:35:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Doomsday | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Directly Proving That Life Is A Resource In Commander https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/12/directly-proving-that-life-is-a-resource-in-commander/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/12/directly-proving-that-life-is-a-resource-in-commander/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=103012

This week Beardy shares the spicy brew he's assembling for his Local Game Store's Two-Headed Giant Commander event. How powerful is K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth?

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Monday's update to the Banned and Restricted list, has impacted the market of multiple formats, and today Adam shares some winners from the changes.

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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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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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Rob talks about one of the reprints in the upcoming Masters 25 set.

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After a few years, we have some concrete data to compare and contrast the Masterpieces. David breaks down what we know to see which are attractively priced.

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Amonkhet spoilers have had an impact on the market, so Adam offers some quick hits explaining what's happened and what's next...

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In the wake of the full Eternal Masters spoiler, some prices on MTGO went haywire this week. Alexander covers all the shifts and discusses how he's reacting.

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell.

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell.

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Sigmund shares an outside-the-box speculation idea...from Homelands. Before you laugh take a look at the new combo–the idea isn't half-bad, and it might make you money.

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I know this is something we may grumble to ourselves when we get paired against the Control deck, but it's not something that we usually actually encounter. Until now. Reddit comes through again, and in an odd subgame of finding the slowest possible way to win the game, they have determined a clear winner. In […]

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Joshua Justice takes a closer look at rares mythics and playable commons and uncommons with his set review of Innistrad.

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This article comes per request from Twitter a few weeks back, and as always I am happy to indulge any reasonable request; these articles are, after all, for you: the reader. Most people reading this article already know how to trade, and whether you consider yourself new to the game or a seasoned veteran matters […]

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With Pro Tour: Paris in the books and the Washington, D.C. Open coming up, Standard is currently in major flux, while Legacy seems to have stabilized somewhat from the last two Opens. Let's take this one format at a time. Caw-Blade is currently sitting pretty as the best deck in Standard thanks to the introduction […]

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