Doubling Season | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 25 Jan 2023 21:57:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Doubling Season | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Cogs in the Machine: All Will Be One’s Roleplayers https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/01/cogs-in-the-machine-all-will-be-ones-roleplayers/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/01/cogs-in-the-machine-all-will-be-ones-roleplayers/#respond Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=126389

With most of the flagship cards already spoiled, role players begin to emerge. Decks need support cards to function, and One offers all formats potent ones.

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

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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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Sig often tracks the market on expensive rare cards, such as those on the Reserved List. But sometimes, true underlying market trends can be identified by examining commons and uncommons. This week Sig flags a couple noteworthy trends by doing just that!

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/10/deciphering-market-trends-from-commonsuncommons/feed/ 0 The Impact of No MagicFests in 2020 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/06/the-impact-of-no-magicfests-in-2020/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/06/the-impact-of-no-magicfests-in-2020/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2020 11:00:27 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=95488

The unthinkable has happened: MagicFests for all of 2020 have been cancelled. When Sig predicted this possibility 3 months ago, he didn't seriously think it would happen. He's dusting off that article and updating his predictions for Commander card prices going forward.

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Join Chris O’Berry and Sam Lowe as they talk about the new non-rotating format, Pioneer and its first Banned & Restricted announcement.

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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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Adam dives deep on current trends, using QuietSpeculation's TraderTools to monitor the "spread." Knowing the difference between what stores sell a card for and what they buy it for can help you make smarter specs.

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The Mythic Invitational this weekend will be the first debut of official War of the Spark spoilers! Be sure to check back with Quiet Speculation as the info rolls in.

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We're awash in information and spoilers from War of the Spark, and that means price movements in response. Christopher looks at the notable trends to recommend some pickups.

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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 revisits one of the more powerful sets of recent memory. What's worth investing in moving forward?

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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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Eddie takes a look at some cards to pick up during the winter lull, and prepares us for more Ravnica Allegiance spoiler speculation.

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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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