Elspeth, Sun’s Champion | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 09 May 2023 05:49:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Elspeth, Sun’s Champion | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Unleashing the Power of Invasion of New Phyrexia in Explorer Azorius Control https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/05/unleashing-the-power-of-invasion-of-new-phyrexia-in-explorer-azorius-control-2/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/05/unleashing-the-power-of-invasion-of-new-phyrexia-in-explorer-azorius-control-2/#respond Tue, 09 May 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=129927

QS is proud to welcome LessAlex, AKA Alex Blackard as part of the team! Today Alex shares his love for Control decks, and a new card for Control in Explorer.

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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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What is up with six-mana mythics and the MTGO marketplace? Kyle investigates the implications of a couple odd cards.

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Kyle breaks down five categories of cards that he thinks are too good to overlook at their current prices.

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Kyle's here to today to cover a few of the mythics from Ixalan. Can we make money on any of these?

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Mike covers his Top 10 picks from Ixalan most likely to make an impact in Constructed, and offers his financial observations along the way.

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Kyle is here to offer some targets and some warning on Hour of Devastation block cards.

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There are several particular attributes shared by the most popular Commander cards. Jim outlines the criteria he uses to gauge a potential spec for the format.

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Matthew Lewis presents the MTGO Market Report for this week, evaluating important events in the online market and highlighting a “trade of the week.”

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Matthew Lewis presents the MTGO Market Report for this week, evaluating important events in the online market and highlighting a “trade of the week.”

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Aether Revolt is soon to hit the shelves, when we'll find out what's a dud and what's a sleeper. Brian shares his picks for the most over- and underrated cards.

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