Experimental Frenzy | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 09 May 2019 16:34:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Experimental Frenzy | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 War of the Spark Standard: SCG Richmond and MCQ Season https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/05/war-of-the-spark-standard-scg-richmond-and-mcq-season/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/05/war-of-the-spark-standard-scg-richmond-and-mcq-season/#respond Thu, 09 May 2019 12:54:23 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=92689

This week, Chris reviews the decks of SCG Richmond, the first Standard event since War of the Spark's release, and looks ahead to the cards that could be winners going forward.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/05/war-of-the-spark-standard-scg-richmond-and-mcq-season/feed/ 0 Brew Report: March Metagaming Madness https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/brew-report-march-metagaming-madness/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/brew-report-march-metagaming-madness/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:00:58 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=19813 Is Modern solved? Is Modern stale? Any amount of time spent on a Magic forum or subreddit these days seems to offer countless arguments from both sides of the debate. Indeed, this Phoenix/Dredge/Stirrings (in that order) metagame has proven the most divisive I can remember since Siege Rhino briefly served as hyper-acting format manager in […]

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Chris is back today to break down the Challenger Decks and how they will impact card prices, especially surrounding rotation.

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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 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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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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Right on the heels of the Pro Tour, Eddie covers the latest movements in his portfolio. Some breakout cards from the PT are worth selling into hype now, for starters.

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This weekend is the Pro Tour, which means big things for the Standard market. Adam has some insight on which cards might due for a spike given their recent rise on MTGO.

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Another week of Guilds of Ravnica, another set of recommendations. Eddie provides the latest moves in his portfolio, including some Modern breakouts and a few odd foils.

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Rob talks about another red card on today's segment of the Daily Stock Watch!

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