Fetid Pools | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:03:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Fetid Pools | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Ravnica Allegiance: Spoilers, Facts, Specs & More https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:00:24 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90531

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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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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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 is hyped about the potential of this card. Take an extra turn with him and find out why!

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One of the great things about mistakes is that we can learn from them, thereby not repeating them. To that end, today Kyle is walking us through his learning process this year.

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Are you the worst Jace of all time?

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Rob San Juan gives his take on the financial future of Aether Hub.

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Kyle breaks down the newest promotional offerings on MTGO, and also discusses the trends and opportunities presented by an unlikely cycle of lands.

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The Magic World Championship showcased two known decks alongside newcomer UB Control. Brian surveys the emerging meta and considers speculation targets.

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A weekend of SCG and online events have put the post-rotation Ixalan Standard metagame into focus...

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Mike details the value in several real-life cracked boxes in the Ixalan Box Report, before covering gainers from the SCG Open weekend in Dallas.

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Which cards should we target that are rotating? Which cards remaining in Standard will be given new life? Adrian is here with the rundown.

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Mike's got something a little different for this box report. When a set's EV is this bad, sometimes one needs to improvise...

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Kyle's here today to give a rundown on some of his favorite cards to keep an eye on for inexpensive MTGO speculation.

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Mike's back with the Box Report, cracking multiple boxes of Amonkhet and reporting to you the results.

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