Figure of Destiny | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 06 Jul 2022 04:56:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Figure of Destiny | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Magical Creatures: Kithkin and Nightstalkers https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/07/magical-creatures-kithkins-and-nightstalkers/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/07/magical-creatures-kithkins-and-nightstalkers/#respond Wed, 06 Jul 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=116356

Francesco continues exploring Magic's own mythical creatures, turning his attention to the Legends-dated Kithkin and Nightstalkers. Read on for their story!

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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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Today Mike Lanigan looks at the five double-faced planeswalkers from Magic Origins. These cards look like a doozy to evaluate for Constructed play, and he dives right in.

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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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With four Abzan decks in the Top 8 of GP Paris and an aggressive version of the deck taking the tournament down, it's clear that Siege Rhino is still well-positioned in Standard. The most interesting element in the Top 8 though is Zan Syed's Selesnya Collected Company deck. In a format with mana this good, […]

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The April report for Sylvain's 100 Tix 1 Year project is here. This month the account lost ground compared. Sylvain draws two lessons from the flop and his specs on DTK packs.

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Mike Lanigan presents a swath of interesting and powerful decks in Tiny Leaders as an introduction to the format. You'll have to be prepared to face these staple generals.

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March's report of Sylvain's 100 Tix 1 Year project is here. The value of the account is still progressing up and the next few months promises to be loaded with opportunities. Sylvain also offers some more insight into how he views Quickflips.

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The new Legacy Cube update is straight-up insulting to hardcore fans of the format.

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Ryan takes a look at the cards with the highest preorder prices from Fate Reforged and evaluates how reasonable these prices are. Find out which cards he thinks are hits and which are all hype!

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It's that time again. Corbin Hosler pores over the new set for under- and overrated cards, and offers his thoughts on the financial relevance of Fate Reforged.

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