Flames of the Blood Hand | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:33:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Flames of the Blood Hand | 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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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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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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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux go over the weekly MTGO Market Report, covering overall set prices and changes coming due to the recently announced changes to Daily Events.

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Adam takes a look at the new post-Treasure Cruise, post-Birthing Pod, Fate Reforged Modern metagame by using data from last weekend's SCG Modern Premier IQ.

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Sylvain Lehoux and Matthew Lewis check in with the MTGO Market Report, highlighting positions which have shifted in the wake of the Banned & Restricted announcement.

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As Modern cements itself more and more as an Eternal format, demand for foils is likely to increase. Corbin Hosler surveys some promising cards with low foil multipliers that are likely to benefit from such a development.

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With a pretty stagnant Standard format, Mike Lanigan has been turning his eye to Modern. He shares some new lists that have popped up, as well as his own innovations.

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Sigmund didn't have much luck at last weekend's PTQ, but he did observe a few financial trends in his dealings with the retailers on site. This week he shares his observations and identifies his new favorite pick-up for the next few months.

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New buyouts are taking place, which can mean speculation is back in action. But Wizards' changes to the Pro Tour structure could bode poorly for Modern. Sigmund reconciles the two in this week's article.

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Ryan checks in with some initial thoughts on the directions Modern, Pauper, and Standard are heading.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2013/02/progress/feed/ 4 Uncommonly Good https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/11/uncommonly-good/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/11/uncommonly-good/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:01:24 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=3482 I was at a yard sale a couple weeks ago that advertised Magic cards for sale on Craigslist. These are my favorite things in the world, and I usually try to get there at least half an hour before the start of the sale. For some reason, this time I just didn’t want to wake […]

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