Ghave Guru of Spores | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 29 Jun 2022 17:31:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Ghave Guru of Spores | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Price Adjustments in Double Masters 2022 Mythics https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/06/price-adjustments-in-double-masters-2022-mythics/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/06/price-adjustments-in-double-masters-2022-mythics/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=115647

Double Masters 2022 is guaranteed to shake up prices in a big way. But which cards are the winners and losers? David S. has the scoop!

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David continues his analysis of Ikoria generals, this time examining Nethroi, Apex of Death.

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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 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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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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Let's rewind the clock this week: back to April 2014. Sig wrote a popular article about spending less time on MTG finance. Many of those concepts still apply today!

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Hello, everyone and welcome to a new edition of the Daily Stock Watch! Pre-release weekend is near and everyone's hyped for Assassin's Trophy Guilds of Ravnica. The return of fair decks in Modern is coming as they say, so everyone who will be trying to take care of their prized possessions from the hottest thing […]

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Mike's here to break down the Commander 2016 decks. Which will be most powerful and which will be most valuable?

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DJ provides up-to-the-minute Kaladesh updates as the release nears.

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According to the Chinese Zodiac, this is the year of the horse. People born in the year of the Horse are great at communicating and enjoy the spotlight. Horses should avoid marrying rats and rabbits because they would kill their spouse attempting to consummate the union. Even though 2014 isn't officially the year of the […]

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With the recent Khans news, Ryan interprets what it could mean for the state of play in all formats looking to use new (or reprinted!) cards.

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Not likely to impact Standard, Fortress is a very interesting card nonetheless. EDH players have weighed in online and Ghave, Guru of Spores players have already dismissed this card as something they aren't super interested in. Even within the EDH community, people have big blind spots where their own experiences don't give them much insight […]

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Even if you can't read every article and listen to every podcast, you can still benefit from MTG finance. Sigmund shares a few tips on how to make Magic less expensive on a time budget.

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Back to form, Carlos discusses a combo deck that animates lands and puts them on the chopping block. How does one win after 'geddoning oneself into oblivion? Read on to find out.

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Carlos wraps up his monocolored budget series with the color everyone loves to hate. Read on to see how monoblue can be built in Commander without griefing the entire universe.

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Eventide is packed with some expensive casual and tournament cards. The set contains many enemy-colored cards, from Lieges to filter-lands. The power of the lands, along with Reflecting Pool and the Vivid cycle, let people play essentially anything they wanted in decks.

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Carlos covers the Commander cards you should be caring about, Innistrad Style!

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