Giant Growth | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Fri, 16 Jun 2023 04:53:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Giant Growth | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 How Wizards of the Coast Can Save Standard https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/06/how-wizards-of-the-coast-can-save-standard/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/06/how-wizards-of-the-coast-can-save-standard/#respond Fri, 16 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=130753

This week David S. provides some ideas on how Wizards of the Coast can save the Standard format.

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It appears serialized cards are here to stay, and every time Sig opens social media, he sees more of them. This week he explores the future of these novelties.

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This week, Rob compares the merits of combat tricks and equipment in Draft... and illustrates why having a backbone of decent creatures remains an imperative!

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Beardy takes a look at Crimson Vow with regards to the Commander format and what cards could see play long-term.

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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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You may have seen that I published an article on CFB earlier this week praising the return of core sets to Magic. I love core sets on every level. I love that they return Magic from the goofy gimmicks and settings of expansion sets to something more broadly recognized as Magic: The Gathering. I enjoy Core […]

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Just because Wizards can print any card off the Reserved List, that doesn't mean they will. David looks at the textless Magic Player Rewards cards and discusses their value as specs.

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Buylisting is often financially suboptimal, but that doesn't make it a bad idea. Sig explains why buylisting can be the right move even if it leaves a buck or two on the table.

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Rather than dwell on a single topic from MTG finance this week, Sig shares a few headlines worth following: something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue.

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Rob thinks it's time for you to go all in on this all-time classic reliable. Read more about it here!

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After seeing more Pauper cards spike last week, Sig realized he was missing out on some real profits. Now he is applying his TCGplayer methodology to try and get ahead of the next buyout.

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Pauper has been ticking up in popularity, and Brian's LGS is selling the cards like hotcakes. He covers the more unusual cards they're having trouble keeping in stock.

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