Gishath Sun’s Avatar | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 01:58:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Gishath Sun’s Avatar | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Rotating Cards Part 2: Rivals of Ixalan https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/08/rotating-cards-part-2-rivals-of-ixalan/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/08/rotating-cards-part-2-rivals-of-ixalan/#respond Fri, 02 Aug 2019 11:00:26 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=93568

Chris follows up on his article covering Ixalan's best opportunities nearing rotation. This week he shows us the potential in several cards from the second set of the block, Rivals of Ixalan

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Chris lays out his general approach to EDH finance and shows it in action with three underrated cards he has been acquiring recently.

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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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Chris reflects on the new year with a new scale for evaluating Commander specs. He lays out the approach he'll be using moving forward and applies it to several cards.

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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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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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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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The last time I wrote about Magic Arena it was still in alpha testing. Arena is now in closed beta testing, and about a month ago we got the great Dominaria economic update, which unveiled some major economic changes and gave us a clear picture of the full economic model that Arena would be employing. […]

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The new Brawl format, which is a Standard version of Commander, could change the Standard market as we know it, and Adam explains why.

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The market is beginning to react to Rivals of Ixalan spoilers, so Adam explains what cards are moving...

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Danny provides a comprehensive review of Cube-worthy cards from Ixalan, along with suggestions for the best time to pick each one up cheaply.

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After seeing Ixalan in action at the prerelease, Mike has a better idea of how the new cards will fit into Standard and which strategies are worth targeting.

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Join Mike for Part 2 of Ixalan spoilers, in which he covers more notable cards for Standard playability and considers where prices will go from here.

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