Glimpse of Nature | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:56:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Glimpse of Nature | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Tribes Reemergent: Dominaria United Lords https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/08/tribes-reemergent-dominaria-united-lords/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/08/tribes-reemergent-dominaria-united-lords/#respond Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=119168

Dominaria United is now fully spoiled, and one card in a cycle has David E.'s full attention. Vodalian Hexcatcher stands to completely change Modern Merfolk.

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And here we are again. Another spoiler season. One that will barely be over before the next one begins, because for some reason, Wizards is doing a dual set this fall. Innistrad is such a popular setting that I imagine they'll do well, but it feels like Wizards is pushing our wallets to the breaking […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/09/howling-into-autumn-midnight-hunt-spoilers/feed/ 0 MTG Metagame Finance #32 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/mtg-metagame-finance-32/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/mtg-metagame-finance-32/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:30:11 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91796

Eddie has decided to take a break from writing, but not before leaving us with one more article. Today he discusses Mythic Championship Cleveland and the London mulligan rule.

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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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Rob returns with another Standard card that he thinks would be gaining ground soon on today's segment!

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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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Eddie weighs in on the latest developments in the finance world, from Guilds of Ravnica, to Worlds, to an odd new combo deck in Modern featuring Runaway Steam-Kin.

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Rob loves the idea of picking up copies of this card now. Check out why!

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Rob thinks it's time to burn some willows with this card!

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David returns to the Ixalan sheet leak to see which spoiled cards may have promise in Modern and Legacy.

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The Legacy metagame was thrown on its head after the banning of Sensei's Divining Top, and many cards have benefited from the change...

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With the banning of Top, David's beloved Miracles deck is no more. He discusses the future of the Legacy metagame and some key cards that may be poised for gains.

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