Growing Rites of Itlimoc | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 01:58:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Growing Rites of Itlimoc | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Chris’s Commander Corner: Ixalan Edition https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/07/chriss-commander-corner-ixalan-edition/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/07/chriss-commander-corner-ixalan-edition/#comments Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:00:18 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=93485

Chris lays out his investment plan for key Commander staples from the Ixalan block, starting with the namesake set. Some of these picks may surprise you!

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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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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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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-23-free-giveaway-2/feed/ 0 Preparing for the December 6th Announcement https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:37:50 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90668

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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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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Rob features a legendary creature on today's Daily Stock Watch!

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Last week David covered Rivals of Ixalan cards for Vintage and Legacy play. Today he dives into the set's much more numerous contributions to Commander.

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Rob thinks that the horde will triumph soon using this card.

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One of the great things about mistakes is that we can learn from them, thereby not repeating them. To that end, today Kyle is walking us through his learning process this year.

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This time, Kyle's covering some of the rares he especially likes from Ixalan. Check it out!

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Mike details the value in several real-life cracked boxes in the Ixalan Box Report, before covering gainers from the SCG Open weekend in Dallas.

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Hello, everyone. Ixalan is already legal on Magic Online. This week I'm going to talk about some of my picks from the new set. Let's first look at some of the two-sided cards. Growing Rites of Itlimoc 's flipped side is basically Gaea's Cradle. The only difference between this card and Cradle is that the controller […]

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Matthew Lewis presents the MTGO Market Report for this week, evaluating important events in the online market and highlighting a “trade of the week.”

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Mike covers his Top 10 picks from Ixalan most likely to make an impact in Constructed, and offers his financial observations along the way.

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The spoilers keep rolling in. Mike looks over the latest Ixalan cards to be revealed to see how they stack up for Standard play and as spec targets.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/09/insider-ixalan-spoilers-part-2-2/feed/ 0 Ixalan Spoilers: Part 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/09/ixalan-spoilers-part-one/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/09/ixalan-spoilers-part-one/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2017 19:07:27 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=15369 As much as I enjoy talking about the fringe aspects of Magic—perspective, identity, opportunity—I can’t ignore a new set on the horizon. Ixalan is here, bringing along Pirates, Dinosaurs, treasure, and things that turn into land. I don’t know what’s happening, which means I’ve been out of the loop for too long. That being said, […]

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