Humility | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:43:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Humility | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Ten (or More!) Commander Cards That Are Under the Radar https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/01/tenor-more-commander-cards-that-are-under-the-radar/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/01/tenor-more-commander-cards-that-are-under-the-radar/#respond Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=103363

Beardy looks beyond the Top 100 lists on EDHREC for underplayed cards that can fit in a variety of Commander decks. What can you find to spice up your deck?

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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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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 talks about a card that is seeing some financial movement, but isn't really high on his list.

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In his first article for Quiet Speculation, Jim Casale covers Commander cards from Hour of Devastation that may end up holding a significant portion of the set's value.

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Alexander considers some of the macro trends he expects to see leading up to Eternal Masters, before discussing the most likely reprints that are risky holds.

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Alexander Carl returns to QS to discuss the impact Eternal Masters will have on MTGO. This set will be a big one for market movements, so make sure you're informed.

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell.

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Danny reflects on a series of trades that he documented last autumn to see what lessons can be extracted.

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This week Jason examines a curious tournament-illegal deck without any banned cards and plums tournament results for the innovative and the audacious.

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Today Jason comments on tweets from the mothership and shares some odd auctions gracing eBay. He follows up with the usual flurry of tournament results accompanied by snark.

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Tyler unveils his pet Food Chain/Misthollow Griffin deck and runs through all the neat interactions, including why it isn't actually terrible.

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