Hushwing Gryff | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 05 Jan 2023 02:53:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Hushwing Gryff | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The New Elesh Norn And Commander https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/01/the-new-elesh-norn-and-commander/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/01/the-new-elesh-norn-and-commander/#respond Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=125744

Is the Commander Rules Committee wrong about Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines being too powerful? Beardy investigates a troubling trend among new cards.

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Joe aka "Beardy" examines player perceptions of the metagame. Is it true that you can't really compete without the "best" cards?

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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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Welcome to a new edition of State of the Meta! PT 25th Anniversary is right around the corner, which will feature Team Constructed only (no draft) with each team member playing a separate format (Standard/Modern/Legacy). Things have been shifting a bit as of late in the world of eternal formats: from the dominance of Matt […]

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Mike's here to break down the Commander 2016 decks. Which will be most powerful and which will be most valuable?

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This month Modern made some room for Origins in Sylvain's "1 Year, 100 Tix" portfolio. With only three months remaining, he discusses his plan to exit ORI positions profitably.

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In this special MTGO Market Report, Matt Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux discuss the different speculative options available with the release of Magic Origins, including boosters, singles and complete sets.

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Doug Linn looks at the tech and financial movements to come out of GP Charlotte. Some unsuspecting decks fared well, which may boost the price of key cards.

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Aggro took the latest SCG Open by storm, and Mike Lanigan is here to pore over the decks, as well as offer a glimpse at some novel Modern decks.

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Sylvain is wrapping up his M15 mythics and rares positions, with truly exceptional results. See his results and his thoughts for the next and last core set, Magic Origins.

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To gain a new perspective, Adam shares and explores eight decklists from a Japanese PTQ and explores the impact of Fate Reforged in this competitive Standard event.

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The Standard metagame is one of the most diverse we've seen in a long time. Mike Lanigan pores over the seemingly infinite viable archetypes right now, highlighting some interesting ones that appeared at SCG DC.

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Adam shares a Standard brew that abuses Manifest in its full capacity!

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