Karn | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 17 Jan 2022 04:54:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Karn | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 A Shift in the Markets https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/05/a-shift-in-the-markets/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/05/a-shift-in-the-markets/#respond Fri, 28 May 2021 11:00:51 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=98021

This week, Kai puts the market under a microscope in preparation for the release of Modern Horizons 2, with a focus on Modern.

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David brings us a new series in Sifting Specs, where he showcases seemingly overlooked cards that never found a home.

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Budget-Focused returns, this week focusing on three sleeper hits

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/budget-focused-four-cards-to-pick-up-for-pioneer/feed/ 0 Jan ’20 Brew Report: Amberning Up https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/01/jan-20-brew-report-amberning-up/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/01/jan-20-brew-report-amberning-up/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:00:53 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21263 It's a whole new Modern, but we've got some unfinished business to take care of. Sure, some of the following lists are from after the Oko ban. Others, before. But all of them are from this month, which saw some really neat developments! Simic Urza Don't call it a comeback! Simic Urza may have lost […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/01/jan-20-brew-report-amberning-up/feed/ 3 Real Friends: Horizons Pet-Deck Update https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/07/real-friends-horizons-pet-deck-update/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/07/real-friends-horizons-pet-deck-update/#comments Fri, 19 Jul 2019 16:00:29 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=20410 It's maybe been said to the point of platitude at this point, but Modern is a format that rewards deck mastery. At least for me, it's also way more fun when you can find a deck that ticks all your preference boxes. I've been playing Eldrazi Stompy since Thought-Knot Seer was spoiled, and Counter-Cat since […]

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It's been a while since Sig studied pricing trends on new sets. But a few recent observations have caught his attention. This week Sig shares these trends as he learns about the new normal that is Standard MTG finance.

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Between the impactful War of the Spark, the approaching Modern Horizons, the looming Core Set 2020, and the approved London Mulligan, now is quite a time to be a Modern player. But that's not all—Modern's continued period of adjustment to War is yielding more novel decks weekly than I can shake a stick at. It's nonetheless my job […]

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Chris examines Oathbreaker, and judges the long-term viability of the format.

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The Mythic Invitational this weekend will be the first debut of official War of the Spark spoilers! Be sure to check back with Quiet Speculation as the info rolls in.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/war-of-the-spark-spoilers-and-more/feed/ 2 Karn, the Great Creator in Colorless Eldrazi https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/karn-great-creator-colorless-eldrazi/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/karn-great-creator-colorless-eldrazi/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:00:52 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=19851 A year ago, Colorless Eldrazi Stompy received a potent new tool in Zhalfirin Void. I described the card's potential for the archetype in detail, cursing Karn, Scion of Urza under my breath in the intro paragraph. In War of the Spark, the deck is all set to receive yet another potential game-changer, if a less […]

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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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In the week leading up to the release of Ravnica Allegiance some interesting decks have popped up. Eddie covers the new tech and discusses cards he's picked up from those lists.

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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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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-23-free-giveaway-2/feed/ 0 Mtg Arena Has Been Framed! Who Is the Real MTGO Killer? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:00:44 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90705

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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