Lord of Atlantis | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 06 Apr 2023 03:24:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Lord of Atlantis | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Did March of the Machine Forget About Commander? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/04/did-march-of-the-machine-forget-about-commander/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/04/did-march-of-the-machine-forget-about-commander/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=128660

The March of the Machine prerelease is upon us, and Joe aka "Beardy" has one question: has Wizards thrown in the towel on creative multiplayer design?

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David E has been struggling with colorless creature lands in multiple formats but wasn't sure why. He's finally found an answer that suggests Magic is changing.

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David's June metagame update for the Modern format indicates... stability? How could this be!? Read on to get the full scoop on Omnath and others.

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Francesco looks at one of Magic IP's most significant elements: the design of its unique and amazing creatures. This series explores their origins.

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The value of Revised is deeper than Dual Lands and Wheel of Fortune. This week Sig explores the depths of financial value within this underappreciated set.

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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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This week, Eddie takes a deeper look into how Ravnica Allegiance is starting to affect all formats, along with his resulting portfolio updates.

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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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Sig predicted the rise of Alpha cards—including the commons and uncommons—a while back. While he's out of town, enjoy this reprisal of his article from December that laid out the case.

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With new cards entering Modern from Rivals of Ixalan as well as a Modern Pro Tour coming up, Adrian covers which new cards might have an impact on already-existing cards. Do you like blue cards? This one is for you.

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The full Rivals of Ixalan spoiler is out, and David is here to cover the interesting cards for eternal play from both strategic and financial perspectives.

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Rob thinks that it's not yet time for this guy and the zombie apocalypse. Take a look why.

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