Manabond | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:24:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Manabond | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Spiking Cards Surprisingly Absent from the Reserved List https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/04/spiking-cards-surprisingly-absent-from-the-reserved-list/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/04/spiking-cards-surprisingly-absent-from-the-reserved-list/#respond Mon, 18 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=113391

Sig examines some older cards that spiked recently despite their absence from the Reserved List. What's driving the uptick in prices?

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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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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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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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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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Eddie weighs in on the latest developments in the finance world, from Guilds of Ravnica, to Worlds, to an odd new combo deck in Modern featuring Runaway Steam-Kin.

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The Podcast discusses Core 2019 release, Commander 2018 information, and Insider questions!

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Mike Lanigan presents a swath of interesting and powerful decks in Tiny Leaders as an introduction to the format. You'll have to be prepared to face these staple generals.

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Carlos leads us through his trademark commander deck-building process yet again, this time with Damia, Sage of Stone at the helm and capped off by a maddening finish!

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Mike considers some of the Innistrad hype and responds to Wizard's Banned & Restricted announcement, noting a few key card to get your hands on.

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Mike responds to the SCG and Wizards announcements, offers praise to the joy of playing Legacy's Valakut Lands and makes calls for the upcoming SCG Legacy Open.

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Jason Schousboe reacquaints himself with an old friend by taking Lands for a spin around the block, with the value-added Scapeshift and Valakut. See how he fared in this quixotic quest below.

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Carlos has his Child of Alara deck back, this time covering some sample hands and gameplay! It's Legacy-lite, Commander style, with everyone's favorite nuclear infant!

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Exodus was a monumental set in a great block, and perhaps its greatest legacy is not any single card – it is the colored rarity symbol. For the first time, casual players who knew nothing of pack order could tell which card of theirs was rare – something challenging when dealing with cards like Avizoa […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/01/examining-exodus/feed/ 0 A Tale of Card Alters https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/11/a-tale-of-card-alters/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/11/a-tale-of-card-alters/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:01:23 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=3941 Whinston’s Whisdom returns with another installment for your every financial need! This week, I’ll do a quick rundown of some hot cards, as well as talk about pricing altered art cards. (In my best newscaster voice) While there aren’t too many cards to discuss today, the most important is Ranger of Eos. With every financial […]

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