Map the Wastes | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:29:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Map the Wastes | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Case Against Power https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:00:20 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91686

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 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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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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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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Ruin in Their Wake may not be as good as Rampant Growth, but then Rampant Growth isn't Standard legal. Ryan thinks the nerfed accelerant could very well be the future of Standard Ramp.

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Only so much can change when a small set is released. Ryan shares his beliefs on the types of cards that will be valuable from Oath of the Gatewatch.

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Esper and G/r Ramp are the new kids on the block in Standard. Ryan examines their financial impact and discusses the cards that should be on your radar.

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Is Siege Rhino still the king of Standard, or is it Mantis Rider now?

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Mike Lanigan presents his set review of Fate Reforged, with a Top 10 list of cards to impact Standard and Modern, as well as Honorable Mentions and some closing thoughts on finance.

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