Mayael the Anima | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 11 May 2022 14:21:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Mayael the Anima | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Questioning My Inner Monologue https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/05/questioning-my-inner-monologue/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/05/questioning-my-inner-monologue/#respond Wed, 11 May 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=113747

David Schumann reminds us to question our assumptions about a card's speculative potential, lest our desire to see patterns leads us astray.

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Andrew enlists his Judging expertise to outline a series of best practices for tournament preparation, covering everything from sleeves to lunches to alters.

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In the next part of his Budget Focused series, UndyingMTG examines Planeswalkers Domri Rade's current price, why it has the potential to go up, and what formats it will succeed in.

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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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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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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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Niels takes a closer look at EDHREC.

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David looks at the notable cards from Eternal Masters he expects to impact Commander prices, with an accompanying explanation for each.

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Commander 2013 experienced a radically different financial trajectory than its predecessor. Jason Alt analyzes the differences to determine which one is a better model for the coming Commander release this year.

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David Schumann describes criteria for evaluating long-term specs based on Commander playability, then looks to Gatecrash to see what may qualify.

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Robert's back, bringing a discussion of midrange strategies in Commander. If you ever wanted a primer running down suggestions and points, you'll find everything you need right here!

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Old-fashioned, creature-based card advantage. Let Robert take you through a Mayael deck that's packed to the brim with it!

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Bash bashed, but for how much and how well? Neale takes a reader submission and works with magic, discovering that planning must be proper to avert the dangers ahead!

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