Memory Adept | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:58:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Memory Adept | 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 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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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-24/feed/ 0 Preparing for the December 6th Announcement https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:37:50 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90668

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

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The fifteen mythics of M15 are now revealed, and they aren't like anything we have seen before. Sylvain discusses the major differences compared to the three previous core sets. Will it impact speculation on MTGO?

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Are we getting a new Jace in Magic 2015? Kelly thinks there's a chance, and he looks at the history of Jaces and other planeswalkers to figure out what little we know about this potential new Jace.

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Sylvain continues his portfolio management series with a lesson regarding the trends that core set mythics follow.

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Sylvain unveils the groundwork to his recent MTGO portfolio management experiment. What did he do with thousands of tix?

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Dylan Beckham believes Loxodon Smiter is uniquely positioned in Modern right now. Read on for his new build of Jund sporting the elephant.

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Mike Lanigan discusses the development of his own bulk box before taking a look at the newest Standard decks to hit the metagame.

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Master of Waves can be exceptionally powerful in the right shell. Today Mike Lanigan exhibits a new Standard deck built around the devotion to blue mechanic.

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Ryan evolves the SCG-winning Esper list from this past weekend in Philadelphia, now complete with 100% more Augur of Bolas.

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Jared Elick surveys the current value of several planeswalkers and predicts whether they're on the rise or declining.

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From Door to Nothingness to the return of a familiar UW strategy, Standard is full of innovation right now. Mike Lanigan surveys the new decks that have surfaced recently.

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Mike discusses some recent versions of UWr Delver that have finished well at tournaments and offers his thoughts on the deck.

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A new card out of Dark Ascension called "Faithless Looting" confirms some of our earlier assumption about the set, so let dig into speculator land and look at the Standard cards showing potential!

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This week, Mike looks at the different forms of removal in standard and takes another look at his pet deck, voltron!

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Josh Rayden runs us through his first hand account of this past weekend’s SCG Indianapolis Open, pointing out the prospects of identified Standard staples and a new wave in Legacy.

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