Misdirection | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 14 Nov 2022 06:05:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Misdirection | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Magic 30: Tournament Reports https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/11/magic-30-tournament-reports/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/11/magic-30-tournament-reports/#respond Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=123534

Sig's focus at Magic 30 was talking to vendors, but he did manage to play in two side events that weekend. This week he shares brief reports of both events.

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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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Rob starts the week with a Commander card as his feature!

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In the wake of the full Eternal Masters spoiler, some prices on MTGO went haywire this week. Alexander covers all the shifts and discusses how he's reacting.

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Brian considers what cards will appear in Eternal Masters this summer. Modern staples have a solid chance of inclusion, which carries significant financial implications.

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell.

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell.

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell.

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Today Corbin Hosler looks at aggregate data from 2014 to get an idea of how Magic speculation performed overall. He goes over the biggest gainers and losers from the year, and explains what they mean.

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The MTGStocks.com interests tab is a valuable source of information. This must-read page gives speculators the hottest trends in MTG Finance. But there's more to this site than the interests tab. This week Sigmund shares other tabs you may be overlooking with critical data.

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Adam retells the many storylines of Grand Prix New Jersey. He also shares the top-performing decklists, reveals the secrets they hold, and explains their metagame position moving forward.

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Ryan dissects his thoughts on the Legacy cards currently being overplayed and underplayed in the post-Khans environment.

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