Misthollow Griffin | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:46:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Misthollow Griffin | 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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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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With Eldritch Moon almost on the shelves, David turns to examine its impact in eternal formats. These are the cards to watch for Modern, Legacy and Vintage.

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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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Come see all our Fate Reforged spoiler coverage Torrent Elemental 4U Creature - Elemental Flying Whenever Torrent Elemental attacks, tap all creatures defending player controls. 3[B/G][B/G]: Return Torrent Elemental from exile to the battlefield tapped. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery. I don't know if I want this at mythic. […]

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Come see all our Fate Reforged spoiler coverage Sorcerer of the Hunt Creature - Orc Shaman Haste Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Ferocious - 2[G/U][G/U]: Draw a card for each creature with power 4 or greater you control. Not bad, not bad at […]

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Jason Alt looks at the trajectory of Kuldotha Forgemaster after its Top 8 in GP Edison, which surprised many by being so lackluster. Why did it break the mold, and what does that tell us about other cards?

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Today Jason Alt covers some prominent reprints in M15. While their financial trajectory appears obvious at first glance, he believes some may defy expectations.

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David Schumann examines some specs from the past that failed to pan out, asking why they failed and what to avoid in the future.

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Matthew Lewis returns to the digital-to-paper ratio, focusing on Innistrad block, which has deviated slightly from the typical pattern.

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David Schumann looks back on some of his first articles and tries to judge how accurate his calls were.

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Jason suggests keeping abreast of the metagame may provide a lot of insight into speculation targets, then (conveniently) covers decks from the weekend.

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David describes his process for evaluating the Legacy potential of new cards, and applies it to several spoiled cards from Gatecrash.

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Jason hails the arrival of a new Legacy deck developed by QS's own, marvels at auction-goers' utter ignorance of Magic value, and peruses the weekend's tournament results with his characteristic wit.

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Tyler unveils his pet Food Chain/Misthollow Griffin deck and runs through all the neat interactions, including why it isn't actually terrible.

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