Moonmist | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 04 May 2022 23:17:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Moonmist | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Transforming Double-Faced Cards: More Than Meets the Eye https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/05/transforming-double-faced-cards-more-than-meets-the-eye/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/05/transforming-double-faced-cards-more-than-meets-the-eye/#respond Thu, 05 May 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=113877

There are numerous transforming double-faced cards in Magic these days. Andrew examines some of the common, and not-so-common quirks of these cards.

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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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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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DJ breaks down the opportunities available to us in a humble little format known as Pauper.

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We talk a lot about bulk here. The eternal dimes known as bulk rares and mountains of bulk common/uncommons are easily my favorites, but we've talked a fair bit about basic lands as well. For as long as I've been grinding bulk, I've used SCG as a baseline for what I should pay. Because of […]

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Ryan has brought something fresh and spicy to the Standard table this week. If Thawing Glaciers was your speed way back when, then you're sure to love this creation.

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Mike brews and successfully pilots a Thalia centered Naya build. Read up on his card choices and why he sees Thalia as positioned well in the current meta.

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Mike Lanigan brews up a flippin' werewolftastic Standard build. Looking for something more fun than Spike to bring to FNM tonight? Grab your checklist cards and Gutshots and check out this build!

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Mike Lanigan breaks down some new Delver lists and gives his opinion on a few spoilers.

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Carlos covers the Commander cards you should be caring about, Innistrad Style!

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So, here is the third part of Ryan's review of Innistrad. That is a SWEET review you might say. THE END.

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Joshua Justice takes a closer look at rares mythics and playable commons and uncommons with his set review of Innistrad.

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