Nicol Bolas God-Pharaoh | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 14 Nov 2022 07:21:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Nicol Bolas God-Pharaoh | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Adam Plays Magic: Chromatic Cube https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/11/adam-plays-magic-chromatic-cube/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/11/adam-plays-magic-chromatic-cube/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=123523

This week on Adam Plays Magic, Adam jams a best-of-three draft of Chromatic Cube. Splashy bombs, perfect mana, and card advantage? What's not to love?

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Double Masters 2022 is guaranteed to shake up prices in a big way. But which cards are the winners and losers? David S. has the scoop!

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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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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 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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Welcome back, folks. This is an important week for MTGO finance. One need only look at Standard card prices to see that there is an abundance of optimism about Rivals of Ixalan Standard. Preview season showed that Rivals of Ixalan offers many exciting toys for brewers to test with, and at a high enough clip […]

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Adrian breaks down some lesser-played cards in the metagame. Can any of these make us money?

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Rob San Juan shares his insights on this absurdly good (and expensive) Standard God.

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Magic Online results paint a picture of the metagame evolved from the World Championship, and Adam explores what it means for the market...

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Kyle is here to offer some targets and some warning on Hour of Devastation block cards.

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The makeup of current Standard can tell us a lot about what to expect come rotation. Guillaume looks ahead to consider which decks will survive intact or perish horribly.

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The Pro Tour hit prices in a big way, so Mike's back to revisit whether a box of HOU has become a good idea. He also touches in detail on a number of major price shifts.

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There are several particular attributes shared by the most popular Commander cards. Jim outlines the criteria he uses to gauge a potential spec for the format.

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I hope you all had a great time watching the Pro Tour! It was a great show, and as I had hoped, red came out on top. I feel obliged to issue a disclaimer before I can continue this article in good conscience: aggressive formats tend to stifle the ability of the crazy, four-color, top-end […]

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Mike's got something a little different for this box report. When a set's EV is this bad, sometimes one needs to improvise...

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