Oath of Nissa | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:06:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Oath of Nissa | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Top 10 Picks for Explorer Anthology II https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/10/top-10-picks-for-explorer-anthology-ii/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/10/top-10-picks-for-explorer-anthology-ii/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=122399

Explorer Anthology II drops later this year! Here are Adam's top 10 picks for the product and how he predicts they'll shake up the metagame.

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All eyes are on Pioneer, but they can't stop staring at Mono-Green's off-color Planeswalkers! Adam explains why they're here and what they bring to the table.

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Paper Magic tournaments are going to come back someday post-pandemic which will undoubtedly lead to an increase in paper Magic card prices. Modern especially seems like a format prime for price increases, and today Joe takes a look at three popular decks from the Modern meta that are full of prime speculation targets.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/11/zendikar-rising-and-the-future-of-modern-part-1/feed/ 0 Omnath Impresses: A Study in Variations https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/10/omnath-impresses-study-in-variations/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/10/omnath-impresses-study-in-variations/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:00:10 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=22270 Zendikar Rising has had a notable effect on Modern, but it's been mostly positive. Whether it's making Death and Taxes finally viable or shaking up the Prowess decks, the new additions seem to be providing the right incentives without being oppressive. However, one card is drawing ire, mostly by association rather than anything it's actually […]

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UndyingMTG takes aim at Boros Pioneer sleepers in the next edition of his Budget-Focused series.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/budget-focused-deflecting-palm-a-core-set-21-uncommon-and-more-for-your-pioneer-binder/feed/ 0 Banned and Restricted List Update – July 13, 2020 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/banned-and-restricted-list-update-july-13-2020/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/banned-and-restricted-list-update-july-13-2020/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:33:18 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=95689

The July 13, 2020 Banned and Restricted announcement is live!

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Despite an uninteresting Mythic Championship, there's no shortage of Magic news making waves in the secondary market. This week Sig reviews the most noteworthy headlines from last week, highlighting financial implications (or lack thereof?).

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Join Chris O’Berry and Sam Lowe as they talk about the new non-rotating format, Pioneer and its first Banned & Restricted announcement.

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Pioneer has been a boon for vendors and speculators alike. It has refreshed demand in Magic finance, catalyzing buyouts left and right. This has been at Modern's expense, however. This week Sig examines one unloved Modern set to see if there are any interesting opportunities there.

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Between the impactful War of the Spark, the approaching Modern Horizons, the looming Core Set 2020, and the approved London Mulligan, now is quite a time to be a Modern player. But that's not all—Modern's continued period of adjustment to War is yielding more novel decks weekly than I can shake a stick at. It's nonetheless my job […]

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Christopher knows accountability is always crucial in speculation. After ten weeks of articles for QS, he looks back to evaluate how his speculation calls have fared.

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We're awash in information and spoilers from War of the Spark, and that means price movements in response. Christopher looks at the notable trends to recommend some pickups.

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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 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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