Ob Nixilis | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:29:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Ob Nixilis | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Streets of New Capenna: Facts and Predictions https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/03/streets-of-new-capenna-facts-and-predictions/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/03/streets-of-new-capenna-facts-and-predictions/#respond Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=111918

Did you see the Streets of New Capenna reveal? Paul goes over some of the details we know about the set and his predictions for what's to come.

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War of the Spark broke the Planeswalker rarity barrier, including an unprecedented set of uncommons. What will happen to prices over time? This week Sig takes a look at recent, popular uncommons to inform his predictions for War of the Spark's uncommon Planeswalkers.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/05/uncommon-planeswalkers-a-war-of-the-spark-phenomenon/feed/ 3 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 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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Rob ends the week with a freaky Friday pick! Read more about it here.

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Mike's here today with both buylisting and tournament reports from GP Pittsburgh.

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Brian undertakes the monumental task of reviewing every major Standard card coming out of PT SOI. He explains whether each is a hold or a sell and why.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/insider-financial-review-of-every-valuable-card-at-pt-soi/feed/ 4 BUG Landfall EDH https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/06/bug-landfall-edh/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/06/bug-landfall-edh/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:15:11 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=60742

Julian shares a Commander list built around the landfall mechanic. If you're looking to go big and synergistic at the same time, look no further.

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Julian Biondillo shares his Commander list helmed by Marchesa, the Black Rose in his first article for Quiet Speculation!

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After establishing a successful strategy to invest in core set mythics, Sylvain explains the strategy he intends to apply to M15 rares based on the price evolution of M14 rares this past year.

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Matthew Lewis believes the effect of Cube on ROE singles prices this go around will follow a different pattern than with ZZW queues. He compares the two formats and explains why.

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In the fifth part of his ongoing series, Usman gives us a SWOT on green in cubes!

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In part 3 of his Cube SWOT series, Usman discusses the strengths, weaknesses, and archetypes represented in black and how these manifest in cube.

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