Panharmonicon | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Fri, 10 Mar 2023 18:51:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Panharmonicon | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Who Actually Benefits from Going to SCGCon? Charlotte Event Breakdown https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/03/who-actually-benefits-from-going-to-scgcon-charlotte-event-breakdown/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/03/who-actually-benefits-from-going-to-scgcon-charlotte-event-breakdown/#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=127462

David S. returned from SCGCon Charlotte with a breakdown of opportunities for players, buylisters, and traders... and one group loses out quite a bit.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/03/who-actually-benefits-from-going-to-scgcon-charlotte-event-breakdown/feed/ 0 The New Elesh Norn And Commander https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/01/the-new-elesh-norn-and-commander/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/01/the-new-elesh-norn-and-commander/#respond Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=125744

Is the Commander Rules Committee wrong about Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines being too powerful? Beardy investigates a troubling trend among new cards.

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Which Double Masters 2022 rares are worth speculating on? David S. assesses the trajectories of previous Masters reprints to draft a juicy list of potentials.

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Andrew continues his layers series by delving into triggered abilities, especially missed triggers, and with the murky waters of handling this common error.

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With Strixhaven spoilers on the horizon, David gives us a quick rundown of all the wizard tribal cards you should know about.

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Chris continues his series on soon-to-rotate sets, this time with Dominaria. Sit back as he takes us on a nostalgia trip to Magic's premier plane and outlines his picks for Commander.

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Chris lays out his investment plan for key Commander staples from the Ixalan block, starting with the namesake set. Some of these picks may surprise you!

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David takes a close look at Yarok, the Desecrated and outlines his picks for this Commander going forward.

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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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Chris revisits one of the more powerful sets of recent memory. What's worth investing in moving forward?

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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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Rob thinks that the writing's on the wall for today's featured card.

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On this week's QS Cast, we discuss Masters 25, Challenger Decks, and more!

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The latest Infographics tracking the QS Cast have been released!

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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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