Parallel Lives | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:05:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Parallel Lives | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Follow These 10 Rules For Choosing The Right Commander https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/03/follow-these-10-rules-for-choosing-the-right-commander/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/03/follow-these-10-rules-for-choosing-the-right-commander/#respond Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=112647

Joe AKA Beardy takes a look at some key rules to follow when choosing a Commander.

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The unthinkable has happened: MagicFests for all of 2020 have been cancelled. When Sig predicted this possibility 3 months ago, he didn't seriously think it would happen. He's dusting off that article and updating his predictions for Commander card prices going forward.

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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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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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Rob ends the week with a freaky Friday pick! Read more about it here.

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Rob features a legendary creature on today's Daily Stock Watch!

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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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DJ breaks down some of the top selling and buying experiences he had at 2017's GP Vegas.

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Brian is thinking ahead to rotation and what will retain value from Khans and Fate Reforged. These are the cards that look to have a future after Standard.

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Julian Biondillo shares another Commander deck, this time a green-white Trostani deck built around tokens.

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For Brian DeMars, the bread and butter of speculation are the long-term gainers. He shares his strategy for picking the "safe picks" that will appreciate slowly but surely over time.

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Dragons have traditionally been steady gainers due to casual demand, but will the printing of a whole set full of them reduce their unique appeal? Jason Alt investigates.

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