Pemmin's Aura | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:48:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Pemmin's Aura | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Magical Creatures: Atogs and More from Antiquities https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/06/magical-creatures-atogs-and-more-from-antiquities/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/06/magical-creatures-atogs-and-more-from-antiquities/#respond Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=115814

Francesco reveals the magical creatures created from the ground up for the Antiquities expansion, exploring their history and development.

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What started as an activity to lift Sig's spirits this holiday season has evolved into a valuable lesson in MTG finance. This week he shares four valuable takeaways from his MTG advent calendar as he passes the halfway point.

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David reviews Zaxara, the Exemplary and gives us the inside scoop on what cards could go in the 99.

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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 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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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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This week Jason Alt discusses some tips to streamline the process of picking a collection, while extracting more value.

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Back to form, Carlos builds another Commander deck right in front of our eyes. This time its a rather enchanting affair that showcases the power of Bruna, Light of Alabaster.

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Carlos is getting into the spirit of the season with Zedruu the Greathearted, but it seems Zedruu is better equipped to be dishing out vengeance instead of gifts!

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If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day. If you teach a man to build a budget fish deck, he wins Commander games for the rest of his life. You know Carlos is bringing the heat with Sygg!

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