Relic of Progenitus | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 02 Nov 2022 19:15:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Relic of Progenitus | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Cubin’ with Schumann: Triomes, Nostalgia, and Oko https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/11/cubin-with-schumann-triomes-nostalgia-and-oko/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/11/cubin-with-schumann-triomes-nostalgia-and-oko/#respond Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=122722

David S. shares his rekindled love of cubing, or drafting a custom format, which has brought together his playgroup in Limited bliss.

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Paul goes over the concept of a competitive metagame, focusing on the changing landscape of Modern and how it applies to Magic finance.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/07/understanding-metagames-for-success-and-profit/feed/ 0 Alien Zoo: Colorless Eldrazi Stompy Post-SSG Ban https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/02/alien-zoo-colorless-eldrazi-stompy-post-ssg-ban/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/02/alien-zoo-colorless-eldrazi-stompy-post-ssg-ban/#respond Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:00:30 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=22685 On February 15, 2021, Wizards banned a card near and dear to my heart: Simian Spirit Guide. The Asking-for-It Ape was featured prominently in my go-to Modern deck, Colorless Eldrazi Stompy, which must mutate dramatically if it is to keep pace in the format. With a week of testing under my belt, I'm ready to […]

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Joe takes a look at his top four picks for Ikoria commons to add to your speculation box.

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Join Sam for the lowdown on one of the coolest tournaments ever held: The 2019 Gen Con Legacy Cube Championship! Warning: Memes ahead!

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/08/gen-con-2019-legacy-cube-tournament-report/feed/ 0 Karn, the Great Creator in Colorless Eldrazi https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/karn-great-creator-colorless-eldrazi/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/karn-great-creator-colorless-eldrazi/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:00:52 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=19851 A year ago, Colorless Eldrazi Stompy received a potent new tool in Zhalfirin Void. I described the card's potential for the archetype in detail, cursing Karn, Scion of Urza under my breath in the intro paragraph. In War of the Spark, the deck is all set to receive yet another potential game-changer, if a less […]

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With several high-profile Legacy events on the horizon, Christopher is looking to format staples for growth. He lays out his reasoning and the current best targets.

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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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This week, Eddie takes a deeper look into how Ravnica Allegiance is starting to affect all formats, along with his resulting portfolio updates.

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Rob talks about a spiking mythic rare from Magic Origins on today's segment.

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In the week leading up to the release of Ravnica Allegiance some interesting decks have popped up. Eddie covers the new tech and discusses cards he's picked up from those lists.

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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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Rob talks about a Modern card that's on the rise on today's segment.

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Eddie takes a look at some cards to pick up during the winter lull, and prepares us for more Ravnica Allegiance spoiler speculation.

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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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