Saheeli Rai | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:08:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Saheeli Rai | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Broken or Bad: New Capenna Round-Up https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/04/broken-or-bad-new-capenna-round-up/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/04/broken-or-bad-new-capenna-round-up/#respond Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=113411

David E. cracks open New Capenna for Modern, finding a mostly innocent set peppered with bad eggs: unruly singletons that may break older cards wide open.

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Paper Magic tournaments are going to come back someday post-pandemic which will undoubtedly lead to an increase in paper Magic card prices. Modern especially seems like a format prime for price increases, and today Joe takes a look at three popular decks from the Modern meta that are full of prime speculation targets.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/11/zendikar-rising-and-the-future-of-modern-part-1/feed/ 0 Omnath Impresses: A Study in Variations https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/10/omnath-impresses-study-in-variations/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/10/omnath-impresses-study-in-variations/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:00:10 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=22270 Zendikar Rising has had a notable effect on Modern, but it's been mostly positive. Whether it's making Death and Taxes finally viable or shaking up the Prowess decks, the new additions seem to be providing the right incentives without being oppressive. However, one card is drawing ire, mostly by association rather than anything it's actually […]

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Emotions. Whether we're speculating on Magic cards or stocks, we all have to handle emotions in order to make optimal choices. This week Sig explores examples where emotion led to poor investments to help avoid these pitfalls in the future.

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Join Chris O’Berry and Sam Lowe as they talk about the new non-rotating format, Pioneer and its first Banned & Restricted announcement.

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David follows up on his look at Pioneer, this time setting his sights some important cards to consider for the early stages of the format.

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For months, MTG finance had remained quiet and calm. The market was largely stable, and admittedly boring. Then the Pioneer announcement came along and awakened the beast. Now havoc (and controversy) is once again being wreaked by #MTGfinance.

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In Part Two of his SCG Indi recap, Sam wraps up Modern lessons from both SCG Indi and Regionals and explores Eldraine Collector's Boosters.

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Chris makes his return to writing to cover Pioneer, Magic's latest non-rotating format. Find out what format staples you'll want to be hunting for and more, here.

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SCG Indi was an important week both for Sam and for Magic at large. Check in with Sam here to find out what he learned over the weekend and what lies ahead.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/10/lessons-learned-from-scg-indi-and-eld-part-12/feed/ 0 Insider: QS Insider Cast – Eldraine Spoiler Season! https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/insider-qs-insider-cast-eldraine-spoiler-season/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/insider-qs-insider-cast-eldraine-spoiler-season/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:47:13 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=93902

The QS Cast is back, all new and improved! Join Chris Martin, Sam Lowe, and Chris O'Berry as they dive into Eldraine spoilers, Brawl decks, and more!

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

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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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