Scavenging Ooze | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:51:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Scavenging Ooze | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 PreDH: The Community’s Call for Nostalgia https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/02/predh-the-communitys-call-for-nostalgia/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/02/predh-the-communitys-call-for-nostalgia/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=127409

Sig is a fan of nostalgic Magic, so it's no wonder recent rumblings about PreDH, Commander before 2011, have caught his eye. This week Sig explores this concept.

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Adequate Training for Running and Magic https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/02/adequate-training-for-running-and-magic/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/02/adequate-training-for-running-and-magic/#respond Mon, 13 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=127003

Sig continues comparing Magic finance with running, focusing on the training aspects of the two pursuits. Once again, there is more overlap than you'd expect!

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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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A Look at Set-Themed Commander Decks https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/06/a-look-at-set-themed-commander-decks/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/06/a-look-at-set-themed-commander-decks/#respond Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:00:13 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=98440

Sig has seen the set-themed Commander decks at his local Meijer and Target for a while now, but he never really investigated them. Then he received one for his birthday, and it triggered some research on these inexpensive entries into the format.

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Standard Commons and Uncommons Watch List https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/11/standard-commons-and-uncommons-watch-list/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/11/standard-commons-and-uncommons-watch-list/#respond Mon, 02 Nov 2020 12:00:18 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=96489

As Standard's metagame evolved post-rotation, a host of new commons and uncommons are seeing significantly more play. This week Sig examines these cards and identifies top bulk picks for a future buylist.

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Budget-Focused: More Pioneer cards you need to acquire! https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/budget-focused-more-pioneer-cards-you-need-to-acquire/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/budget-focused-more-pioneer-cards-you-need-to-acquire/#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2020 11:00:59 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=95631

In a followup to last week, UndyingMTG examines another handful of cards flying under the radar in Pioneer.

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Top Picks for Core Set 2021 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/top-picks-for-core-set-2021/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/top-picks-for-core-set-2021/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:00:07 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=95664

Core Set 2021 offers a variety of attractive pick-ups for both Commander and Standard speculation (should paper Magic events restart). This week Sig highlights a few of his favorites, inspired by others in the Twitter community.

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Budget-Focused: Four Cards With Long Term Potential in Pioneer! https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/06/budget-focused-four-cards-with-long-term-potential-in-pioneer/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/06/budget-focused-four-cards-with-long-term-potential-in-pioneer/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2020 06:31:44 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=95622

UndyingMTG returns with a look at four cards in Pioneer that you need to consider picking up!

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Budget Focused: Domri Rade and Planeswalker Potential https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/04/budget-focused-domri-rade-and-planeswalker-potential/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/04/budget-focused-domri-rade-and-planeswalker-potential/#respond Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:46:43 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=95023

In the next part of his Budget Focused series, UndyingMTG examines Planeswalkers Domri Rade's current price, why it has the potential to go up, and what formats it will succeed in.

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Learn From My Mistakes https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/07/learn-from-my-mistakes/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/07/learn-from-my-mistakes/#comments Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:00:59 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=93221

Sig's "sell" call last week on Ophiomancer was premature. This wasn't his first error in MTG finance nor will it be his last. This week, Sig recalls some of his previous mistakes and extracts valuable lessons from each one.

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MTG Metagame Finance #32 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/mtg-metagame-finance-32/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/mtg-metagame-finance-32/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:30:11 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91796

Eddie has decided to take a break from writing, but not before leaving us with one more article. Today he discusses Mythic Championship Cleveland and the London mulligan rule.

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Tales from the Buylist #3 – All About Eldritch Moon https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/tales-from-the-buylist-3-all-about-eldritch-moon/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/tales-from-the-buylist-3-all-about-eldritch-moon/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:10:22 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91736

Chris makes the case for Eldritch Moon as an investment target. There's a lot of great cards in this small set.

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The Case Against Power https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:00:20 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91686

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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What’s Next #2 – Slot Machine https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/whats-next-2-slot-machine/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/whats-next-2-slot-machine/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:01:05 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91719

Mox Opal and Ancient Stirrings are on the rise again in Modern via a new combo deck. Find out if you should join 'em or figure out how to beat 'em.

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What’s Next #1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/whats-next-1/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/whats-next-1/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:37:09 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91522

Spinning off from a section in article #23, Eddie starts this new What's Next series by looking into what could be in store for Modern after the KCI banning.

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Daily Stock Watch – Woodland Bellower https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/daily-stock-watch-woodland-bellower/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/daily-stock-watch-woodland-bellower/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:19:42 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91532

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

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Daily Stock Watch – Scryb Ranger https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/daily-stock-watch-scryb-ranger/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/daily-stock-watch-scryb-ranger/#respond Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:14:02 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91385

Rob talks about one of his favorite faeries that has been spiking recently on today's segment.

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Ravnica Allegiance: Spoilers, Facts, Specs & More https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:00:24 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90531

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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MTG Metagame Finance #26 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/mtg-metagame-finance-26/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/mtg-metagame-finance-26/#respond Thu, 03 Jan 2019 05:00:43 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90988

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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MTG Metagame Finance #25 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-25/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-25/#respond Tue, 25 Dec 2018 17:44:01 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90930

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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