Scion of Oona | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:58:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Scion of Oona | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Fall Set Preview: The Royal Courts of Eldraine https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/07/fall-set-preview-the-royal-courts-of-eldraine/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/07/fall-set-preview-the-royal-courts-of-eldraine/#respond Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:14:01 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=93414

Magic's new set has been revealed! Throne of Eldraine, via SDCC. More information to come as the weekend progresses.

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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 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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Mike discusses how the top Standard decks of Pro Tour Kaladesh will impact the metagame and markets moving forward.

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With eight rounds of Modern, the SCG Invitational was an exciting proving ground for some of the format's best decks. Sheridan covers three big winners from the tournament!

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In one of the final articles in his Nine Months of Portfolio Management series, Sylvain talks about Quick Flips. He explains how he exploited such opportunities to rapidly and consistently grow this part of his portfolio.

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In prep for the upcoming Columbus SCG Invitational, Ryan returns to his RW Devotion list and shares his updated sideboard.

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Sylvain has noticed price spikes on MTGO occurring faster recently, much as with paper prices. He explains how to approach these situations prudently.

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Ryan ruminates on the direction Modern might head in the coming months.

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David Schumann outlines some MTG investment basics, explains the concept of discounted cash flow, and asks how the recent B&R announcement will affect Modern.

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Jason Alt weighs in on the B&R announcement, insider trading, and the possibility that Born of the Gods is, just maybe, underrated.

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Danny weighs in on the B&R list update, suggesting some less than obvious speculation moves.

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Jason Alt observes a significant shift in the pre-Banned and Restricted happenings, bemoans the boringness of Standard, and examines tournament results.

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Ryan brought Fairies to this past weekend's GP Columbus. He details the merits of the deck and where he would make improvements.

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Hello, readers! We move ever deeper this week into the fairy tale of Lorwyn with its expansion, Morningtide. These two sets were supposed to be the "light side" version of fairy tales - giants, dwarves, toadstools with faeries sitting on them and more.

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