Sorin Grim Nemesis | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:15:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Sorin Grim Nemesis | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 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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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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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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Many people have been saying there’s been a little less movement regarding Magic finance during the past few weeks or months. Some people are saying there’s a slowdown. Others are saying it’s normal because the holidays are around the corner and players have less money to spend on Magic cards. Regardless, Magic continues to move […]

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This week, we're continuing the series on rotation finance. See part one here. Part two will begin with a focus on the rotating planeswalkers. The loss of most of Standard's best planeswalkers will dramatically affect the Standard Magic landscape. I feel it is best left up to professional players to tell us what changes to expect from […]

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Adam explains how the Standard metagame is sorting itself out after the recent bannings and the release of Aether Revolt, as well as how the market is reacting...

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Set redemption can be profitable, but as with everything you want to account for all costs. David explains what to watch for and breaks down the numbers for SOI and EMN.

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Nicolas touches on Modern and Standard in this week's BSH!

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To get an idea of how Masterpieces will affect pricing, David looks back to the first version of the new ultra-rarity: Zendikar Expeditions.

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Matthew Lewis presents the MTGO Market Report for this week, evaluating important events in the online market and highlighting a “trade of the week.”

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Matthew Lewis presents the MTGO Market Report for this week, evaluating important events in the online market and highlighting a "trade of the week."

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Buylisting is an indispensable tool in the speculator's arsenal. Mike explains what, when and why you should be buylisting to get max value from your collection.

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Brian undertakes the monumental task of reviewing every major Standard card coming out of PT SOI. He explains whether each is a hold or a sell and why.

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Ryan breaks down the results from the SCG Baltimore Open and discusses cards he expects will see growth after this weekend's Invitational.

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It's time for the Top 10 set review of Shadows over Innistrad! Mike breaks down his picks for the most important Constructed cards from the new set.

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SOI provides a whole host of exciting new removal spells for the Standard brewer. Mike dives into the full spoiler with a treatment of the available options and their financial relevance.

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