Sphere of Resistance | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:25:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Sphere of Resistance | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Fortune Telling: MH2 Speculation, Part 3 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/12/fortune-telling-mh2-speculation-part-3/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/12/fortune-telling-mh2-speculation-part-3/#respond Tue, 22 Dec 2020 17:00:27 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=22474 Everything eventually ends. As the year wraps up, it's time for me to bring my Modern Horizons 2 speculation to a close. I need to clear space for the upcoming Kaldheim spoiler season. And hopefully, the return of paper Magic; I've spent considerable time and energy trying to figure out how I'm going to incorporate […]

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Sig has noticed some cards becoming quite expensive, especially considering their absence from the Reserved List. Sig explains the trend and highlights his favorite picks.

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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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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 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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Eddie weighs in on the latest developments in the finance world, from Guilds of Ravnica, to Worlds, to an odd new combo deck in Modern featuring Runaway Steam-Kin.

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Kyle breaks down in detail the financial implications of drafting Masters 25. Is it worth spending your tix on?

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Rob likes the progress of Chromatic Lantern's value. Take a peek, and find out why!

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Is it too late to invest on the Academy now?

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After a few years, we have some concrete data to compare and contrast the Masterpieces. David breaks down what we know to see which are attractively priced.

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Mike breaks down the Modern-playable Masterpieces and some of the decks that excel with them!

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There's a new Legacy deck on the block! It happens to be the Legacy port of the new Modern deck...

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As a Legacy Open finalist, a lot of people ask Eric Hawkins about playing Storm. Check out his advice on how to acquaint yourself with the deck!

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Mike Lanigan presents a swath of interesting and powerful decks in Tiny Leaders as an introduction to the format. You'll have to be prepared to face these staple generals.

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Last week, we saw a giant sell-side spike on Sphere of Resistance.  We all kind of knew that the $10 price it hit wasn't "real", but we also knew that it was unlikely to return to its previous $4 level. With these kinds of sell-side spikes, there has been a consistent trend of equilibrium;  the sell […]

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Another little nugget of fun I found in our reports!  This chart for Sphere of Resistance is interesting for 2 reasons. 1)  The spike in late February almost immediately corrected itself, but the marginal increase in buy price remained. 2) The buy price jumped up in the last few days, but almost immediately corrected back down. […]

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