Steel Sabotage | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:33:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Steel Sabotage | 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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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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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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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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Hello, everybody and welcome to a new week of the Daily Stock Watch! Standard cards are starting to move in the wake of new brews with cards from Guild of Ravnica, and we're all but ready to see which deck will be the new Black Red Midrange (arguably the best deck from last season) of […]

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Is it time for you to drain our pockets?

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Enemy-colored fastlands look to be some of the biggest Modern hits out of Kaladesh. Sheridan breaks down where they might go and how much they might cost.

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Last week William Jensen presented his five biggest mistakes for the world to see and learn from. What are your biggest mistakes?

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Pauper is making a comeback with additional Daily Events on MTGO, and with it new speculative opportunities. Sylvain walks you through the basics of Pauper speculation and discusses potential targets.

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Ryan missed the boat on Treasure Cruise, but now's the time to explore the full potential of the delve mechanic. Find out his thoughts on why delve will impact every constructed format!

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Vintage Champs is right around the corner, and it's never been a better time to build a gauntlet. Scott Fielder covers the essential decks to test against to prepare for the current meta.

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A lot of the power and consistency of Vintage comes from the availability of tutors. Scott discusses Oath of Druids and Tinker this week and discusses how the introduction of Dack Fayden has caused some reconsideration as to what the best targets are.

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Ryan reports on his recent top 8 Modern PTQ placement and expounds upon Izzet's place in the current meta.

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Zwischenzug's last video on MTGO V3 is his first Vintage video. Watch Edric, Spymaster of Trest dominate a game featuring the most powerful cards in all of Magic.

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This week, James, Adam and Doug tackle three more Modern topics. James starts off with a controversial banning proposal for Modern. Beyond rhetoric, he’s also got the numbers to back it up. Give a listen and see if you agree.

Adam shares a list based on mono-blue control, skipping Blood Moon and doubling down on Vedalken Shackles.

Finally, Doug goes over whether it’s better to play Kiki-Pod or Melira-Pod.

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Is Vintage a stale format? Scott Fielder believes there are many underplayed cards and lots of room for brewing. Today he showcases several unconventional decklists.

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