Steward of Elements | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:03:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Steward of Elements | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 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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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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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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Rob talks about one of the surging planeswalkers in Standard on today's segment.

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Rob starts the week with a review of a resurgent mythic finisher!

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Welcome back, folks. This is an important week for MTGO finance. One need only look at Standard card prices to see that there is an abundance of optimism about Rivals of Ixalan Standard. Preview season showed that Rivals of Ixalan offers many exciting toys for brewers to test with, and at a high enough clip […]

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Hello, everyone and welcome to the Wednesday edition of the Daily Stock Watch! In the wake of the recently concluded GP Portland, where 1,699 players slugged it out for the top prize, Magic's 2013 and 2014 World Champion Shahar Shenhar won his fourth Grand Prix title using a Temur Energy deck. I'll be featuring one […]

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Rob San Juan gives his take on the financial future of Aether Hub.

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Rob San Juan explores the pros and cons of this card after its Pro Tour Ixalan exposure.

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Mike's back with the Box Report, cracking multiple boxes of Amonkhet and reporting to you the results.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/05/insider-amonkhet-box-report/feed/ 1 Brewing with Amonkhet’s Planeswalkers https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/04/brewing-amonkhets-planeswalkers/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/04/brewing-amonkhets-planeswalkers/#respond Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:28:09 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=14138 To celebrate the impending release of Amonkhet, I thought it’d be fun to put our brewing caps on this week. I’ll get back to metagame/decklist analysis soon, I’m sure, but recently I’ve been taking a look through the Amonkhet spoiler in the hopes of finding something that tickles my interest. Overall, I haven’t been that enthused. […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/04/brewing-amonkhets-planeswalkers/feed/ 0 Amonkhet Spoilers and Past Comparisons https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/04/amonkhet-spoilers-and-past-comparisons/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/04/amonkhet-spoilers-and-past-comparisons/#respond Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:35:32 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=14079 Every time spoiler season rolls around, I get retrospective. Normally, Magic-related retrospection occurs around New Year’s, when writers across the community produce their inevitable “Top 10 of 20xx” lists. I guess it makes sense, then, that while everyone else is looking forward to the new set, I’m looking back at what we’re leaving behind. Perhaps it's because I enjoy […]

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