Sundering Titan | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 15 Aug 2022 21:38:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Sundering Titan | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Tournament Fundamentals: How to Prep https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/08/tournament-fundamentals-how-to-prep/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/08/tournament-fundamentals-how-to-prep/#respond Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=118562

Adam takes a step back to go over how he prepares for a tournament, what decisions go into his deck choices, and the ways to tweak a deck for a winning result.

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

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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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Join Sylvain for another week of high-stakes bankroll management on MTGO. He goes over the latest buys and sells and provides the reasoning behind them.

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Sylvain presents another week of high stakes bankroll management, with a detailed summary of buys and sells and the first answers to reader-submitted questions!

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In a new series Sylvain invites you to follow the management of a very large MTGO bankroll as it develops. Each update will be made available on the free side on the following Friday. Read on for the first installment.

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In a new series Sylvain invites you to follow in realtime the management of a very large MTGO bankroll. Read on for an introduction to the series and his most recent moves.

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell.

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Mike Lanigan looks at a snapshot of the Modern metagame. Things have changed a lot since the introduction of Dragons of Tarkir, so there's a lot of ground to cover.

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell

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Sylvain reviews his specs for this Modern season. In the light of changes in the Modern format, Pro Tour hype and expectations from players and speculators he analyses the different price trends in an attempt to improve his profit next Modern season.

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