Surrak the Hunt Caller | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:25:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Surrak the Hunt Caller | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Emerging Pioneer Staples https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/01/emerging-pioneer-staples/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/01/emerging-pioneer-staples/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:00:20 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=94565

The Pioneer metagame is on the move, and Adam has a report on what new cards have emerged and are on the rise.

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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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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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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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Mike breaks down some of the most prominent cards spoiled from Amonkhet so far.

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Mike Lanigan is back fresh from the first Regional PTQ with a tournament report. He also discusses finance in Standard and Tiny Leaders.

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Mike Lanigan digests the decks from the Pro Tour that put up the best finishes, in preparation for the Regional PTQ fast approaching.

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Adam examines the impact of Pro Tour Dragons of Tarkir on the competitive metagame and financial landscape.

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Adam makes sense of the results from the latest SCG Standard Open in Syracuse, and explains how the results will impact the metagame and the market.

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Mike Lanigan continues his exploration of new Standard with some exciting decks that made an appearance at the Invitational and a few brews of his own.

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Adam lays out the ten decks that will define the Standard tournament metagame this week and beyond. Being prepared for these decks will be essential to your tournament success.

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Sarkhan's Triumph This is bound to be worth $3-$5 in a few years if the set follows the typical trend of small third sets. This is narrow but it is also very powerful and I expect you to be able to grab these for free from draft chaff or trade for them a playset at […]

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Sarkhan's Triumph This is bound to be worth $3-$5 in a few years if the set follows the typical trend of third sets. This is narrow but it is also very powerful and I expect you to be able to grab these for free from draft chaff or trade for them a playset at a […]

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