the Infinite Gyre | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:58:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png the Infinite Gyre | 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 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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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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Hello, everyone and welcome to a new edition of the Daily Stock Watch! Pre-release weekend is near and everyone's hyped for Assassin's Trophy Guilds of Ravnica. The return of fair decks in Modern is coming as they say, so everyone who will be trying to take care of their prized possessions from the hottest thing […]

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Mike's here today with both buylisting and tournament reports from GP Pittsburgh.

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Now that’s an Eldrazi that I’m afraid of! I’ll be honest, up until now, the Eldrazi cards on the Battle for Zendikar spoiler page have not gotten my adrenaline pumping until now. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve seen a lot of cool cards. I’ve been more excited that the Eldrazi are making 1/1s instead 0/1s […]

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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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Mike Lanigan does a box report on Modern Masters 2015, opening several boxes of sealed product to estimate the value you can expect to get.

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The full MM2 spoiler list is out. How will the MTGO market be affected?

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Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 sure had some sweet decklists, and one of them resonates to this day.

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With Khans of Tarkir approaching, Modern cards as a whole are expecting to lose about 20% of their value. Sylvain advocates selling most of your Modern positions to keep the cash flowing and invest in other incoming opportunities.

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Sylvain unveils the groundwork to his recent MTGO portfolio management experiment. What did he do with thousands of tix?

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Several months in advance of the Modern season, prices are already moving on MTGO. Sylvain Lehoux looks at the state of Modern in light of data from past years.

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Rise of the Eldrazi is the Timmy dream set. It's what you'd get if you built a set with the premise of "no rush till turn 7" and packed mana accelerants in everything. The set is based around the Eldrazi, giant and evil old legends that awaken on Zendikar. There's a little bit of plot to this set, but mostly people remember weird drafts and a couple really big monsters.

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In his final article, Jules is, once again, Going in Blind.

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The Devil's come to collect his due: everything you own for the next six cards.

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Josh Rayden brings us a slew of videos and a Twelvepost brew for this weekend's Modern Pro Tour in Philadelphia. Convinced of the deck's nimble brute strength, Josh presents why he believes it's the deck to beat.

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Neale's back with the biggest and baddest decks ever to stack up to 99 cards! Today's competitive Commander deck update featuress Jhoria, Azami, Zur, and more!

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