Thought Lash | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:02:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Thought Lash | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Impact of New Cards on the Old & Obscure https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/11/the-impact-of-new-cards-on-the-old-obscure/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/11/the-impact-of-new-cards-on-the-old-obscure/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2020 12:00:22 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=96564

Recent spoilers in Commander Legends have triggered a buyout of some old, obscure cards from Magic's history. This week Sig breaks down these buyouts and identifies some speculative targets that could one day be bought out should the right card be printed.

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Insider: Speculating on the Banned List Announcement https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/03/insider-speculating-on-the-banned-list-announcement/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/03/insider-speculating-on-the-banned-list-announcement/#respond Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:00:13 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=94926

Monday's update to the Banned and Restricted list, has impacted the market of multiple formats, and today Adam shares some winners from the changes.

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Speculating on Recent Metagame Trends https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/02/speculating-on-recent-metagame-trends/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/02/speculating-on-recent-metagame-trends/#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2020 12:00:09 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=94765

The Pioneer market has slowed down after the Players Tour, but there are still spec targets hiding in this and every other format if you know how to look for them.

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Beating the Buyouts: Reserved List Edition https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/06/beating-the-buyouts-reserved-list-edition/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/06/beating-the-buyouts-reserved-list-edition/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:00:18 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=93089

The one-week rule is handy when trying to navigate buyouts on newer cards. But what about the much older, rarer Reserved List cards? MTG finance buyouts can disrupt an RL card's price for months. Fortunately, Sig has some good news to share in this week's edition of "Beating the Buyouts".

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Tales from the Buylist #9 – Lightning Fast Movement https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/tales-from-the-buylist-9-lightning-fast-movement/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/tales-from-the-buylist-9-lightning-fast-movement/#respond Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:46:33 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=92303

Chris has some great thoughts on Commander, Legacy, and Modern this week. Welcome to Value Town.

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Three Current MTG Finance Trends that Confuse Me https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/three-current-mtg-finance-trends-that-confuse-me/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/three-current-mtg-finance-trends-that-confuse-me/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:18:55 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=92218

Magic is a hobby riddled with trends and data—sometimes baffling ones. Sig shares three observations that may make sense on the surface, but are perplexing underneath.

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