Tidehollow Sculler | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:14:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Tidehollow Sculler | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Zendikar Rising and the Future of Modern, Part 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/11/zendikar-rising-and-the-future-of-modern-part-1/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/11/zendikar-rising-and-the-future-of-modern-part-1/#respond Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:00:35 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=96628

Paper Magic tournaments are going to come back someday post-pandemic which will undoubtedly lead to an increase in paper Magic card prices. Modern especially seems like a format prime for price increases, and today Joe takes a look at three popular decks from the Modern meta that are full of prime speculation targets.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/11/zendikar-rising-and-the-future-of-modern-part-1/feed/ 0 October Brew Report, Pt. 1: Melting Pot https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/11/october-brew-report-pt-1-melting-pot/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/11/october-brew-report-pt-1-melting-pot/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2019 21:00:50 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=20965 Why do I write a Brew Report every month? Because Modern is brimming with innovation every month! While many of the decks featured in this column may not go on to win a GP, or even to carve out a sustainable metagame share, they all performed well at least once; it’s not always a cakewalk […]

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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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Magic news culminated last week with the announcement of Ultimate Masters and the Box Toppers. Eddie surveys the developments and offers recommendations.

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Next week Adrian plans to recap his Pro Tour specs to see how they might be improved. In the meantime, he has some choice underpriced picks for Modern.

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Which cards should we target that are rotating? Which cards remaining in Standard will be given new life? Adrian is here with the rundown.

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FNM promos are dead; long live FNM promos. Mike's produced the comprehensive breakdown of every FNM promo ever printed. Check it out!

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Today, Mike is tackling the shifts in the Modern metagame and what they mean for the finance community.

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DJ is here to tell you which commons and uncommons you should be picking out of your Aether Revolt bulk.

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Eldritch Moon previews start in earnest today, but last week brought five early spoilers to get us excited. Sheridan evaluates them for Modern today.

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Eye of Ugin may be banned, but there are still multiple archetypes featuring Eldrazi in Modern. Here's one to watch out for this weekend.

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Today Mike reviews the basic principles of Modern finance, before covering some of the new decks that have popped up of late and suggesting pick-ups.

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