Trash for Treasure | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:55:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Trash for Treasure | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Further Karn-versations: Modern Edition https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/11/further-karn-versations-modern-edition/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/11/further-karn-versations-modern-edition/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=123571

It seems likely that The Brothers' War will endanger Karn, the Great Creator in Pioneer. However, whether Karn is too good in Modern is far more complicated.

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Welcome back, folks. If you haven't already done so, check out last week's article which discusses the major update that goes live this week with the release of Modern Horizons. Today I'm going to bring us up to speed on the changes to the treasure chests as well as offer my perspective on the financial […]

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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 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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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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Kyle's here to provide the breakdown on Core Set 2019 prices, updates to Treasure Chests, and other MTGO news.

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Julian Biondillo goes off the beaten path with a mono-red Reanimator deck built around Feldon of the Third Path.

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One of the best ways to make money from Magic is with a table. Ryan goes over the basics of becoming a vendor and shares his personal experience.

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Ermagerd! Sperlers! It would appear things are going at a normal clip following the worst dump of private material since those Jennifer Lawrence nudes. There aren't any black cards to spoil but the other colors more than make up for it. Scrap Mastery Oh, good god. This is a beautiful card. Living Death for artifacts? […]

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In light of the recent Daybreak Coronet outbreak, Carl looks into speculating on other cards that may simply be waiting for their Rancors and Umbras.

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The second installment of artifact theme decks! This time Carlos is looking at a mono-red deck with Slobad at the helm and with his favorite combo in the 99.

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Finishing out his series on Modern, Stephen Moss takes a look at the remaining categories, red and gold.

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Ready for another round of gravedigging? Not your own grave, of course, but that of opponents' graves? Jules is back with a round of graveyard action. Get primed right here for Innistrad in Commander!

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Bash bashed, but for how much and how well? Neale takes a reader submission and works with magic, discovering that planning must be proper to avert the dangers ahead!

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The new Commander cards: Wizards tested, player approved? Jules walks us through taking the new cards in Magic through paces in places, both expected and not! How are you going to use your cards?

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