Tsunami | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 07 Jul 2022 05:38:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Tsunami | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 How I Learned To Love The Meta https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/07/how-i-learned-to-love-the-meta/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/07/how-i-learned-to-love-the-meta/#respond Thu, 07 Jul 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=116414

Joe aka "Beardy" examines player perceptions of the metagame. Is it true that you can't really compete without the "best" cards?

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It's impossible to time the market perfectly. This can lead to a feeling of disappointment when watching a buylist constantly fluctuate. This week Sig shares his strategies--both financial and emotional--that help him buylist confidently in a volatile market.

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Paul goes over the concept of a competitive metagame, focusing on the changing landscape of Modern and how it applies to Magic finance.

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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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Some seemingly random commons and uncommons from Magic's first two sets are priced surprisingly high. Sig discusses what they are and why they're holding value.

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Neale Talbot continues his series on how to build a better mono-green commander deck.

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Neale brings you one vision, one goal, one overriding, dominating objective: blue mages must die.

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