Ulamog the Ceaseless Hunger | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Fri, 27 Jan 2023 05:20:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Ulamog the Ceaseless Hunger | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Sneaking & Showing: A Legacy Tournament Report https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/01/sneaking-showing-a-legacy-tournament-report/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/01/sneaking-showing-a-legacy-tournament-report/#respond Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=126221

David S. got to sling some Sneak and Show in person, and is back with both a tournament report and some juicy financial takes for Legacy lovers.

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What started as an activity to lift Sig's spirits this holiday season has evolved into a valuable lesson in MTG finance. This week he shares four valuable takeaways from his MTG advent calendar as he passes the halfway point.

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Chris makes his return to writing to cover Pioneer, Magic's latest non-rotating format. Find out what format staples you'll want to be hunting for and more, here.

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Adam believes Modern Horizons may have a similar effect as the original Modern Masters, helping the format explode in popularity. Given this, acquiring staples looks attractive.

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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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Rob closes out his UMA Box Toppers review special on today's segment.

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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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Hello, everybody and welcome to a new week of the Daily Stock Watch! Standard cards are starting to move in the wake of new brews with cards from Guild of Ravnica, and we're all but ready to see which deck will be the new Black Red Midrange (arguably the best deck from last season) of […]

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If you can predict metagame shifts, you can predict where the value lies. Adrian explains the value of thinking like a competitive player with some recent specs as concrete examples.

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Return on investment is always the name of the game, which means paying attention to percentage gains. Pete looks at some cards that are appealing for a high upside to cost.

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Today Adrian takes a deeper look at some recent Modern spikes, explaining the factors behind them and generalizing his conclusions to see how they may apply to future specs.

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Rob talks about one of the reprints in the upcoming Masters 25 set.

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Adrian's back with some high-level analysis of common trends in the MTGO financial metagame.

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