Vault of Whispers | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:21:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Vault of Whispers | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Modern Banlist Watchlist: 2020 Edition https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/12/modern-banlist-watchlist-2020-edition/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/12/modern-banlist-watchlist-2020-edition/#comments Wed, 04 Dec 2019 17:00:11 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21067 The competitive year has come to a close for Modern, and now it's time to look ahead. This means it's time once more to informedly speculate on the future of Modern's banlist. It's been a wild year for the list, and while I always hope that the metagame can adapt to new decks, I don't […]

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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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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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Wizards has shown a willingness to take risks unbanning powerful cards in Modern. David asks which cards on the banned list may be the next candidate for release.

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Pauper staples have commanded super high prices in the past, and with Leagues now live the format is poised for a comeback. Ryan has a list of pickups for your consideration.

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If you like durdling with cantrips but aren't a blue mage, then Glissa, the Traitor is the Tiny Leader for you!

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Come see all our Fate Reforged spoiler coverage Tasigur, the Golden Fang Ewww. Standard likely would only run one curve-topper type creature and this has stiff competition from Soulflayer and Necropolis Fiend and common sense. Standard is out, which leaves EDH. EDH don't want this. This has a few things going for it. It's in […]

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Ryan shelves his Young Pyromancer Legacy brew for a week to try out some innovations to his MUC Delver Pauper deck in a Magic Online daily event.

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Witness the unveiling of Ryan's pauper cube list and see if it inspires you to join in the awesomeness.

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Neale polishes off the competitive commanders, and opens the floor for Azuza lists! Think you have the most savage green machine?

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Neale's back with the biggest and baddest decks ever to stack up to 99 cards! Today's competitive Commander deck update featuress Jhoria, Azami, Zur, and more!

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Being "The Threat" is generally a bad thing, right? How about a deck that lives at the center of the storm it creates! Rob has you covered this week with a trip down the road Sharuum the Hegemon paves.

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With a tale of two Commander decks, Neale shares everything that's right and wrong in Commander!

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