Wayward Swordtooth | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 01:49:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Wayward Swordtooth | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Case Against Power https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:00:20 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91686

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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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/feed/ 16 Old Dogs, New Tricks: January Tech Report, Pt. 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/old-dogs-new-tricks-january-tech-report-pt-1/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/old-dogs-new-tricks-january-tech-report-pt-1/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:00:19 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=19493 Krark-Clan Ironworks is now banned in Modern. Despite its dominance on the tournament scene, though, the deck failed to stamp out the format's trademark diversity and innovation. Plenty of decks and deckbuilders brought exciting new tech to the tables this month, and we'll ring in the new year right by unearthing some of it today. Tempo: […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/old-dogs-new-tricks-january-tech-report-pt-1/feed/ 4 Ravnica Allegiance: Spoilers, Facts, Specs & More https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:00:24 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90531

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 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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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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This weekend is the Pro Tour, which means big things for the Standard market. Adam has some insight on which cards might due for a spike given their recent rise on MTGO.

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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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David presents the next set of lower-priced Standard mythics to evaluate them for potential heading into rotation. This time he covers Dominaria.

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It's time to cover the uncommons from Core 2019. What does Kyle note as good?

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/09/insider-core-19-financial-power-rankings-uncommon-edition/feed/ 2 Daily Stock Watch – Omnath, Locus of Rage https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/08/daily-stock-watch-omnath-locus-of-rage/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/08/daily-stock-watch-omnath-locus-of-rage/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2018 10:53:16 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=88918

Rob ends the week with a freaky Friday pick! Read more about it here.

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Rob talks about another Standard stalwart that's making waves financially for today's segment.

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Dominaria's legendary subtheme is sure to mean lots of new tools for Commander. David begins his set review with a treatment of the spoiled cards promising for Commander.

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We've got the full RIX spoiler now, and Adrian's got some ideas of how the metagame might evolve around a few of the new cards.

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