Whir of Invention | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:32:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Whir of Invention | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Lessons Learned from SCG Indi and ELD Part 1/2 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/10/lessons-learned-from-scg-indi-and-eld-part-12/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/10/lessons-learned-from-scg-indi-and-eld-part-12/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:32:29 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=94013

SCG Indi was an important week both for Sam and for Magic at large. Check in with Sam here to find out what he learned over the weekend and what lies ahead.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/10/lessons-learned-from-scg-indi-and-eld-part-12/feed/ 0 Tall Tales: Throne of Eldraine Spoilers, Week 2 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/tall-tales-throne-eldraine-spoilers-week-2/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/tall-tales-throne-eldraine-spoilers-week-2/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:00:20 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=20702 Thrones of Eldraine spoilers are rolling on, and I'm having more fun watching them than any other set I can remember. That's not to say that  Modern Horizons was boring nor War of the Spark lacking content. Rather, there are more opportunites to make your own fun with Eldraine than the other sets. Rosewater showed how the cards […]

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Modern Horizons spoilers officially start May 19th. Be sure to check back with Quiet Speculation as the info rolls in!

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Chris is back this week with a breakdown of Modern specs that could be worth a second look.

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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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Chris reflects on the new year with a new scale for evaluating Commander specs. He lays out the approach he'll be using moving forward and applies it to several cards.

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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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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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Rob would love to collect copies of this card before it gets out of reach.

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Rob likes Sai for a lot of reasons. Check out what he has to say about it in today's segment.

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Matthew Lewis presents the MTGO Market Report for this week, evaluating important events in the online market and highlighting a “trade of the week.”

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Rob returns with an analysis on one of the hot lands in the market today!

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Rob returns to the regular Stock Watch segment and talks about this card's future.

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