Wooded Bastion | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:43:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Wooded Bastion | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 MTG Metagame Finance #25 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-25/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-25/#respond Tue, 25 Dec 2018 17:44:01 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90930

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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After a few years, we have some concrete data to compare and contrast the Masterpieces. David breaks down what we know to see which are attractively priced.

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CFB CEO/President Jon Saso, and Director Mashi Scanlan join the QS Cast for a Vendor Series Episode!

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My article for this week was originally going to be on another topic. There was seemingly a lot that happened in Standard over the weekend, and I was going to discuss the financial fallout from the format trying to correct itself from having only two playable decks. Although some new decks did well this past […]

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Mike returns to Expeditions to see where prices stand, how they have moved within the various price tiers, and which ones represent the best targets.

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Eric got a deck tech in SCG Louisville, but that wasn't the highlight he was looking for for his weekend. In today's piece, he shares the lessons he learned from the event and provides the list that he would play in GP Detroit.

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With the full set of Oath of the Gatewatch Expeditions spoiled, it's time to start considering their financial footprint. Mike breaks down the whole cycle and offers predictions on the value of each.

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The Legendary Cube debuted on MTGO yesterday, and it's a wild one! Prize Packs seems to be valuable right out the gates too, so don't miss out.

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Mike Lanigan battled through 15 rounds of Modern at the SCG Open in Columbus last weekend. He shares his report of the tournament.

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Mike Lanigan tackles spoilers from Khans of Tarkir, focusing on the Ascendancy cycle. While these cards don't fit perfectly into existing decks, they show great promise for anyone willing to build around them.

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Mike Lanigan reviews an old Naya deck from years past to see how it might inform a similar strategy in Theros Standard.

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David Schumann comes back from GP Las Vegas with advice on some weekend movers and shakers, as well as hidden travel costs you may not be considering.

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Andy builds on an old theme in Commander, the token deck. He takes the classic strategy in some new directions, putting Trostani at the helm.

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