Xenagos, God of Revels | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 11 May 2022 14:21:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Xenagos, God of Revels | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Questioning My Inner Monologue https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/05/questioning-my-inner-monologue/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/05/questioning-my-inner-monologue/#respond Wed, 11 May 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=113747

David Schumann reminds us to question our assumptions about a card's speculative potential, lest our desire to see patterns leads us astray.

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In the next part of his Budget Focused series, UndyingMTG examines Planeswalkers Domri Rade's current price, why it has the potential to go up, and what formats it will succeed in.

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David does a deep dive on Secret Lair series, with a focus how these reprints have affected overall prices of the reprinted cards.

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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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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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It looks like the last huzzah for Mono-Green and Mono-Blue before rotation. Mike Lanigan shares his thoughts on devotion of various stripes in Magic Origins Standard.

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David Schumann checks in with the Stock Watch for an analysis of the major movers from the last two weeks and some interesting opportunities coming up.

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Standard is a very expensive format, but there is value in owning a robust Standard collection. In this article, Ryan breaks down some good practices to maintaining your collection without merely sinking money into the format.

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With Modern season coming to a close, Ryan looks to the next steps in seasonality. If you're looking to have your collection primed for playing in a post-rotation Standard, check out the list of cards that Ryan recommends having on deck.

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Matthew Lewis reviews all the mythic rares from Born of the Gods and rates them for speculative potential based on current prices.

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If you like crushing people with giant creatures, overpowered Planeswalkers and Dragons, R/G Monsters is the deck for you. Mike Schuller walks through the card choices and discusses the subtleties of this brutal deck.

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Born of the Gods is here and it definitely brought some eyebrow raising treasures along with it. Most sets come with a mailbag full of goodies, but Born of the Gods has done us a solid favor by making our options very obvious. Almost everyone has tossed their two cents into the hat about what […]

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Mike Lanigan shares his build of an aggressive Orzhov deck sporting Brimaz, along with a local tournament report.

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Today Mike Lanigan brews with the new god, Xenagos. Read on to see what he comes up with.

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It's time for the set review! Mike Lanigan discusses the best Standard cards in Born of the Gods and how they will impact the format.

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Ryan examines the new set's spoiler in search of information regarding the future of Standard.

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