Crumbling Vestige | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:17:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Crumbling Vestige | 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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MTG Metagame Finance #24 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-24/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-24/#respond Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:05:52 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90841

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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MTG Metagame Finance #23 (Free Giveaway #2!) https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-23-free-giveaway-2/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-23-free-giveaway-2/#respond Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:00:16 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90756

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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Mtg Arena Has Been Framed! Who Is the Real MTGO Killer? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:00:44 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90705

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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Preparing for the December 6th Announcement https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:37:50 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90668

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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Bull, Bear, or Somewhere in Between? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/09/bull-bear-or-somewhere-in-between/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/09/bull-bear-or-somewhere-in-between/#respond Fri, 28 Sep 2018 14:37:25 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=89550

For investors, the majority of the last 18 months has been a magical ride. Picking stocks on Wall Street in 2017 was easier than picking ripe avocados at the supermarket, and economic optimism was as high as I have ever seen in my lifetime. There was growth across nearly every sector and the major Wall […]

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Insider: R.I.P. FNM Promos and FNM Promo Finance https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/07/insider-r-i-p-fnm-promos-and-fnm-promo-finance/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/07/insider-r-i-p-fnm-promos-and-fnm-promo-finance/#respond Fri, 28 Jul 2017 09:00:27 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=82057

FNM promos are dead; long live FNM promos. Mike's produced the comprehensive breakdown of every FNM promo ever printed. Check it out!

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Insider: Magic News & Standard Developments https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-magic-news-standard-developments/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-magic-news-standard-developments/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2016 10:00:20 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=70683

Mike considers how the latest news about Eternal Masters and Conspiracy might affect sales this summer, before checking in with the Standard metagame.

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Insider: Standard Innovation From the MOCS https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-standard-innovation-from-the-mocs/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-standard-innovation-from-the-mocs/#respond Thu, 18 Feb 2016 10:00:54 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=70429

The MOCS presented a number of innovative decks, and Mike is here to show them off! It appears Standard is nowhere near solved, and these newcomers are shaking things up.

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Insider: Four-Color Standard & Rotation Tips https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-four-color-standard-rotation-tips/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/insider-four-color-standard-rotation-tips/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2016 10:00:08 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=69942

With Standard manabases today you can basically play whatever you want. Mike shares the Jeskai Prowess brew he's been working on before looking at cards to keep through rotation.

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Observations on Standard from SCG Atlanta https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/observations-on-standard-from-scg-atlanta/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/observations-on-standard-from-scg-atlanta/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:00:29 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=69721

Oath of the Gatewatch really shook up Standard in Atlanta. Check out Eric's thoughts on the new state of the format!

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Brewing with OGW- Devoid Aggro https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/brewing-with-ogw-devoid-aggro/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/brewing-with-ogw-devoid-aggro/#respond Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:00:39 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=69306

If you've been sitting on Ghostfire Blade, now finally might be the time to put them to work.

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