Talisman of Progress | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 27 Oct 2022 05:07:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Talisman of Progress | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Should You Buy the New Starter Commander Decks? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/10/should-you-buy-the-new-starter-commander-decks/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/10/should-you-buy-the-new-starter-commander-decks/#respond Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=122564

Joe aka "Beardy" takes a look at the deck lists for the new starter Commander decks. Are these really for new players, or a lucrative investment opportunity?

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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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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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Rob talks about a card that is seeing some financial movement, but isn't really high on his list.

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I don't know if it's proper to say this one is Reid Duke approved, but his Magic Online account sure did 5-0 a league with it.

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Despite big price tags and bigger expectations, Thopter Foundry is floundering in Modern. Sheridan explores why the highly-hyped strategy has fallen through.

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It's time to pick some cards out of your Ravnica bulk.

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Back to form, Carlos builds another Commander deck right in front of our eyes. This time its a rather enchanting affair that showcases the power of Bruna, Light of Alabaster.

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