Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:37:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Tales from the Buylist #8 – Commander Moves the Needle https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/tales-from-the-buylist-8-commander-moves-the-needle/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/tales-from-the-buylist-8-commander-moves-the-needle/#respond Thu, 04 Apr 2019 16:50:21 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=92129

We're awash in information and spoilers from War of the Spark, and that means price movements in response. Christopher looks at the notable trends to recommend some pickups.

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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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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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Modern season has begun in earnest with a familiar rash of seemingly random spikes. Chaz examines the cards in question to see if the new prices will stick and what's in store next.

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David Schumann spent the weekend in Charlotte, and relates his experience here. Read on for the good, the bad, and the ugly from the Modern Grand Prix.

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Adam shares the new Modern deck and explains the card choices that all-time great Guillame Wafo-Tapo played to a cash finish at last weekend's Grand Prix!

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The MTG community was bombarded with new information from SDCC this past Saturday. What does it all mean? This week Sigmund digests the information and shares his initial reactions in a financial context.

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You can find the occasional gem like this meme when you're slogging through all the garbage on the "#mtgfinance" hashtag on Twitter. It seems like this has become a recent trend - cards like Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir and Sylvan Safekeeper received a ton of hype during the Modern PT despite being relegated to very […]

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Dylan reacts to the results from the Pro Tour, and discusses how to apply what has been learned to the trading floor.

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David Schumann discusses the difference between hype-based spikes and price corrections, and how it should inform your decision to sell.

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Jason Alt looks at the out-of-control hype that followed close on the heals of the PT, the Pro Tour itself, and results from SCG St. Louis.

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Danny reflects on his impressions of the Pro Tour, and what speculative moves can be made in Modern moving forward.

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We might have seen a record number of 100%+ gainers last week thanks to Pro Tour Valencia. Sigmund looks at which price jumps will stick and which are destined to retrace back down.

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