Kelly Reid Archive

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    Write to Reid 8/22/10

    Welcome to another edition of Write to Reid, Quiet Speculation’s mailbag column where you get to pick my brain and get answers to all the burning questions about Magic, Trading, Buying and Selling you may have.  If you’d like your question answered, shoot it to...

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    Write to Reid – Weekly Q&A

    Welcome to another mailbag on Quiet Speculation.  These have proved so popular that I intend to keep doing them on a weekly basis as long as there are questions that need answering.  Keep an eye on my Twitter feed, @kellyreid, for when I put out...

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    Quiet Speculation – Write to Reid

    Kelly answers reader questions and muses about the end of the Summer PTQ season.

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  • Implements of Destruction – M11 Artifacts and Uncommons

    Implements of Destruction – M11 Artifacts and Uncommons

    We're almost done! After the 5 colors of rares, a whole article on the mythic rares, and almost a week straight of reviewing the 2011 Core Set, we finally conclude the review series with a discussion of artifacts and some choice uncommons. Considering Scars of Mirrodin is on the horizon, the artifacts are sure to cause a lot of buzz!

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  • Makin' Green on M11 Green

    Makin' Green on M11 Green

    Green got the best rare in the set and by far the most expensive one, but is Fauna Shaman all hype? Is Obstinate Baloth going to see play? How will Overwhelming Stampede effect token decks? All this, and more, can be yours. Just keep reading!

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  • 2011 Core Set Review – Red

    2011 Core Set Review – Red

    Burn, baby, burn!  It’s time to check out how red did in the rares department with M11.  The color of fire, passion, and Tom LaPille’s hair got an interesting take on an old concept, a giant dragon to please the Timmys of the world, and...

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  • 2011 Core Set Review – Black

    2011 Core Set Review – Black

    by Kelly Reid Black got some of the best rares in the set, in addition to a bombastic mythic in Grave Titan.  A few reprints headline the color’s rare section, and there are a few very powerful new cards available to the Dark Side as...

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  • 2011 Core Set Review – Blue

    2011 Core Set Review – Blue

    by Kelly Reid Blue got some interesting mythic rares, but how did it do in the rare department?  It got a number of mediocre reprints, but a few of the new rares are perking up a few ears.  There’s a potential bargain with a mana...

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  • 2011 Core Set Review – White

    2011 Core Set Review – White

    Kelly Reid walks through the White cards in M11.

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  • 2011 Core Set Review – Mythics

    2011 Core Set Review – Mythics

    Kelly Reid tackles the Mythic Rares of M11.

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