Comments on: Insider: More Examples of Predictive Senses https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/08/insider-basics-more-examples-of-predictive-senses/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:56:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Slack https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/08/insider-basics-more-examples-of-predictive-senses/#comment-35253 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:23:46 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=30341#comment-35253 In reply to douglaslinn.

No, never have seen one in a binder. I would say I hunt them out. Lots of people I know have "that box in the back of the car" with last season's draft leftovers. I also make appointments with friends to stop by their place and help them shrink their rotation stock / riffle through their c/u boxes. I have a thing for powerful commons and uncommons, they are so far under many peoples' radar that you can glean a lot of value by just being willing to look through somebody's junk box.

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By: douglaslinn https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/08/insider-basics-more-examples-of-predictive-senses/#comment-35206 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:49:48 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=30341#comment-35206 In reply to Brian.

Tagging that bird with Tezzeret's 5/5 ability is definitely awesome. I'll check out the thread!

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By: Brian https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/08/insider-basics-more-examples-of-predictive-senses/#comment-35203 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:25:14 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=30341#comment-35203 Strix has been doing work for me in Legacy. I've been playing him in a UBr Tezzeret 2.0 deck and he's pretty awesome there. You can take advantage of all of the bird: he's removal, potential threat, evades, synergy with Tezz +1, pitches to Thirst, Force, synergy with Welder, etc. He's a value machine.

Here's the thread in the N&D forum on the Source, it has some pretty good discussion there:
http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php

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By: douglaslinn https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/08/insider-basics-more-examples-of-predictive-senses/#comment-35200 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:48:24 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=30341#comment-35200 In reply to Slack.

Do you find that people often have them in binders or do you have to hunt them down?

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By: douglaslinn https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/08/insider-basics-more-examples-of-predictive-senses/#comment-35199 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:48:02 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=30341#comment-35199 In reply to Brotha52.

I meant to address this in the article, but I neglected to… It was at about $4-5 when it was first debuted – it was a hyped card. So the market on it started at $5. I didn't do an email blast or an article writeup specifically because it only really works well in Vintage. I posted in the forum as a heads-up but I was not confident enough that it should warrant more exposure. I was, honestly, surprised that it went up to $10 on the back of Vintage. I take my card endorsements very seriously and I don't want a person to stock up on $5 unmovable monsters because I breathlessly shouted to get them.

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By: Brotha52 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/08/insider-basics-more-examples-of-predictive-senses/#comment-35189 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:23:59 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=30341#comment-35189 But why did this card get to $5 by the time you first mention it to us? Perhaps this has something to do with it. https://twitter.com/mtgaaron/statuses/20496280503

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By: Slack https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/08/insider-basics-more-examples-of-predictive-senses/#comment-35186 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:38:42 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=30341#comment-35186 Love the Memnite call. These are very easy targets for throw-ins right now.

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By: Sigmund Ausfresser https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/08/insider-basics-more-examples-of-predictive-senses/#comment-35185 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:09:57 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=30341#comment-35185 Great article, Doug. Hope for more examples in the future!

Agree with you that Bonfire won't hit 45$ at auction. $35 seems like a solid ceiling that will be tough to break through without the card warping the format first.

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By: douglaslinn https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/08/insider-basics-more-examples-of-predictive-senses/#comment-35184 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:09:16 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=30341#comment-35184 In reply to @gervinho_.

I didn't discuss it because it's still largely untested – here's the article that my teammate wrote about it:
http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/legacy/24636-L

In the week since that went up, a LOT of Agents have been selling on ebay. Strix is pretty-well proven, but the Agent needs a little more proving to do. I like the card and the deck a lot and I'm looking forward to using it in Legacy – it's one to keep a serious eye on.

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By: @gervinho_ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/08/insider-basics-more-examples-of-predictive-senses/#comment-35169 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:42:35 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=30341#comment-35169 Hey Douglas, I like the explanation of the Strix. I was expecting after that that you start talking about the Shardless Agent since you promised that in your previous article, did you simply forgot it ?

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