Surely every Reserved List card has spiked by now, right? Just wait and see, friend, just wait and see...

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Card Kingdom has released an aggressive blue-red battle deck, and Kelly takes us through it card by card – on site at Card Kingdom in Seattle, Washington!

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A quick update on Trader Tools.

The post Insiders: Update and First Steps for Improving Trader Tools first appeared on Quiet Speculation.

Big news on the QS tech front.

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Hi QS readers!   I'm writing to let you know that we've fixed the server issues that had been plaguing the site for the past few days.  Many of you experienced delays and disruptions while the site was undergoing some routine upgrades and maintenance.   For some of you, the site was brought to an outright standstill. […]

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Last week, I was interviewed by manaleak.com to discuss the ION Scanner.  We spent about 15 minutes on the phone talking about what ION is, how we'll be distributing it, and how we think it'll change Magic: The Gathering forever. With as much as Trader Tools offered, there was still a problem. “This tool will […]

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You don't need a special camera to scan cards with ION. In this video I show you how to set up and use ION Core with the webcam I had in my "parts box". Any USB webcam should work!

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I'm writing this from an airplane on its way out of Atlanta, fresh off a wild weekend doing live on-site coverage of Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW). For a 20-year veteran of Magic: The Gathering, walking among the 300+ best players on Earth on the 20th anniversary of the Pro Tour was somewhat surreal. As […]

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Dear QS Subscribers, For the past six months, we've been working on a secret project. It is a scanner for Magic cards. Internally, we named this "Project ION", and today, we're proud to announce that we're bringing ION fully into the public eye for the first time. If you follow us on Facebook, you may […]

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Kelly & Doug will be LIVE on-site in Atlanta, with Press badges, bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage and analysis of the first major Modern event since the Splinter Twin banning. Begins Thursday night!

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  (Insider Only) Live Updates by ChazV, Mike Lanigan and the crew Official WOTC #GPPitt Fact Sheet Tournament Organizer: Professional Event Services GP Pittsburgh Website   Not an Insider yet? Come see what you're missing! Live Twitch.TV Stream #GPPitt Twitter Stream #gppitt Tweets Not an Insider yet? Come see what you're missing!

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Kelly has been buying baskets of bulk rares on MTGO. He explains how such a strategy works and why it can be especially appealing for small bankrolls.

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Kelly was live at Pro Tour: Battle for Zendikar last weekend and relays stories from the floor, including the cards that -didn't- see play.

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We've been waiting to see a deck featuring Liliana, Heretical Healer for a few months, and now that it's powered up with Zulaport Cutthroat, it's finally seeing the limelight. Here's the deck list as told on the offical WOTC Twitch stream, by Brian David-Marshall: UB Aristocrats 4 Nantuko Husk4 Whirler Rogue4 Zulaport Cutthroat4 Liliana, Heretical […]

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It's not every day you get to chat with two of the best Magic players around, but today's not just "every day", it's Pro Tour Friday! I've composed a suite of 5 short questions that Pros can quickly answer in between rounds, which I think will give us a great snapshot of what the best […]

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Although I didn't open an Expedition, my pre-release went about as well as it could've. I opened a challenging but incredibly strong sealed pool, featuring Undergrowth Champion, Beastcaller Savant, Brutal Expulsion (as my foil promo), Guardian of Tazeem, Ruinous Path and a suite of incredible commons and uncommons. The pool was a difficult build because […]

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I'm going to the Pro Tour.  No, don't worry, I didn't suddenly discover how to play Magic better than a 12 year old.  I'm going because I want to see, first-hand, how this new Standard metagame shakes out.  I'm going because our Insiders deserve better than to have someone regurgitating what they see on Twitch all […]

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Just a quick post to let you know what you need to focus on: Felidar Sovereign (R) Defiant Bloodlord (R) Nissa's Renewal (R) Oran-Rief Hydra (R) Sylvan Scrying x2 (U) Barrage Tyrant (R) Serpentine Spike (R) Transgress the Mind x2 (U) Processor Assault x2 (U) Drowner of Hope (R) Desolation Twin (R) Titan's Presence (U) […]

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Commons and Uncommons are an unlikely source of revenue, but they can really help to pad your collection and your margins.  People always need them and seem to have a mental block about getting and keeping them.  They take almost no effort to acquire, and often people will just give them away. I like to […]

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I love to brew. The big fall set release is my favorite time of year because all bets are off. The oppressive Theros block is gone, replaced by a quirky, powered-up group of creepy tentacle aliens and their dire enemies, “the rest of the world”. I’m really exited by the set so far, but there […]

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