Ambush Viper | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:27:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Ambush Viper | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Tales from the Buylist #6 – Ascending to Victory https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/tales-from-the-buylist-6-ascending-to-victory/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/tales-from-the-buylist-6-ascending-to-victory/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:11:36 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91949

Chris is back this week with a breakdown of Modern specs that could be worth a second look.

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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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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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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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In his set review, Chaz breaks down every mythic into tiers and explains where he sees them ultimately settling. Read on for the comprehensive guide to value in SOI!

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David Schumann checks in with the Stock Watch for February 22, 2015, for an overview of Magic finance and an analysis of the the biggest gainers and losers.

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Ryan evolves the SCG-winning Esper list from this past weekend in Philadelphia, now complete with 100% more Augur of Bolas.

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Mike Lanigan brought Grixis to a Modern PTQ last weekend. Today's article describes his matches and the take-away.

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Witness the unveiling of Ryan's pauper cube list and see if it inspires you to join in the awesomeness.

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Mike scours the M13 spoiler for the best Constructed cards soon to be released. Read on to see his top ten picks for Standard.

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The gateway to Limited play, Jay gives the M12 Booster Battle Packs a fresh coat of Innistrad paint. And there's a (free to enter!) giveaway to boot!

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Jules Robins defeats Jon Finkel, 2-0. (And, yes, that really happened!)

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Jason Schousboe managed to take down the Iowa PTQ last weekend and score some free airfare to a quaint little burgh in the Pacific called Honolulu. Read on to hear his report.

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Carlos pays tribute to a fallen friend in a Basilisk-laden Commander deck!

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/10/in-memoriam/feed/ 1 An Innistrad Prerelease Report https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/09/an-innistrad-prerelease-report/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/09/an-innistrad-prerelease-report/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:00:12 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=21327

What's a Prerelease like when you have to debate whether to open booster packs in your own language or not? Neale shares a father-son outing of an epic adventure through Innistrad!

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So, here is the third part of Ryan's review of Innistrad. That is a SWEET review you might say. THE END.

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