Caller of the Claw | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 03:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Caller of the Claw | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Case Against Power https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:00:20 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91686

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 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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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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Mike covers the latest round of spoilers from Oath, focusing on a few prominent cycles that are sure to make an impact in Standard and beyond.

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The Top 8 at Pro Tour BFZ was full of established decks. Mike Lanigan digs into the Top 16 to discuss some more interesting decks that nearly made the cut.

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Julian looks at a Commander deck that may not make any friends, but can certainly win games. If you want to empty your opponents' hands and leave them devoid of resources, this may be the deck for you.

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Brian DeMars introduces his brainchild Magic variant, the Danger Room. He shares his current list and the philosophy behind it, before looking at Origins for new additions.

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Mathieu is looking to the growth of casual magic for a potential value boom, and outlines some of the cards he has his eye on and how you should market them to the casual players you encounter.

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Break cards is what Carlos does best. This week, it's Saffi Eriksdotter bending the world of Commander to its knees. You've been warned!

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This week, Doug takes us through Legions, the first all-creature set in Magic. While it was oriented mainly to casual players, Legions had some tournament success and still retains some valuable cards. Click in to see what the Slivers sell for!

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Finishing his set analysis, Bushard delves into the red, green and artifact end of the card pool.

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[Rerun] Stephen Moss takes a look at the newly leaked godbook and makes a few quick calls on valuable cards to keep in mind once the set releases.

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Stephen Moss takes a look at the newly leaked godbook and makes a few quick calls on valuable cards to keep in mind once the set releases.

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Dr Jebus has all to you need to know on a few new cards! (Warning: Spoilers ahead!)

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