Clip Wings | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:15:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Clip Wings | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Ravnica Allegiance: Spoilers, Facts, Specs & More https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:00:24 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90531

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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This is the first article from my new series, MTG Questions. You might be familiar with the Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em series (rebranded as MTG Metagame Finance), which takes a tournament-oriented perspective. I decided to start this series to focus on more general aspects of MTG finance. The two series will work together, as when […]

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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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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 Lanigan gets a head start on Rotation, identifying which of the current crop of Standard decks is best served to stay strong after Kaladesh arrives.

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Arguably the most exciting deck from PT Eldritch Moon is Temur Emerge, though as the Top 8 of the PT demonstrated there's more than one way to build the deck.

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Standard is highly diverse right now, and affordable as well. Chaz examines the relationship between the two to see if there's a connection.

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What has 15 green sources, 15 white sources, three colorless lands, and two double-red spells?

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Ryan breaks down the results of the Pro Tour and highlights the strategies that he believes will have the most success going forward.

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David pores over the Top 8 decks from PT SOI. He discusses strengths and weaknesses in the metagame moving forward, and closes with the weekend's financial takeaways.

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Going into PT Shadows, Human Aggro and Bant Company are the dominant decks in Standard. Check out Ryan's picks for potential breakout cards in this environment!

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Have a Standard tournament you want to play but don't want to jam Bant mirrors? Just smush 'em with Ramp!

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1st, 10th, and 11th is a great set of results for a week one deck. Bant Company should definitely be in everyone's gauntlet going into this weekend.

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SOI provides a whole host of exciting new removal spells for the Standard brewer. Mike dives into the full spoiler with a treatment of the available options and their financial relevance.

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