Cosi's Trickster | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:35:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Cosi's Trickster | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 MTG Metagame Finance #25 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-25/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-25/#respond Tue, 25 Dec 2018 17:44:01 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90930

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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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-25/feed/ 0 Preparing for the December 6th Announcement https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:37:50 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90668

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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Fans of Fish rejoice as Merfolk gains footing in Modern.

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Ryan competed in this past weekend's SCG tournaments. On a last minute whim and revelation, he decided to run Izzet in the Legacy Open. Check out his deck list and recommendations for improvement.

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Peter Knudson follows up on the format that took the web by storm, digging into alternative Horde lists, the concept of Survivor decks, how to handle Planeswalkers, and a proposed banned list.

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If you haven't yet, please enjoy Part 1 of Josh's M12 Set Review, the Mythics and Rares, here! Note: I write set reviews from a tournament player's perspective, not a financial perspective. As such, I try to approach new set releases with a "wide net" of all the cards which might be relevant to tournament […]

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After DC, I knew I didn't want to wing it again. I decided to do my homework for the upcoming SCG Open in Memphis in order to select my deck properly this time. Time to break out the spreadsheet and analyze the metagame! You can download it and change the relative score of SCG events […]

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Savage misplays? In MY games? It's more likely than you think.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/02/its-not-hammer-time-2/feed/ 4 Flash of Hindsight – I put the “Diva” in “David” https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/09/flash-of-hindsight-i-put-the-diva-in-david/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/09/flash-of-hindsight-i-put-the-diva-in-david/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:03:52 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=1875 This is how amazing things happen. I’ve been busy. Tinkering with the few Scars of Mirrodin previews we have so far, and loving it. This is my kinda set, so far at least, and Scars marks, for me at least, a period of unbridled success on the part of the Magic design teams. I'll have […]

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