Evil Twin | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:54:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Evil Twin | 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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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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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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Do you like Cube? Do you want to have one of your own? Card Kingdom has provided a new way to get started, and Danny breaks it down for us.

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When we're in a Magic slump, it can be helpful to go back to the drawing board. Mike Lanigan explains how to challenge your own assumptions about a metagame or deck.

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Chad breaks down the winners from PT Gatecrash, theorizing where the prices of format staples will be moving from here.

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Mike Lanigan reports on the TCG Invitational in Indianapolis. After several days of battling against infinite Rakdos decks, he provides an updated version to combat the mirror.

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Predicting metagame shifts, watching price charts, and thinking about coming releases inform the investment targets Mathieu has for us this week.

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Gatecrash spoiler season is rapidly approaching. But even before we learn what is in Gatecrash, some card prices are already on the move based on set speculation. Sigmund summarizes what's been moving and what could continue to go higher!

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Mike shares a recent brew of his combining Jund with elements of Boss Naya from years ago, notably the machine gun kill of Staticaster plus Nightshade Peddler.

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The Magic community was abuzz this past weekend with Pro Tour talk and the Modern Masters announcement. The SCG Indianapolis Open also revealed another step in the Standard evolution process. Sigmund delves into the results and suggests some moves to make.

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Jason waxes poetic about the upcoming Gen Con, presents some famous characters immortalized in Magic card form, and reports the (shocking) tournament results from the weekend.

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The Zombie tribe has gotten a ton of new tools so far in Innistrad Block. After the release weekend, Carlos has some Gravecrawlers and a Grimgrin and can't resist taking them for a spin!

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Draft doesn't go quite as expected on Day Two of GP San Diego. It turns out professional level drafting is a different beast entirely!

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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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Joshua Justice takes a closer look at rares mythics and playable commons and uncommons with his set review of Innistrad.

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