Flames of the Firebrand | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:56:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Flames of the Firebrand | 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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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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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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Ryan is really enjoying brewing for Tiny Leaders. Check out his build of Zurgo Deck Wins!

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If you like crushing people with giant creatures, overpowered Planeswalkers and Dragons, R/G Monsters is the deck for you. Mike Schuller walks through the card choices and discusses the subtleties of this brutal deck.

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Mike Lanigan reviews an old Naya deck from years past to see how it might inform a similar strategy in Theros Standard.

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Mike Lanigan surveys the last huzzah of Standard brewing before rotation, the decks to come out of Worlds weekend. He also updates Aristocrats 3.0 to address the latest changes.

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Mike Lanigan analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of a version of The Aristocrats he played at a recent PTQ, and suggests a few alterations.

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The Gatecrash Event Decks have been spoiled and everything is ruined. I kid, but things have certainly got more interesting. Thrive and Thrash — Gatecrash Event Deck Creatures 2 Acidic Slime4 Arbor Elf3 Borderland Ranger1 Deadeye Navigator1 Dungeon Geists2 Fog Bank1 Gruul Ragebeast2 Mist Raven1 Sphinx of Uthuun3 Strangleroot Geist1 Thragtusk1 Wolfir Silverheart1 Yeva, Nature's Herald […]

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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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Standard is a wide open format right now, which means lots of people are inventing sweet brews. Mike surveys the field for some strategies you may have overlooked.

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Making sure he's ready to face the Zombie Apocalypse that many of the game's top minds predict is about to hit Standard, Ryan breaks down the functionality of his G/W/B brew card-by-card. Arm yourself now to hold back the hordes.

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Like everyone these days, Mike has spoilers and the new format on the mind. Read on for some updates to tier-one Standard decks implementing cards from RtR.

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The full set previews are almost done, and Chad weighs in on impacts in Standard

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Jason hails the arrival of a new Legacy deck developed by QS's own, marvels at auction-goers' utter ignorance of Magic value, and peruses the weekend's tournament results with his characteristic wit.

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Chad looks at what we know about Return to Ravnica, and talks about how to speculate when rumors are abound.

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