Gaseous Form | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 11 May 2022 04:30:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Gaseous Form | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Real-world Flavor. Classic Traits of Blue’s Color Philosophy in Magic Citations https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/05/real-world-flavor-classic-traits-of-blues-color-philosophy-in-magic-citations/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/05/real-world-flavor-classic-traits-of-blues-color-philosophy-in-magic-citations/#respond Wed, 11 May 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=114030

Francesco continues his study of the philosophies of the colors in Magic. This week he looks at the color blue. What defines a blue card?

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Francesco continues unearthing real-world flavor text, turning his attention to the evolution of literary humor over Magic's history.

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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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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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Alexander presents Part 2 of the Eternal Masters draft primer alongside Limited experts Bing Luke and Matthew Watkins.

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On the eve of Eternal Masters' release, Alexander enlists the help of two expert drafters to break the set down and get a bead on the winning strategies.

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With the full spoiler up, we now know the EV of a box of EMA, though the list of card's being printed in foil for the first time is bound to shake things up.

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I have no idea what the hell I'm doing. I'm not a Standard player.  I haven't played FNM lately.  I haven't PTQ'ed in years, and my best finish was a 7-1-1 9th place at a Star City Open some time in 2010.  I made Day 2 at a Grand Prix once, during which I got crushed 0-3.  So why […]

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