Grizzly Bear | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:52:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Grizzly Bear | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Best Offense: Basics for Better Blocking https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/01/the-best-offense-basics-for-better-blocking/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/01/the-best-offense-basics-for-better-blocking/#respond Fri, 20 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=126164

When should we block? It's one of the earliest and most common questions we have to answer in a game of Magic. This week, Rob helps you make the decision.

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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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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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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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Ultimate Masters has hit the market and there’s already been a lot of movement. The prices of the reprints dropped as they usually do when a set first hits the market. But it seems like the prices have started to rebound a lot quicker this time around. There’s a slight possibility they could drop again […]

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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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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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Rob talks about what's arguably the best sideboard card in Modern right now in today's segment.

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Ryan takes a look at the cards with the highest preorder prices from Fate Reforged and evaluates how reasonable these prices are. Find out which cards he thinks are hits and which are all hype!

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Hype for this prerelease season seems to have driven a few cards even higher than normal. If buying these cards themselves is a poor idea, they still may present opportunities if you look in the right place.

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Mike Lanigan runs down his picks for top ten Constructed cards to come out of the newest set, Khans of Tarkir.

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Legacy and Vintage have the highest return on investment on MTGO right now, and Ryan proposes a wallet friendly Burn list for you to put some virtual sleeves on and win some packs with.

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This week Jason Alt explains the difference between sheep and speculators in his usual mix of insight and snark.

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With Standard in a state of constant flux, powerful cards are sometimes lost in the mix and forgotten. Mike Lanigan looks at ten underplayed cards that you should consider in your next 75.

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Do you agree with Ryan's argument for drawing first in Limited (when it's called for)? See if this is the edge you've been looking for to level up your game.

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Ryan laments the near-playability of a few new Dragon's Maze cards in Constructed, and then applauds the wild stage he sees being set by the incoming Limited environment.

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Ryan has jumped on the slowly-growing Domri Rade bandwagon, and offers up several Naya lists for your consideration as the Standard PTQ season gets under way.

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Anthony Avitollo, our resident cube master, breaks down or completely blasts some of the best (and overhyped cards) for cubes from New Phyrexia!

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I love Venser, the Sojourner.  I had been skeptical when I first saw the card and remained so even after some play, but I eventually tried it at The 2010s after seeing a UWr list that Patrick Chapin was advocating.  While I disagreed with him about the quality of the Red splash and dropped it […]

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