Invisible Stalker | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:30:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Invisible Stalker | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Milling About: Modern DMU Store Championship Report https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/10/milling-about-modern-dmu-store-championship-report/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/10/milling-about-modern-dmu-store-championship-report/#respond Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=122204

Tony attended a Store Championship this past weekend playing one of his pet decks. Did a Yorion-less format help him succeed? Come and find out!

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The only better feeling than winning with a great deck is winning vs. one. This week Rob looks at cheesy creature combos and their ability to sabotage formats.

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Today's article subject spawned from a discussion that began in the QS Discord chat. One of our members was contemplating stepping away from the game for a while and wanted to know the best place to park his money and/or what to trade into. As expected, a lot of people immediately jumped to Power. The general […]

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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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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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Hello, everybody and welcome to a new week of the Daily Stock Watch! Standard cards are starting to move in the wake of new brews with cards from Guild of Ravnica, and we're all but ready to see which deck will be the new Black Red Midrange (arguably the best deck from last season) of […]

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Hello, everyone and welcome to a new edition of the Daily Stock Watch! Pre-release weekend is near and everyone's hyped for Assassin's Trophy Guilds of Ravnica. The return of fair decks in Modern is coming as they say, so everyone who will be trying to take care of their prized possessions from the hottest thing […]

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Eddie weighs in on how the bombshell new tool for BGx decks, Assassin's Trophy, will affect other cards, all while covering his latest holds and folds for the week.

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Ryan explores the exhaustive reasoning behind crafting a sideboard for Modern Izzet Delver.

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Mathieu constructs another $100 portfolio composed of safe picks as Innistrad rotation approaches.

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Ryan recommits to Standard, evolving his UWR Control list even further. See if you agree with his changes, or can pick up some fresh ideas for this quickly evolving format.

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Jason Alt weighs in on the question of time spent sorting cards to buylist before examining the state of post-Dragon's Maze Standard.

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Jason continues his discussion of Gatecrash-free Gatecrash speculation, and surveys the newest iteration of the metagame around the world.

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Mike Lanigan discusses the failings of the current Standard environment, and provides a primer on his innovative port of G/W Auras to Standard.

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Jason Alt calls attention to the new subreddit dedicated to MTG finance, describes his approach to Gatecrash spoiler season, and checks himself out for the new year.

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From Door to Nothingness to the return of a familiar UW strategy, Standard is full of innovation right now. Mike Lanigan surveys the new decks that have surfaced recently.

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