Kaervek’s Torch | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:05:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Kaervek’s Torch | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 MTG Metagame Finance #24 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-24/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-24/#respond Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:05:52 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90841

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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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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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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If you're a fan of tedious infinite combos on Magic Online, then Ryan has the deck for you!

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Yesterday I looked at adding depth to your pool by adding another color or archetype. But how easy is it to do that? Picture This You open a Black Lotus. It happens and it can certainly happen to you. It almost doesn't matter what the rest of the pack is. You're inclined to jam storm, […]

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Vintage Masters is a throwback to the "Killer Combos" section in Inquest Magazine. It's a who's-who of dangerous banned cards from Standard formats past. We will get a brief few weeks to play with these dastardly cards before Khans comes out, and here are some of the coolest combos that come from years of Magic past. […]

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This week Ryan riffs on some of the theories behind land count and attempts to go deep on his love of the 27th.

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The fairest deck of them all has Geoff serving up the quick beats. Tapping mountains from molehills is the plan of the day, and Geoff breaks down some flavors of burn you might want to avoid, or even try!

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Pauper is the best format that you're probably not playing. A healthy Eternal format with some of the coolest decks you'll find? And it costs a fraction of any other Constructed format you can find!

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