Lightning Mauler | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:46:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Lightning Mauler | 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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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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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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Danny's back to cover Guilds of Ravnica. Is there anything that should be on our Cube acquisition lists?

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A new flip mechanic has been revealed, and it's something else. Chaz breaks down the new meld mechanic of Eldritch Moon.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/06/emn-spoiler-the-meld-mechanic-brisela-and-hanweir/feed/ 0 [MTGO] Holiday Cube: The Perfect Mono-Red Deck, Part Two: Spells and Lands https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/12/what-does-the-perfect-mono-red-deck-look-like-part-two-spells-and-lands/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/12/what-does-the-perfect-mono-red-deck-look-like-part-two-spells-and-lands/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2014 11:42:48 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=54996

What does the perfect mono-red aggro deck look like in Holiday Cube? Today concludes the discussion.

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If you could hand-pick the perfect cards for a mono-red deck in the Holiday Cube, what would your decklist look like?

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With a pretty stagnant Standard format, Mike Lanigan has been turning his eye to Modern. He shares some new lists that have popped up, as well as his own innovations.

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Corbin Hosler revisits the concept of the "dead zone," and suggests some productive ways to render it more useful to the speculator.

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Mike Lanigan discusses Mutavault's future in Standard before turning to M14 to tweak old archetypes and brew up some brand new ones.

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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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Ryan evolved his UWR Control list from last week, drawing inspiration from the winner of SCG Dallas this past Saturday.

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Ryan provides updates to his Domri Naya deck to reflect what he's learned from playtesting for upcoming Standard PTQ's.

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Mike Lanigan surveys the recent field of tier-one Standard decks and suggests Gruul Midrange as a possible contender.

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Ryan weighs in on where he sees the recent bans taking those affected formats in the coming weeks.

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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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