Rakdos Charm | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:07:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Rakdos Charm | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Commander Deck Full? Here’s Five Tricks to Beat the Limit https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/03/commander-deck-full-heres-five-tricks-to-beat-the-limit/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/03/commander-deck-full-heres-five-tricks-to-beat-the-limit/#respond Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=128410

Commander gives us 100 cards to work with, but is that enough? Joe aka "Beardy" unveils ways to circumvent this restriction and jam-pack decks full of spells.

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David tackles the uncommons of value from RTR block.

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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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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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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-23-free-giveaway-2/feed/ 0 Preparing for the December 6th Announcement https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:37:50 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90668

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, readers and welcome to the Thursday edition of the Daily Stock Watch! It has been a week of reviews that involved cards that have minimal to no impact in Modern and Standard, and I plan on ending the week by following that trend with today’s feature. It’s another one of those cards that you […]

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This week, Rob will feature cards from Iconic Masters. First up, Ancestral Vision!

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Morgan's here to cover today's Commander 2017 deck review: Arcane Wizardry.

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Torn between your love of Blood Moon and being Jund Guy? You're really going to like Jeremy Dezani's Lille list.

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Brian DeMars introduces his brainchild Magic variant, the Danger Room. He shares his current list and the philosophy behind it, before looking at Origins for new additions.

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Ryan missed the boat on Treasure Cruise, but now's the time to explore the full potential of the delve mechanic. Find out his thoughts on why delve will impact every constructed format!

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TL: DR; You probably just pack a lot of burn and hope for the best. There. You don't even need to read this article now.

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Mike Lanigan recaps his experience at Grand Prix Detroit playing Grixis Delver in the ever-diverse Modern metagame.

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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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This year's Modern season departs with one last huzzah, GP San Diego. Mike Lanigan looks over decklists and discusses the last-minute developments.

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Mike battled in the Modern GP in Chicago this weekend with Naya Pod. Read on to hear about his matches, and how a couple spicy singleton inclusions fared.

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