Red Sun's Zenith | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 03:00:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Red Sun's Zenith | 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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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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Mike Lanigan presents a swath of interesting and powerful decks in Tiny Leaders as an introduction to the format. You'll have to be prepared to face these staple generals.

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I'm not happy about this. I like spoiler season. I like staying up to see a few new cards. I like how Wizards has gotten very good at controlling the flow of information and showing us what we need to see when we need to see it so we get excited. As a financier, when […]

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Ryan's recent performance at GP Minneapolis, Pro Tour Nagoya and other high pressure tournaments have left him with a lens through which any outcome is still worth it.

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Doug Linn speculates on a few off the wall ideas for modern brewers.

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The Bulk Box: The rules were simple. I could put in any two of my rares, and get any rare out of his binder. To me, it was a genius plan, and as I rifled through the box and pulled out the stack of rares I wanted...

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Tired of the same silly peanut butter spread for your Commander sandwich? Try the velvety Nutella that is an underused commander!

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This week Stephen examines the block constructed format to find what can still hold value after this falls standard rotation.

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We get back to the Hunt with a all new GR aggro list developed by Kellen's new mtg team. Fast kills are the name of the game in this deck feature.

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With a new format becoming available for the first time Friday, it's time to take a quick look at what's available. For the most part, these will be aggro or combo decks, since control decks need to be built towards the metagame. As it stands, Caw-Blade is the premiere control deck in the format, and it can be played as-is with the mere addition of Batterskull.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/05/brew-phyrexia/feed/ 1 Introduction to Scars Block Constructed https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/03/introduction-to-scars-block-constructed/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/03/introduction-to-scars-block-constructed/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:38:40 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=11578

With the release of Mirrodin Besieged, Block Constructed has a reasonable enough cardpool to be playable, and the Daily Events and Premiers on Magic Online are firing. Having won the Premier last week, I am now clearly an expert on the format. Clearly. Here's the deck: Untitled Deck creatures 4 Goblin Wardriver4 Hero of Oxid […]

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This week Stephen continues his mini-series refocusing on the foundations of trading, Building on the Basics!

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Being full of gas can be a bad thing but not in Commander! In this format the best of us run out of gas, miss land drops, and topdeck nothing but duds all game. This week David hits card advantage in Commander and how different types of card draw fulfill very different roles.

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Gregory gives you a full-set card by card design review of Mirrodin Besieged.

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A new week is upon us and with it came a new set. The pre-release has finished, and the release is just a few days away, so with that I'm going to present the current Winners, Stable holders, Losers, and Undervalued items. After that I'll reveal my next project, which I'm sure will help a […]

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This week Stephen takes a look at newly spoiled Mirrodin Besieged cards, and provides compelling reasons why now is the right time to sell on Jace, the Mind Sculptor.

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