Smuggler’s Copter | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:59:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Smuggler’s Copter | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Alien Zoo: Colorless Eldrazi Stompy Post-SSG Ban https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/02/alien-zoo-colorless-eldrazi-stompy-post-ssg-ban/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/02/alien-zoo-colorless-eldrazi-stompy-post-ssg-ban/#respond Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:00:30 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=22685 On February 15, 2021, Wizards banned a card near and dear to my heart: Simian Spirit Guide. The Asking-for-It Ape was featured prominently in my go-to Modern deck, Colorless Eldrazi Stompy, which must mutate dramatically if it is to keep pace in the format. With a week of testing under my belt, I'm ready to […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/02/alien-zoo-colorless-eldrazi-stompy-post-ssg-ban/feed/ 0 Budget-Focused: Four Cards With Long Term Potential in Pioneer! https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/06/budget-focused-four-cards-with-long-term-potential-in-pioneer/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/06/budget-focused-four-cards-with-long-term-potential-in-pioneer/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2020 06:31:44 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=95622

UndyingMTG returns with a look at four cards in Pioneer that you need to consider picking up!

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/06/budget-focused-four-cards-with-long-term-potential-in-pioneer/feed/ 0 Fool Me Once: Introducing GR Eldrazi Stompy https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/01/fool-me-once-introducing-gr-eldrazi-stompy/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/01/fool-me-once-introducing-gr-eldrazi-stompy/#comments Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:00:03 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21205 Just when I figure out an Oko shell I like, Wizards drops the hammer on the card I'd built around! Not that I think Oko was particularly balanced in Modern; I did endorse the walker as my candidate of choice as face of the 2020 metagame, after all. Fortunately for me, plenty more Modern game-changers […]

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The Pioneer metagame is on the move, and Adam has a report on what new cards have emerged and are on the rise.

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A changing Pioneer metagame, new Modern developments, and Theros Beyond Death spoilers all make for an exciting time in Magic finance heading into 2020.

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This week Magic Online featured a Pioneer PTQ every single day, and this unprecedented show of support for the format has sent the card market into a frenzy.

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Sam is battling every day to get up-to-date Pioneer info, with one goal in mind: The Invitational Trophy!

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Pioneer is here! Adam looks at how the Magic Online metagame is driving its market, and why it could predict the next paper spikes.

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Chris makes his return to writing to cover Pioneer, Magic's latest non-rotating format. Find out what format staples you'll want to be hunting for and more, here.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/10/pioneers-most-important-cards-1/feed/ 0 Two Weeks In: War of the Spark Tech Review https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/05/two-weeks-war-spark-tech-review/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/05/two-weeks-war-spark-tech-review/#comments Fri, 10 May 2019 16:00:08 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=20036 It's been half a month since War of the Spark went live on Magic Online, and we're already seeing the myriad effects it's having on Modern—heck, on all non-rotating formats. But of course, being Modern Nexus, we'll focus on just the one! While I enjoy the Friday writing slot, it occasionally has its detriments. In […]

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Eddie has decided to take a break from writing, but not before leaving us with one more article. Today he discusses Mythic Championship Cleveland and the London mulligan rule.

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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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Chris revisits one of the more powerful sets of recent memory. What's worth investing in moving forward?

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In the week leading up to the release of Ravnica Allegiance some interesting decks have popped up. Eddie covers the new tech and discusses cards he's picked up from those lists.

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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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