Stranglehold | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:46:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Stranglehold | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 MTG Metagame Finance #25 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-25/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-25/#respond Tue, 25 Dec 2018 17:44:01 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90930

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 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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Hello, everyone and welcome to a new edition of the Daily Stock Watch! Pre-release weekend is near and everyone's hyped for Assassin's Trophy Guilds of Ravnica. The return of fair decks in Modern is coming as they say, so everyone who will be trying to take care of their prized possessions from the hottest thing […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/09/daily-stock-watch-spellskite/feed/ 0 Yamabushi’s Flame: Mono-Red EDH https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/01/yamabushis-flame-mono-red-edh/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/01/yamabushis-flame-mono-red-edh/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:05:02 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=24844

It's generally accepted that Red is the worst color in Commander, but what happens when you try to build a Red deck that plays like a Blue deck? Let's find out!

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One of the most popular and powerful approaches to Commander is to play out of your graveyard. This week Carlos wants to find out what happens when someone decides to aggressively attack them instead. Turns out, this unique constraint yields a very interesting list!

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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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Ryan continues this week's Commander series, investigating the financials of the latest release. Today he tackles both black and red!

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The difference between this week and next is several tons of forged, animated metal. This week has some insight into the new Commander decks and some open calls for your thoughts. Jump in before the might foot of Bosh closes upon you!

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