Stromkirk Captain | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:56:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Stromkirk Captain | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Case Against Power https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:00:20 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91686

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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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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Rob talks about a potential Commander spec that might be worth a second look.

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Jim covers the Vampire deck from Commander 2017, discussing the new cards, the major reprints, and his predictions on near-term price movements.

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Mike's calling out some of his favorite Amonkhet cards for Constructed this week. Join us!

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Shadows over Innistrad has huge tribal potential in Modern. Sheridan breaks down the biggest tribal hits (and misses) from the set so far.

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The new Legacy Cube update is straight-up insulting to hardcore fans of the format.

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Chad looks at what we know about Return to Ravnica, and talks about how to speculate when rumors are abound.

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The Return To Ravnica is growing closer by the day! That means a lot of exciting things for us, not the least of which is the change brought on by rotation, and what new cards that may make playable. Last year, I suggested targeting Phantasmal Image and Surgical Extraction in trades for this series. These […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/07/insider-digging-up-the-plants-2012-edition/feed/ 2 The Ins and Outs of M13: What Will and Wont Survive Standard Rotation https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/07/the-ins-and-outs-of-m13-what-will-and-wont-survive-standard-rotation/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/07/the-ins-and-outs-of-m13-what-will-and-wont-survive-standard-rotation/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:05:01 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=28997

Mark reviews the full spoiler of M13 and analyzes its impact on Standard. What cards will we no longer have after rotation? And what their replacements, if any?

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If you don't have an Insider account, get a glimpse at what you missed out on this past weekend in Ryan's overview of the QS calls. On top of that, Ryan delivers a Dark Ascension set review with an eye toward Commander applications.

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