Swarm of Rats | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:14:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Swarm of Rats | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Real-world Flavor. More Horror From Dante, Stoker and Conrad https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/02/real-world-flavor-more-horror-from-dante-stoker-and-conrad/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/02/real-world-flavor-more-horror-from-dante-stoker-and-conrad/#respond Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=111229

Having explored Coleridge and Poe in previous installments, the time is ripe to explore the theme of horror in Magic and how it manifests in flavor text.

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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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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, everybody and welcome to a new week of the Daily Stock Watch! Standard cards are starting to move in the wake of new brews with cards from Guild of Ravnica, and we're all but ready to see which deck will be the new Black Red Midrange (arguably the best deck from last season) of […]

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Rob has the jury out for this legend from Kamigawa.

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For any given single, TCG Player suggests other cards for purchase that may be related. D.J. explains how this can be a valuable source of information for speculators.

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Pete returns with an update to his popular Horde Magic format, introducing an element of story with The Raid.

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