Tarfire | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:17:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Tarfire | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 April ’20 Brew Report, Pt. 1: Mag-Safe https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/04/april-20-brew-report-pt-1-mag-safe/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/04/april-20-brew-report-pt-1-mag-safe/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:00:38 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21572

"I don't know what this world is coming to," once hollered The Soul Children. Indeed, society as we once knew it is becoming increasingly unrecognizable. Is the solution to succumb to our basest animal instincts, or to put mind over matter in a true triumph of human spirit? Today's brew report encapsulates that struggle, as […]

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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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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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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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Many people have been saying there’s been a little less movement regarding Magic finance during the past few weeks or months. Some people are saying there’s a slowdown. Others are saying it’s normal because the holidays are around the corner and players have less money to spend on Magic cards. Regardless, Magic continues to move […]

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Week one of new Standard is upon us, with an SCG Standard Open in the books. Eddie looks at the latest holds and folds in the context of the emerging metagame.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/10/insider-hold-em-fold-em-14/feed/ 0 Fat Guy, Little Coat: Revisiting TarmoDrazi https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/10/fat-guy-little-coat-revisiting-tarmodrazi/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/10/fat-guy-little-coat-revisiting-tarmodrazi/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:00:26 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=18875 I'm always brewing new Modern decks, especially when spoiler season rolls around. After the novelty wears off, I inevitably find myself pulled back to my favorite card combinations. Goyfs, Bolts, cantrips; Temples, Mimics, Seers. I believe the decks that best house these respective combinations are Counter-Cat and Colorless Eldrazi Stompy, both of which I've tuned […]

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Rob is out with the jury on this little creature on today's edition of the Daily Stock Watch.

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Mike breaks down the current state of Modern, including detailed discussion of the format's most popular decks.

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Modern Masters 2017 has changed the Modern market, but metagame trends are making their own impact...

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Brian tuned in for GP Vancouver, where several cards made splashes in the new Modern environment. He looks at solid pick-ups with an eye to Modern's future.

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Whether you're a fan of Death's Shadow aggro or have a set of Tarfire you've been looking to put to work, you'll enjoy today's deck.

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With the full Eldritch Moon spoiler available, Sheridan starts the task of picking cards with Modern potential. He suggests whether to buy or hold off at current prices.

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Delirium is poised to make a big splash in Modern off the back of Traverse the Ulvenwald. Sheridan discusses how to build the decks and the potential financial winners.

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Breakout cards usually look obvious in retrospect, but hindsight is 20/20. Doug asks how we can approach spoilers better to predict the next format-defining staple.

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Ryan begins a new series of articles in which he plans to break down various Pauper decks for Magic Online. First up: Goblins.

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