Tribal Flames | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:17:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Tribal Flames | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 May ’21 Brew Report: I Sea Change https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/05/may-brew-report-i-sea-change/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/05/may-brew-report-i-sea-change/#respond Fri, 28 May 2021 19:00:35 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=23019

Starms a-comin' in. You know, Modern Horizons 2? As usual, though, Modern players aren't content to just sit around and wait for the new cards. They're as busy as ever creating, tuning, and tweaking new creations! Today, we'll look at a couple of notable developments this month: the propagation of tech from UR Prowess and […]

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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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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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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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Recent weeks have seen Modern continue to admit newcomers via Magic Online induction, further upholding its status as a brewer's paradise. But the metagame has also settled some, and players are discovering the most effective ways to attack a known field. If history has taught us anything, the paper metagame is sure to follow suit. […]

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The Modern unbans are in full-effect, and Adam has the details on what cards are winning as a result.

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Jace and Bloodbraid continue to be the main story of the Modern metagame. Adrian looks at the cards' impact two weeks out and advises where to park investment money.

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Brian DeMars introduces his brainchild Magic variant, the Danger Room. He shares his current list and the philosophy behind it, before looking at Origins for new additions.

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So you've just finished opening your box of Modern Masters 2015 (MM2). Get your paints out!

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Modern Masters 2015 is upon us, and Mike Lanigan is ready with some advice on the draft format and finance side alike.

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Pauper is a MTG Online format that only allows cards printed as Commons in deck building. Though the format was meant to be a cheap and accessible way to play Magic, some of the staple Commons are now worth multiple dollars. Many popular archetypes have been converted into Pauper decks. Some of the most common […]

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Ryan ruminates on the direction Modern might head in the coming months.

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Danny weighs in on the B&R list update, suggesting some less than obvious speculation moves.

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With new spoilers out, Chad starts picking targets based pm how the Standard Format might look a month from now.

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