Turn // Burn | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:59:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Turn // Burn | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Under-the-Radar Commander Cards, October ’22 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/10/under-the-radar-commander-cards-october-22/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/10/under-the-radar-commander-cards-october-22/#respond Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=122246

Joe aka "Beardy" examines more cards for your Commander table, including a one-generic-mana artifact that plays the best politics and a walking Black Lotus.

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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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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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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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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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Ryan's arm has been twisted enough for him to give. He has a Tiny Leaders decklist and he's ready to battle!

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Ryan examines the first waves of spoilers for potential gems.

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Ryan recounts his experience playing Standard this past weekend at the SCG in Wisconsin.

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TL: DR; You probably just pack a lot of burn and hope for the best. There. You don't even need to read this article now.

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Jason Alt discusses the latest self-fulfilling finance prophecies to come true of late, then jumps into decklists from GP Kansas City and SCG Worchester.

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Full-on combo may not be viable in Standard right now, but Izzet Blitz does a fine impression. Mike Lanigan looks at the deck and discusses its strengths and weaknesses.

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Corbin follows up on last week's article by covering some Dragon's Maze cards that slipped through the cracks of his first analysis.

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What do the recent Judge Promo rumors and Dragon's Maze Prerelease weekend have in common? They both will impact card prices in some way. What may be most surprising are the cards unlikely to move down after this weekend.

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