Wildfire | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 03:00:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Wildfire | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Ravnica Allegiance: Spoilers, Facts, Specs & More https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/ravnica-allegiance-spoilers-facts-specs-more/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:00:24 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90531

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 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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Welcome back, folks. It's been a while since I last wrote an article, in large part because I've been unwilling to make any financial moves on MTGO before reading the December 6th announcement about competitive play on Arena. What is announced there could have major ramifications for investing on MTGO, and so I've been very […]

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Rob is back with the second part of the Ultimate Masters special review.

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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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Adam explains how to beat the top-performing Modern archetypes from Pro Tour Fate Reforged!

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I thought yesterday was full of wonderful gifts. We had no idea... Jazal Goldmane If your Japanese is a little bit rusty, I've found a few translations online that all seem to agree with each other. 2WW Legendary Creature - Cat Warriror First strike 3WW: Attacking creatures you control get +X/+X until end of the […]

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If you've played enough Magic Online, you know what the F6 key does. Don't let that happen to your cube. Anthony's breaking down the benefits of combat tricks (and linking to more Internet memes)!

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/08/scheming-the-cube-combat-tricks/feed/ 3 M12 Commander Financial Analysis (Part 1) https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/07/m12-commander-financial-analysis-part-1/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/07/m12-commander-financial-analysis-part-1/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:12:54 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=18075 It's a Commander review of Magic 2012, but it isn't. It's got Standard and Legacy, but doesn't. It's by Ryan, an indisputable fact. What it will do is help you be prepared for this Friday's Release trading!

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Bash bashed, but for how much and how well? Neale takes a reader submission and works with magic, discovering that planning must be proper to avert the dangers ahead!

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The title says it all. The list may surprise you. Can you name them before jumping in?

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This week brings us to the last part of Urza Block. We'll look at the set's theme of enchantments and their enablers while we go through a big history lesson in the process. You'll see the other “best creature ever printed” after Morphling (and Goblin Welder!) and see piles of beloved casual cards. Interestingly, Destiny […]

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You'll be seeing red this week as Usman runs through part 4 of his Cube SWOT series!

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Hello, and welcome to our exploration of Urza's Legacy! The second set in the Broken Block amped up the power even more for Magic. It was the first set to be printed in foil, as well. Foil-mania swept collectors around this time; fresh from $100 Pokemon foils, people scrambled to make sets. Importantly, foils were […]

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This week marks the second half of our exploration into the mammoth trove of valuable cards from Urza's Saga. No other block contains as many solid cards to be traded for, plucked out of collections or rummaged from bulk bins for profit. You can take a look at the previous half of this article here […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/01/scouring-through-saga-part-two/feed/ 2 Stuck in the Middle With You https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/12/hungry-for-highlander-stuck-in-the-middle-with-you/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/12/hungry-for-highlander-stuck-in-the-middle-with-you/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:59:06 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=5954 The Commanders are coming! If you're not familiar with the "wedge" or "bling" Dragons from Planar Chaos, let David take you through some ideas that work with the most prominent members of the enemy wedge color community.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/12/hungry-for-highlander-stuck-in-the-middle-with-you/feed/ 5 Back into the Portal https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/12/back-into-the-portal/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/12/back-into-the-portal/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:34:35 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=5735 You might think that Wizards had just about enough of Portals by the time 1998 rolled around. You would be wrong. On June 24th, 1998, novice mages were once again ushered through Wizards’ Portal and back into a land of confusing text and sorceries that could be played at instant speed, but only sometimes. The […]

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