Star City's updated some prices. Here they are, with commentary: Maelstrom Pulse: $25. This is warranted - the card is as good as advertised. It fits in so many good decks and works well against the ones it doesn't fit into. I was actually going to write about Pulse...

Looks like Star City found a couple Sygg, River Cutthroats, and are now selling them for 4 dollars each. Ebay's slowly coming around too, but not as quickly as it did for Swans. Big ups to StarCity for the quick pricing change!

Quick Update - Chapin is calling this the card that 5 Color Blood cannot live without. I'd found a site that was selling them for 75 cents a piece on Sunday afternoon. I put 12 in my cart. I came back not 20 minutes after the final results came...

...unless you hate math. Most Magic players, despite being really nerdy and loving math, never stop to think about the crime against statistics they're perpetrating when they bust open booster packs. Instead, they tear into their cardboard bounty like starving dogs tearing apart a piece of steak. They fall...

As the readership of Quiet Speculation grows, so must the site. I plan to continue improving the site as long as there are people reading it, so I'd like to hear suggestions from everyone - what would you like to see more of? What would you like to see...

The first metagame data from Grand Prix Seattle is starting to trickle in! The European players have put their faith in the deck that took 3 top 8 slots in last weekend's Grand Prix, but American players are leaning more towards 5 Color Cascade fueled by the ugly Merfolk...

Round 2 just started, and I just wanted remind everyone to keep an eye on Quiet Spec and my Twitter page throughout the weekend. I'll be updating as often as I can with GP Seattle news with a financial spin! The link to follow us on Twitter is on...

Swans of Bryn Argoll Ebay: $32/setStarCityGames.com: $24/set Seismic Assault Ebay: Fluctuating between $12 and $22 a set....StarCityGames.com: $12/set Countryside Crusher Ebay: $12/setStarCityGames.com: $20/set We'll see what happens after Grand Prix: Seattle this weekend. Keep checking back for updates as the coverage from the GP progresses.

See the goofy-looking drake to your left? What do you suppose he's worth? I'll tell you this much information: He's an Uncommon, from Portal: Second Age (Portal 2). Fifty cents? A buck? What if I told you he'd been used in successful Legacy/Vintage decks because the Portal wording has...

So we're in the middle of a recession! Your stock portfolio's starting to look like your collection of Pale Moons. You might have lost your job, or just graduated from college and are having trouble getting that first career started. Your wallet's seeming lighter than it's been in a...