Goblin Grenade | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:59:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Goblin Grenade | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Magical Creatures: Homarids, Thrulls and Co. https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/07/magical-creatures-homarids-thrulls-and-co/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/07/magical-creatures-homarids-thrulls-and-co/#respond Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=116645

Francesco explores the new creature types introduced with Fallen Empires. What's the difference between Homarid and Thrull? What about Orgg and Saproling?

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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 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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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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Eddie weighs in on how the bombshell new tool for BGx decks, Assassin's Trophy, will affect other cards, all while covering his latest holds and folds for the week.

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This week has a nice focus on lands, but we're not referring to the Legacy deck. Eddie also starts touching on Guilds of Ravnica spoilers.

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Rob features one of our beloved goblins from the game in this edition of the Daily Stock Watch.

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Rob starts the week with a pesky goblin soldier. Read more about it here.

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Guest author Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Senior Editor at Forbes Magazine, bought some old packs of The Dark and Fallen Empires. Although he didn't get any Blood Moons, he had hours of fun rediscovering a slower, more intricate era of Magic.

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Doug Linn makes the case for an effective floor on competitive Modern decks--the price the market is willing to pay, which inevitably pulls up the price of budget decks over time.

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Master's Edition is returning briefly to MTGO for the holiday weekend. Matthew provide all the information you need to get the most value out of these high-profile and rare sets.

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Carlos covers the Commander cards you should be caring about, Innistrad Style!

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Chad takes a look at having a plan with your drafts for the coming limited season.

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Hello again faithful viewers, it is once again time to dust off the paint brushes for another tutorial. With the release of Magic Core Set 2012, I thought it might be nice to paint up a card that you should have by now. Goblin Grenade will surely be showing up in standard in the year […]

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