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Friday Finance – The Price Spike Rollercoaster

  By Alex Kriby | August 18, 2017 - 10:27 am | ,
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Friday Finance – The Price Spike Rollercoaster

Hello hello hello and welcome to Friday Finance here on the Constructed Criticism network. This week we will be discussing Price Spikes and why people are constantly saying “The second spike is always harder and faster”. We will be diving in and detailing why this happens and looking at ways we can work with this very real phenomenon and use it to our own benefit. Then we shall finish up with the returning Promising Pickups section, where I will give you my top picks of this week saving you from doing the leg work. So come on in and let’s get started.

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Ramunap Red Deck Tech

  By Spencer Howland | August 13, 2017 - 8:15 pm | , ,
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This week Spencer goes over an updated Mono Red aggro list for Standard.

3 Soul-Scar Mage
3 Hazoret the Fervent
4 Bomat Courier
4 Falkenrath Gorger
2 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
4 Ahn-Crop Crasher
4 Earthshaker Khenra

4 Shock
2 Abrade
4 Incendiary Flow
2 Collective Defiance
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance

14 Mountain
4 Ramunap Ruins
4 Sunscorched Desert
1 Scavenger Grounds

SB: 1 Aethersphere Harvester
SB: 2 Sand Strangler
SB: 2 Glorybringer
SB: 2 Pia Nalaar
SB: 3 Chandra’s Defeat
SB: 1 Abrade
SB: 1 Scavenger Grounds
SB: 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
SB: 2 Collective Defiance

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Common Knowledge 3: Brewing in Pauper

  By Spencer Howland | August 11, 2017 - 9:27 pm | , ,
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Join Manny and Kyle as they discuss the art of brewing by showing you their own process. They will also present two of their own creations and talk about some of the thought that went into them.

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Limited Time Only 68: Knowing the Cards in Limited

  By Spencer Howland | August 11, 2017 - 8:46 pm | , , ,
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Spencer is back!!! This week he and Danny go back to the basics and talk about knowing your cards in Limited.

Spencer and Danny give grades to each uncommon in Hour of Devastation during their Uncommon Set Review.

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Friday Finance – So You’re Saying Solemnity Will Be $3?

  By Alex Kriby | August 11, 2017 - 12:01 am | ,
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Friday Finance – So You’re Saying Solemnity Will Be $3?

Hello hello hello and welcome to Friday Finance here on the Constructed Criticism network. I came back to start writing these articles again with a certain amount trepidation. The feedback from the original run was positive, but sometimes hard to gauge. However, after the first article back I put out a poll to see if they would continue. I was incredibly humbled by the response. It was wholeheartedly positive and has actually led to discussion about the creation of a series of videos to go alongside the articles. But I digress. Let’s talk finance.

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