Assemble the Legion | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 18 May 2023 14:00:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Assemble the Legion | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Commander Clash Decks to Choose If You Want to Win https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/05/the-commander-clash-decks-to-choose-if-you-want-to-win/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/05/the-commander-clash-decks-to-choose-if-you-want-to-win/#respond Thu, 18 May 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=130194

Beardy's testing has revealed which Commander Clash: March of the Machine decks triumph over the rest, and the ingredients needed to maximize them.

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The Phrexia: All Will Be One Commander precons are out! After testing, Joe aka "Beardy" found one to be surprisingly adequate and the other woefully lacking...

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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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The holidays are in full swing and the new year is right around the corner. And as some of you may know, the stock market has been a bit shaky in the last month or so. But it seems Magic is still doing pretty well during this slightly volatile time. I think a good portion […]

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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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Every week, some of the best financial minds share their "picks of the week" via multiple MTG finance podcasts. Sig tries his hand at pick of the week by sharing his own targets.

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Red Devotion is dead. Long live Red Devotion.

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The new Legacy Cube update is straight-up insulting to hardcore fans of the format.

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In prep for the upcoming Columbus SCG Invitational, Ryan returns to his RW Devotion list and shares his updated sideboard.

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Ryan reexamine's Red Devotion, churning up some surprising results with Eidolon on board.

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Mike Lanigan reviews Journey Into Nyx with his pick for the top ten cards most likely to impact Standard.

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Adam describes the Ins and Outs - literally - of Mono-Black Devotion. Print this off and bring it to Grand Prix Cincinnati if you're going!

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Jason Alt covers the best from the world of MTG podcasting and the results from GP Melbourne and SCG Atlanta.

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Born of the Gods is here and it definitely brought some eyebrow raising treasures along with it. Most sets come with a mailbag full of goodies, but Born of the Gods has done us a solid favor by making our options very obvious. Almost everyone has tossed their two cents into the hat about what […]

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